Carlsbad

In honor of surviving and being almost finished with the dissertation we rewarded ourselves with a trip to Carlsbad, CA.  We were spoiled with an amazingly nice hotel (thank you to Grandma and Grandpa's Hilton points).  Amazingly nice.  We also splurged and bought 2 day passes to Legoland.   Between the fun hotel and being able to walk a few yards into Legoland the girls were in Heaven.  Here are a few pictures of the days:

Our rather ghetto transportation from the car to hotel room.  We could have used the carts, but had to take the stroller in anyway....so why not load it up?  Do you like that majority of our stuff is food we purchased at Target before checking in? 

 We were really excited about the hotel!!

First stop was the swimming pool, but it was a little cold, so they spent a few minutes in the hot tub.

 Right outside our private entrance to Legoland from our hotel!!


Our first stop at the park was probably the favorite:  it was a major jungle gym with ropes to climb and slides to come down.

 Here's they are at the top of the slide

 ...and at the bottom.

 James right where he belongs!!

 Flying high on the helicopters.

 Hannah's first time driving a motorized vehicle.

 James trying to keep Sofia inside the boat.....a rather difficult task.

 Enjoying the choo-choo train as the only riders.

 Digging for dinosaur fossils turned into playing in the sand.

 Having fun on the Safari ride.

 Sofia finally gave in to a nap....

 while Hannah played some more.

 Discovering the splash pad.

 Trying to stay out of the waters' reach.

 Here she is trying to decide if she'd rather play or sleep.

 Very blurry proof that I was there.

Apparently she got her second wind....food will do that for her.