So Cal Days 11-14 - Legoland hana hou!

After spending the whole day at Legoland on Friday, we spent that night with Rich's mom Judy and his brother Dave & their family.  And then on Saturday while I went for a run with Dave (oh how I *miss* car-free trail runs!), Ryan got to spend the day at two different parks with Grandma Judy.  While there, he got to indulge in one of his favorite activities (something those tropical plants in Hawaii just don't seem to offer)- jumping in leaves!  :-)

But on Sunday...it was back to Legoland!!!  But this time, with Rich's best friend Tom & his family.

It always helps to go to the park with people who have annual passes...because somehow, we missed this ride the first day.  For our train obsessed little guy- this was a horrific oversight.

And because we had cranked out all the rides on the first day there, we had plenty of time to hit the two parks on the second day!  Sooo wish I had mad carpentry skills so I could build Ryan his own tree house someday.

What obnoxious parent would plop their child down into a Lego-made sarcophagus?   One that would do the same herself.  I have no pictures though, because I'm pretty sure the Cairo government frowns upon that sort of thing.  And we've seen what they do to people they get angry at.

Ryan's first interaction with a Princess.  She kept calling him "Prince Ryan" and he kept correcting her- "My name is just Ryan!"

Ryan and his homies...check out all those smiles!

Yo ho, yo ho.

We ended up leaving the park a little early so we could drive up to Lake Elsinore and spend a little time with Rich's "little brother" Chase and his girlfriend before heading further north up to Redlands for two nights (spending our final night in Los Angeles).

Rich with Chase, Becca and some little kid. 

We stayed two nights in Redlands with our good friends, and because I used to work there, I also got to see a few of my favorite coworkers.  :-)  Ryan was happy because he got to stay in a house that if it had a name, would be "Toy Heaven."

As you can see, Ryan partied hard at Toy Heaven.  Drinking and...yes...cough! cough!  Driving too.  

Toy Heaven not only had toys, but cute pets too.  Here is Ryan and his betrothed showing him her guinea pig.