Rainforest Cafe

The night we had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe will be a night I always remember, and feel horrible about.  By the time we got from our hotel to the MGM (where Rainforest Cafe is), ALL THREE kids had fallen asleep, and were OUT!  It was just past 6pm, but after a day of no naps, and the beach, they were all wiped out!  I thought at the time the best thing would be to just let them sleep, and selfishly, I thought this could be the most peaceful dinner all weekend!  

As you can see from the pictures Allison and Conner woke up about an hour later, right when the food was arriving, and had a great time.  They loved the monkeys swinging in the trees, the canopy above our heads, and of course having dinner with GG Flo, G&G Jones, and Kim, Brian & cousin Austin!  And...Cayden just kept sleeping.  


Someone ordered this gigantic brownie volcano, and we celebrated the February and March birthdays.  We were at the restaurant for over two hours, and had a great time.


After we left we were waiting for our car at the MGM valet, and Cayden woke up.  He immediately said, "I want chicken nuggets when we eat at the jungle!"  He was so excited to go eat at the jungle, and I was about to cry.  I felt horrible!  Keir tried to explain that he fell asleep, and that we did order him some chicken he could eat back at our hotel room.  He cried.  We managed to get him back to the our hotel, and gave him his chicken nuggets.  He started to cry again, and said, "Mom, can you please make them NOT cold!"  I almost cried again - we did not have any way to heat up his dinner.  I wish I had woken him up so he could've experienced the "jungle" for dinner with everyone.  At the time, I just thought he needed the sleep.  Another lesson learned.

Beach, round one

We chose to stay at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay primarily because of the pool - knowing that there is not that much to do for the little ones in Vegas.  It is a beach entry, shallow, had waves, sand, and we loved it!

M&M World

As soon as the boys saw the giant M&M's on the side of the building, we knew we had to take them to M&M World.  FIVE floors of M&M stuff - everything from the candy itself to jammies, toys, clothes, bed sheets, hats, plates - I could go on and on.  So we decided that we did not want to spend a lot of money in this store, and that we did not need any toys, etc - so we told the boys they could pick some candy.  BIG MISTAKE!  The M&M's are sorted by color and sold in bulk, and we let the boys each get a bag and pull the lever to get the color(s) they wanted.  Keir got a bag for his jar at work - he thought it would be fun to have just black and white M&M's.  And, of course, I wanted the almond M&M's, so we ended up with four bags.  I am guessing we would have paid $10 if we bought this quantity at the grocery store.  We got to the register, and the total was over $40. What?  Can we put some back?  Are you kidding?  $40 on M&M's . . . . . had we paid attention to the "per pound" price maybe we would have had some warning, but surely we would not have let this be the boys treat for the day.  Oh well, lesson learned.  Do NOT buy M&M's from M&M world!  The dispensers sorted by color make it very tempting, but do not give in!   

New York, New York

I am not sure who had more fun at the New York, New York arcade - the big kids or the little kids???

Luxor

Chair for a King

Conner loved this chair in the casino of Mandalay Bay - it was made of paddle locks, license plates, and bottle caps.  He said it must be for a king.

Shark Reef Aquarium