Vegas Day 2

Monday I stayed in bed as long as possible in a hotel room with three noisy kids…I think I made it almost to 8:30 am…then I laid there a little longer for good measure before I made myself go run on the treadmill in the hotel gym.  After that I grabbed some breakfast and then got myself ready.  Once we were all ready we rode the hotel shuttle to the strip and went to see the Lions at the MGM.  It was REALLY cool how close they were to the glass.  They were in a soundproof “cage” and it was amazing how much they acted like big house cats playing with the trainers.  Even Liam was mesmerized by it for at least a few minutes.  Once we had our fill of Lions we walked around the corner to the M&M store to check things out.  They had a cute 3-D movie that  was short and sweet.  We actually ran into a friend of mine from PTA that happened to be there at the same time as us so we watched the move with her and her two kids.  Jason and Liam with the M&M race car.The Vegas sign in the store.  I didn’t get as many pictures in here because I was busy keeping Liam from breaking the overpriced souvenirs all over the place. 

By this time we were hungry so we headed next door to a food court that was there so we didn’t have to into a smoky casino to eat.  The kids mentioned several times how grateful they were that we didn’t have to deal with all the smoke inside buildings in UT like we did in Vegas.  I think we all had pretty constant headaches whenever we went inside. 

After lunch we headed to the Coke store to look around.  Liam fell on the escalator and was crying a little when we got to the top floor because the edges of the stairs hurt!  A sweet lady was at the top (she was a security person for the store) and she asked him if he was ok and what happened and then she asked him if ice cream would make it feel better.  Normally he ignores strangers at best and at worst he growls at them and tries to hit them.  But he really responded to this lady for some reason and when she mentioned ice cream he stopped crying totally.  Then she went to the soda fountain counter and got him ice cream and brought it to him.  It was so sweet of her.  We thanked her then and again before we left the store.  She was so nice!  We aren’t Coke drinkers, but it was fun looking at all the paraphernalia anyway.  Jason got  a big glass bottle of Fanta so he could keep the bottle for decoration.  Then we went back to the M&M store to buy a couple things.  We were all pretty tired by now (everything takes forever in Vegas!  plus we were chasing a 3 year old) so we headed back to the hotel to swim.  It was nice and warm out and that was lots of fun. 

Monday night we went to Denny’s for dinner and all of us got a headache because of the smoke, but we managed to finish our food.  Then we headed to Ceasar’s Palace to find a treat and check out the statues and fountain there.  After this it was to bed for all of us we were pooped!  when I told Liam we were pooped he said we needed to get to the bathroom fast! ;)