Dallas!

What a wonderful weekend we just had. In celebration of completing our studies of knights, castles and such, we headed to Dallas to enjoy the show "Medieval Times" and other fun stuff a big town has to offer. :)

Before we even left town though my handsome hubby gave me an early birthday present. I was SO excited!! I have been wanting a newer nicer camera for awhile but I was completely surprised by this!

So what's a girl to do when given a gift like this right before a 6 hour drive? Take pictures of the passengers of course!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset on our drive as well.

Friday was a BIG day. We started the day by going to Lego Land with just us and our kids. They loved it!!

Someone with a lot more patience and talent than I have put some of the coolest Lego models together that I've ever seen. We started by playing a laser tag game to help save the princess from the evil magician. Little Man got the highest score. Bum. Then we watched a 4D movie of little Lego people and toured a miniature replica of the city of Dallas all made from Lego's. So entirely awesome.

Princess enjoyed the Palace made just for her

Little Man got to make a race car and then try it out on several race tracks.

After finishing up at Lego Land, we headed to the American Girl Doll Store. We met up with my parents and watched as the guys just LOVED being in this store. Princess got a new doll that does not have bangs and she used some of her money to buy her a brush, glasses and a fancy hair-do. :) I love that she loves her dolls.

Up next was the Main Event entertainment center. We met up with my sister and her family there. They have everything from laser tag to bowling to these cool gravity ropes.

My sister and her family had decided to spend their morning at the Dallas Aquarium so her babies were already tired.

But not too tired to be a ham-bone!!

I like these guys. A lot.

Finishing off our day was the Medieval Times show. I had been looking forward to this for weeks. I knew it would be fun for my kids to see all the cool stuff we've been talking about in person. What I didn't expect was that Princess would make quite as big of a hit as she did. :)

Our knight, the red and yellow one, not only gave her a flower, but he presented her with his "Queen of the Tournament" sash. She was beyond excited. I love it.

After the show we caught up with Sir Red and Yellow Knight and he was very gracious in allowing us to take his picture with his Princess. She was all shy and dreamy eyed over seeing her knight this close.

The others just wanted their picture with any knight and of course, the knight who won.

Not long after we headed back to the hotel, our little Princess crashed. This picture is such a great example of her whole day. Dolls, Knights in shining armor, and being inducted into the Medieval Times Royal Family. :) I love that little girl!

My very own Robin Hood

Princess let the littlest Princess see her sash and flower the next day. Sweet girl.

Saturday was another big day. It was opening day of Six Flags and we of course took advantage.

All the cousins had fun experiencing this park for the first time together.

These two pretty much have the same feelings about roller coasters so they stuck together.

And there it is...the highest and fastest roller coaster Six Flags has to offer. Believe it or not, we got Princess and her cousin Coby on it with their daddies and crazy Aunt April. :) Over a 250 ft drop reaching speeds of 84mph. And half way through, Princess informed her father she would like to get off. :) Once she finally forgave him for getting her on it, she told him she had two favorite parts: when they took her picture and getting off. :) But she can say she did it!

And by the way, I have no idea why some areas are underlined and some are coming through as links....my blogger has a mind of it's own and does these things all by itself. Sorry if it's a distraction. I probably need to upgrade my blog to the new design but that requires change and, well, that's just not my favorite word. :) Happy Tuesday!!!