Viva Las Vegas!

Our trip to Las Vegas was a success! We had so much fun and the girls loved every minute. They even survived a couple days without naps! Yeah!

Both girls were super excited about just getting on the airplane! Heading for Vegas Baby!We tried the Adventuredome at Circus Circus, but just our luck...it was closed for the next 4 days! Luckily, the girls are VERY understanding. A simple explanation that the rides were broken and we were moving on. We remained in the hotel because we had heard they were free circus acts every half hour or so. They do 2 acts each time, but they are different throughout the day.

We found some kiddie rides to enjoy while waiting for the show to start...

The clown

And the trapeze. She was great!

The view from the hotel...they loved having a little sleepover every night in their bed and playing in the window. We didn't realize when we booked our room that we would have a kitchenette. Score!

The Flamingo exhibit at the Flamingo Hotel - no flamingos pictured in case you are looking for them.

The dolphin/tiger exhibit at The Mirage

There is a white tiger behind us...can you find it?

We stopped at The Bellagio because we love to see what display they've come up with each time we go there. They did great with the Chinese New Year decorations. Gorgeous!

Girls being silly.

Keira wanted to go to the M&M store, but Lexi opted out. So we made it a mommy/daughter thing. The "statue" let us take her picture free of charge and Keira's "green girl" is now her new favorite.

We heard about the amazing stuff at Bass Pro Shops so our curiousity got the better of us. Considering we leave up the road from Cabela's, it only made sense.

The next 2 pictures are horrible, but you get the idea of how insane this place is! Totally outdoes Cabela's! First is the waterfall and second is the huge aquarium/fish tank.

We walked The Venetian and reminisced about our trip years ago. Even though it's much cleaner than I remember Venice being, I still loved walking through the shops and listening to the men sing on the gondola's. They had a nice Chinese New Year display like The Bellagio.

When evening fell, we stopped at our favorite sushi place for happy hour (half off sushi!!), grabbed some hot chocolate, and walked the strip. We watched the pirate show at Treasure Island (definitely don't recommend for families anymore...it's pretty scandalous these days), the volcano erupt at The Mirage, and The Bellagio fountains.

On our last day, we made it to The Paris Hotel and took a ride up the Eiffel Tower. The girls were more interested in the telescopes and Rick found an employee who knew Vegas trivia well. He picked his brain just a tad :)

As we made our way to the airport, we stopped at an awesome park to have lunch and play.

Playing tag with Daddy in a maze. I've never seen something like this at a park before and it was super cute!

Vegas was fun to see through children's eyes. Isn't the world better that way?