Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner!

Last week at this time we were enjoying the 75-80 degree temps of beautiful Vegas. This week back home we have snow, so I will take this chance to at least escape the cold again and reflect on the sunniness of Las Vegas.

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We left on Saturday morning and drove down to Vegas to meet up with my parents who were doing a multi-state trip. This trip we chose not to stay on the strip, but instead at a casino 6 miles off the strip called Sam's Town. This turned out to be a great choice, because it was much more child friendly than normal casinos, not to mention much cheaper too. The casino had a huge atrium complete with anamatronic animals, waterfalls, and real topical trees and plants. Every night, the casino had a free laser light show, which Phoebe loved and we could watch from our room. Below is the view from our room and a bear Phoebe LOVED; she would just look at him and wave as long as we would let her.

Once Phoebe discovered the escalators is was all we could do to pull her away from wanting to go up and down on them all day long.

Phoebe unfortunately was cutting her molars on this trip which made meal times a nightmare! She screamed anytime we tried to do anything that she didn't want to do, which included eating. At one point an old couple in front of us even noticeably plugged their ears. To try and combat the crankiness naps were still an absolute necessity; however, she would only take naps in our bed, which we have never done before, but Daddy absolutely loved it.

We spent most of the trip just lounging with grandma & pa Potts, but on St. Paddy's Day we ventured down to the strip, a crazy experience! There were many in the wildest green attire they could throw together. We took the more conservative rout seeing as we weren't there to party, but to go to Phoebes' haven... M&M world. While there Grandpa Potts won a pot of gold M&Ms so we made it in and out of Mworld for free!

After the long walk to Mworld Phoebes and Grandma & Grandpa made their way back to the shuttle bus to the hotel while Cory and I stayed on the strip a bit longer. We visited another favorite spot pf mine, the Bellago. I love their flower & butterfly gardens inside, they really are amazing! These animals below are made from flowers.

After the Bellago, we made the trip to the Cesar's Palace Forum Shops, where we couldn't afford anything, even if we emptied our savings. Feeling extra poor after window shopping we wandered back to the shuttle bus and back to the hotel to relax and swim a little. The next morning we packed up and made the extra long trip home; it was extra long because we got lost for an hour when our exit was closed and were detoured down a random street. Overall, our trip was enjoyable, but I now understand why one would resort to NyQuiling their children.