and so his birthday celebration continued. on thursday morning, we left and headed up to tempe.
at our starbucks stop on the way out of tucson, both kids saw a police officer and thanked him for his service - they got fun stickers from him!
we arrived in tempe and surprised max with a little trip to the legoland discover center!! a little teaser ahead of our trip in june! ;-)
the discovery center was pretty interactive - max had an activity pack that he had to look for special stamping stations at each activity. they also built virtual lego mini figures and got a tour of a lego factory from a robot!
we went on a ride where we had to shoot at bad guys and save the princess. kind of like buzz lightyear's astro blasters but not as awesome. or accurate. yeah i compare everything to disney.
mini-land was awesome and had models of phoenix and the grand canyon. it was also super interactive!
after playing in the play area, they visited a lego master builder to check out his creations: a crown, glasses and polaroid camera.
earthquake table!!
the other ride was kind of like dumbo, but you had to pedal.
then we did a creativity workshop where you sketched out your design on a template then built it.
ella created unikitty!! such an awesome design that she sketched out.
roger and max designed a brachiasaurus
after building race cars, it was off to a quick 4-D movie before grabbing lunch and heading up to surprise.
thank you thank you auntie elaine and uncle norm for having us for a delicious dinner and a sleepover!!
max was much happier this time blowing out his birthday candles.
more lego building with uncle alan's legos!
friday morning we headed back home for the final chapter of maxwell's fifth birthday...
...playing with his birthday gifts (mostly legos) in his underwear!
putting together his kiwi crate from the burts!
he asked for a hatchimal after seeing ella get hers at christmas.
putting his water wheel to work and learning about water power. such a cool gift!
and more lego building.
happy happy birthday dear maxwell!!! i say this for each kid at every birthday, but i simply CANNOT believe you are five. you are funny, smart, thoughtful, inquisitive, rambunctious, and super sweet. we love you so much - hope you had a birthday as fabulous as you are!!!!
