Family Night in Vegas

After chillin' at the ES happy hour, we headed out to NY, NY to check out the roller coaster - which costs $12.50 each to ride. Emma is too short to ride, so while the boys decided if they were going to ride, we checked out the arcade games. On the way through the casino, Mike popped over to a slot, put in $5.00 for a slot he thought was .25, and ended up winning $100.00! Now that $12.50 didn't seem so expensive! The boys decided to wait until Sat. to ride, as we had to move along to other things. The kids really liked NY, as "it feels like your outside!", but without all the heat! I told them wait till they see the Venetian! They'll feel like they're in Italy!

We walked over to the MGM Grand and checked out the tiger habitat. The girls were in there pacing, and then the 2 guys in the pen fed them and we didn't see them again. This is the best picture I could get before they ran off to eat. No big males there, that we could see.



Now it was off to the M&M store, which is 4 floors of M&M peraphenalia. We found the ever-elusive Dark Vader Chocolate M&M's, for which we could take home for a mere $10.00 a pound. We ended up at the Wall of Chocolate, where all the M's are separated by color, so you can make your own mix. The kids got a small mix each, and we were on our way.

Austin posed with the M's dressed as Star Wars characters. Emma's favorite is Chewbacca.

It's now 8:30 pm and time for dinner, so Mike leaves us at the Coke store to retrieve the car and we head out to Terribles. Mike is salivating at the thought of All-you-can-eat seafood, but alas, the buffet ends at 9pm and it's now 9:09! Bummer, so we end up across the street at Bahama Breeze, which was Emma's choice as soon as she saw it on the way to Terribles. We all order and try to eat, but the kids basically fall asleep at the table.

It's late and the kids are tired, so we decide to skip the Mirage volcano show and the Treasure Island show, figuring we can catch them Sat. night instead. We can catch the Bellagio water fountains tonight or tomorrow too.

Tonight is the wedding of Jo and Kelly at the Flamingo, so we will fill you in on all the details tomorrow. Today we're going to hang with them at their hotel pool, and maybe check out Paris and the Venetian.