Our friends Janie and Mitch recently (by recently I mean 3 weeks ago) moved to Vegas, and we decided to pay them a little visit. At least we gave them some incentive to get everything unpacked. :) We brought Caden along, and it was really fun to see all of the cool Vegas stuff from his perspective, and he loved it! Prepare yourself for a few pictures . . .
We went to the Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. Matt actually had to work this day, so just Janie, Caden, and I went. I think that it actually worked out well because Matt has sworn off of going to aquariums because I'm pretty sure that we've been to almost every one in the United States and the one in Rocky Point, and he never even really liked them before that. Caden thought that this crocodile was really cool.
He also loved being "underwater" with all of the fish swimming around.
The shark tank was his favorite of course.
This tunnel is in the shark tank, so there were sharks swimming all around. There were actually divers cleaning the shark tank while we were there. They were wearing protective metal suits, but the sharks didn't even pay any attention to them. I guess that they must've already been fed. :)
We also went to Circus Circus where we played some games, and won some stuffed animals. We also saw some performers do an acrobatic show. If Caden tells you that he went to the Circus this is what he is actually talking about.
We saw the Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island. Note to self that it is not really appropriate for children, but I don't think that Caden understood that stuff. He was excited about the pirate ships though.
We also saw the volcano erupt at the Mirage.
Waiting for the volcano which Caden was mesmerized by.
Every time that we drive by Lake Mead on our way to Vegas, it always looks so nice, and we always think that it would be fun to go there. We actually did go there this time, and we even rented a boat. Caden had to sit at the front the whole time because he was looking for treasure.
We swam quite a bit. The water was the perfect temperature, and it was crazy how clear it was. It was definitely better then the lakes that I've been to in Arizona!
Caden was super excited when Mitch let him drive the boat.
We weren't expecting to see any wildlife, but we did see a Ram on the shoreline. It blended in really well with the surrounding.
We also cruised over to check out the Hoover Dam. Janie and Mitch said that rumor has it that there are catfish the size of Volkswagen bus at the bottom of the Hoover Dam where the water is super deep. I did keep thinking about that when we were swimming around there. The water was way colder over by the dam I guess because it is so deep.
Matt took a turn as captain.
We also zonked out on the ride home except poor Matt had to drive.
This cracked me up that Janie put out some framed pictures of us in the guest room to make us feel at home. They are truly the best hosts! Personally I think that she should leave them up all of the time . . .
Caden got his picture with the bear at the Coca Cola Store.
We also went to the m&m store. They had a cute 3D movie, but I'm pretty sure that those are some of the priciest m&ms that I have ever seen. It was 4 floors of m&m merchandise. Who knew that they could make so much m&m stuff?
Caden found some cool sunglasses.
Waiting for the water show at the Bellagio.
It was super hot, but
worth the wait.
