The next morning, we were up bright and early ... way too early for Vegas, for sure. Our family of four set up walking to the (deceptively close) MGM Grand from our hotel. We visited the M&M World -- all that chocolate! -- then headed to Paris to have yummy crepes with the rest of the family. Afterwards, we got our first view of the beautiful Bellagio fountains before heading back to the hotel for arts and crafts, naps, spaghetti dinner, and birthday cake. Happy birthday, Gavin and Gong-Gong! Stil on our own time zone, we were all ready to pass out after that while the adults (well, not Mommy and Daddy) went to O at the Bellagio.
Another bright and early morning, we headed for the Mirage to see lions and tigers (oh, my!) at the Secret Garden. We got there before it opened, so we enjoyed some yummy yogurt and this amazing sandwich that Daddy still thinks about to this day. The Secret Garden was really neat where we got up and close to animals ... including dolphins! Gong-Gong and Po-Po met up with us after that to head over to Caesar's to eat at Mesa, some restaurant by Bobby Flay. Another nap time, another spaghetti dinner, and another night done!
Our next adventure was to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay. We got up close and personal with lots more animals, and then took the tram to Excalibur to play lots of arcade games! Everyone else was at the CSI experiment at MGM, but we met up for dinner -- buffet at the Bellagio. Gavin and I were surprisingly patient as we waited in line to get in, and we really enjoyed trying all the different stations of food. Lots of conservatory pictures later, and we were headed back to the hotel ... but not quite as early as the last few nights. Finally, we're really adjusting to Pacific Time, just in time to start preparing to go home!
We wanted to see the MGM lions the next morning, so we headed out not too early, but earlier than lions get up, apparently. It was sort of drizzly, so Gong-Gong dropped us off at the MGM (did I mention how deceptively close it looks?). We waited a LOOONG time to see them, but by the time they came out, we had front row seats to see them play! Gong-Gong picked us up and took us back to the hotel so that Mommy and Daddy could have a rare date-day.
Of course, we didn't exactly suffer without them. Xiao-Jiu and Crystal A-Yi took me to the fun, fun, fun Circus Circus where we watched performers, played games, and enjoyed some 4-D action! I also got enough stuffed animals that I made good use of my awesome new suitcase that Po-Po got me.
We had one last full day, and we really wanted to pack it in. We headed to the Venetian in the morning -- I got to ride in a cab ... sans car seat! -- where I got to go on a special gondola ride with Daddy. We enjoyed some gelato, the statue-man, and some yummy Italian food. After nap, Mommy, Crystal A-Yi, and I went on our girlie date to get our nails done, and then we met up with my two jiu-jius for Serendipity 3. The food was bigger than me, and oh, so good.
Suddenly, it was time to go home. We snuck outta Vegas before the craziness of the New Year hit, but Da-Jiu, Xiao-Jiu, and Crystal A-Yi stuck around for the madness.
Fun, fun, fun! Mommy tried out the new KodakGallery photobook software, so the trip book is already created (a record for her), plus there's always our online album because these few pics in my post don't really do this awesome trip justice.
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