March 25-30
March 25
Mommy and Luca having fun in the airport before we left
Luca sleeping on the plane...Ella and Perry sitting with Daddy
In the limo from the airport to the hotel
Our limo
(the only way to fit 4 adults, 3 kids/carseats, and 7 pieces of luggage)
March 26
Eating breakfast
The girls out on our balcony (34th floor!)
Views from our balcony
View of one of the other towers and our pool
Luca is ready to hit the pool
Ella and Perry in their swim vests
At the MGM Grand Pool Complex
View of MGM and our hotel Signature Towers
Lukey showing off his studly physique and handsome smile
Ella hogging all the virgin pina colada
View of our tower from the pool...Tower 2 pool
We LOVED the people movers!
Playing on the interactive floor in the MGM
The aquarium at The Rainforest Cafe
Mommy and her girls
Mmmmm, macaroni and cheese!
Lukey sitting with Daddy
Looking at the elephant and talking tree in the gift shop
Luca, the snake whisperer
Outside of Rainforest Cafe
Excalibur and New York New York from outside the MGM
Walking down the strip
Mommy and Ella with Paris and the Bellagio
Waiting for the Fountain show at the Bellagio
Paris at night
Beautiful fountains!
Watching the Fountain show
Lukey and Grandma walking around during the show
March 27
It's a UFO!
(Or Perry wearing a raft on her head)
Riding the "choo choo" (monorail)
Mommy and the wax Nicolas Cage at Madame Tussaud's
Walking through Venice (The Venetian)
Daddy and Ella by the canal
P&E making wishes in the canal
Having a snack on the steps before our gondola ride
Mommy and Ella...Daddy and Perry on the gondola
Perry is enthralled with our gondolier's singing
And Lukey loved his gondolier too
The Venetian
Daddy and Ella in Harrahs (walking through to the monorail)
Did we mention how much we LOVE the "choo choo"?
Mommy and Daddy at dinner
March 28
Walking over Tropicana Avenue to the Excalibur
MGM from the Tropicana
Ella and Daddy with New York New York in the background
Looking down the strip
Mommy, Perry, and Luca waiting for the "choo choo" (Mandalay Bay Tram)
Mandalay Bay's wave pool
Going to the Shark Reef
Enjoying the fishies
Sharks!
Ella checking out the sharks
We love watching fishies
These fishies had a salad bar buffet of lettuce and cucumber
Walking through the shark tunnel
Ella and Luca looking at the jellyfish
(without the flash and with the flash)
We're considering putting a monorail or tram in our backyard since everyone loved it so much
Ella and Grandpa in front of the Tropicana fountains...our family in front of the MGM lion
Our 2nd trip to the lion habitat at MGM where the lions were sleeping
Apparently there was a big party in our room while Mommy and Daddy went out for the night...
March 29
Paris for brunch
The group we met up with in Vegas from Mommy's buddy board
Ella giving Luca a hug...the girls eating ice cream after brunch
Mommy and Luca in Paris
Views from the top of the Eiffel Tower
Everyone at the top
Being brave!
Grandpa, Daddy, and the girls in front of a fountain...Perry touching the water
Luca drinking some ba ba in the sun...and looking at the Arc de Triomphe
March 30
In the limo on the way to the airport
This entertained us for a good 10 minutes on the plane