Minion Feet!

Remember that the kids picked Minion slippers as their souvenirs from Universal Studios?

Well, they are awesome!  I love seeing the kids wear them around the house.

Universal Studios Hollywood

Our hotel room had a great view of Universal Studios.  I watched as people got to work over there, bright and early, while I ate my breakfast.  I'm sure I've told you before how much I love room service!



You can see where they are building the new Harry Potter attraction.  It's going to be those snow- and scaffolding-covered peaks.  It's supposed to be open sometime in December.  I really want to go see one of the Harry Potter worlds.  I know that the ones in Florida are done now.  Fortunately, the kids are just now getting into Harry Potter, so they will be ready when we get to see one.

Official Universal Studios Family Photo

The first ride that the kids picked to go on for the day was the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride.  Oh goodness, I laughed so hard!  It was seriously fun.

Gru was there.

And some Minions.  We love the Minions.

Sidebar:  I would love it if Lex decided to have a Minion-themed birthday party this year.  I think that would be so much fun to do.  But he'll probably pick something less cute and more tough, like Transformers.  He's gonna be six, after all.  But, there is going to be a new Minion movie this summer...so maybe he'll think it's a good idea, after all.

Then we decided to head down to the lower lot for the rest of the really popular rides, because it was so early in the morning and the wait times were still short.

We were surprised to meet Bumblebee when we got down there!



Then, Lex insisted that we see all the Transformers before heading back up to the upper lot.

Optimus Prime

Megatron.  He was a little bit scary.  Well, at least I thought so.

The Transfomers Ride was so fun.  It might have been my favorite.  Well, except for the Minions.  Those are my favorite.

No, wait, the Jurassic Park ride was my favorite!  I got really wet, even though no one else did.

Okay, okay, so all the rides at Universal are really great.  Well done, Universal guys!

Sidebar:  The kids were well prepared for the Jurassic Park ride, because we bought the trilogy of Jurassic Park movies to watch before the new Jurassic World movie is released this summer.

After conquering the lower lot, we back to the upper lot, and Connor insisted that he get a Krusty Burger for lunch.  (Or was it second lunch?  Maybe a snack?)  Lex's face is pretty much how I felt about eating anything named Krusty.



So, only Connor got a cheeseburger (we had been eating all day, and I don't know how he still had room for more), and he took it with him on the Studio Tour.



Hey look!  It's the Warner Bros. water tower!  I wonder if the Animaniacs are in there?



The Studio Tour was fun!

The King Kong 360 degree 3D experience was amazing!

Sidebar:  I haven't seen the Peter Jackson King Kong movie yet, but apparently there is a T-Rex?



Also great was the bit when we went into the subway and there was an earthquake.  And the bit with the flash flood in the old west.  And the part with Jaws!

Whoville!

After the tour, we saw a few more shows:  Shrek in 4D and the Special Effects Stage Show.  By this time we had pretty much done everything we wanted to do at Universal, except ride the Minion ride one more time.



Then, Lex won his very own Minion at a carnival game.  His name is Jerry Minion.  It was Tom Minion for a few hours, but then Lex said he had been confused and it was really Jerry.



Family Photo on a motorcycle used in the movie Inglorious Bastards.

Sidebar:  The scene with the milk!  That movie!  Brad Pitt!  Christoph Waltz!



Another movie motorcycle we had to try out.



Lex said that he wants to be a stunt man when he grows up.  I honestly think that might work out for him.  I mean, have you met Lex?  That's just about perfect.



The kids bought Minion slippers as their souvenirs from Universal Studios.  At first, Kevin didn't believe that they really wanted slippers, but I knew that they did.  We had been looking for slippers in stores at home for a while now, and because it's a small town, and it's summer, there were none to be had.  Plus, Minion feet are just awesome.

The end.

High Quality Slippers

My new fuzzy pink slippers (well, they were new at Thanksgiving, anyways, which wasn't that long ago) are already dying. There is a huge hole in the side of the left slipper, and they are losing their fuzziness. Not that I'm surprised...I bought them at Wal*Mart for somewhere between $7 and $10 (I can't remember excactly how much). Sometimes low prices aren't all that they are cracked up to be. But, when I bought them, they were the first fuzzy slippers I had seen in a store in a while, and I had been looking. So, tell me, where should I go to get a new pair?

Valentine's Day

I am super excited for Valentine's Day this year. I'm only working a half day, and then we are going to the doctor's for the ultrasound! I can't wait to see the baby, and I hope we will be able to tell if it is a boy or a girl. After that, Kevin and I are going to go and tour the day care center by our house that I am leaning towards picking. I talked to the owner on the phone yesterday, and I really like him so far. The center is brand new, and it looks really nice from the outside, and it's in a easy location to get to on the way to and from work.

Plus, I told Kevin that I what I really wanted was a new pair of slippers, and I'm really excited about getting a nice, new fuzzy pair.