We had an awesome 3 day trip to Las Vegas.  We arrived on Wednesday morning, thus we had three full days there.  One of our favorite things was the hotel we stayed in, Marriott Grand Chateau; it was just one block off the mid section of the strip, and it was non casino and non smoking.  Our one bedroom unit was up on the 22nd floor with an amazing view.  I stared out our window often, and it was nice to watch the actions day and night.  We also had 2 TVs; I truly enjoyed relaxing with my shows while the boys watched cartoons during our breaks.

    Walking on the Vegas strip was eye opening for the boys.  There were lots to see; they admired the beautiful hotels and amenity, shocked by seeing the exotic attires of the street performers, and curious seeing all the gambling.  On this first day, Wednesday, we walked through several large casinos, Cosmopolitan, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Paris, Venetian and Treasure Island; we were surprised that we made it to Treasure Island where we picked up our tickets for the Cirque Du Soleil, Mystere.

   While we waited for a table at a restaurant, the boys requested Stuart to play at a slot machine so they could watch from a distance.  Stuart put in $20; he won a few dollars right away and he ended up breaking even and cashing out $20 by dinner time.  That was the extent of Stuart’s gambling on this trip.  During dinner, the boys played on the kid menu and found all 12 differences on a drawing, and won themselves an adorable plastic mug each too.  I guess it was our lucky night.

    The Mystere show was great and the boys enjoyed it.  They were fascinated by all the different circus styled performances, and they especially liked the one guy doing all the interactive jokes with the audience throughout the show.  After the show, we were hoping to catch the volcano show at Mirage on our walk back to the hotel, but unfortunately after waiting for 20 minutes we learned that it was cancelled due to the gusty wind that night.  But the rest of the walk back was comfortable in the mild temperature; we were sore though when we arrived at the hotel with > 24K steps.  We played at the activity room for awhile and watched some TV before we ended our very late night.

Here are the photos of our entire trip.