After resting in the morning with breakfast in our unit, we headed out to see the shops.  We liked the Coca Cola store; everything was so cool inside.  The boys were suggested to take pictures with the polar bear, and I ended up buying more souvenir photos.  Our favorite store was definitely the M&M.  It took us some time to decide on the souvenirs for ourselves as there were so many cute things.  Logan also discovered that they were about to show a short 3D film, and gathered us all to watch.  It was actually a very cute film which we enjoyed.  We then walked through New York New York, and the few stores in front of it, including Hersey.  We got ourselves quite a bit of steps before heading back to the hotel for an afternoon break.

    After the afternoon break, we took a Lyft to Mandalay Bay to check out the Shark Reef.  The tanks were nice and the collection of sharks and fish were cool.  The boys and I also got to touch some sting rays.  We only had a little bit more time to see the next section, Penguin Adventure, which turned out to be an interactive game area.  The boys enjoyed it a lot.  We quickly grabbed something to eat at Luxor before the show.  That night we had tickets for the Blue Man Group.  The boys were excited for this one and they ended up loving it.  The show had some audience interaction, and the boys were a bit nervous when one of characters walked very close and climbed over our seats.  They liked the jokes they made and the music they played.  Toward the end of the show, the entire theater was covered with toilet paper, and the boys enjoyed that part too.  After the show, Connor told us how much he loved it and wished to return.

    After the show, we just slowly headed back to our hotel on foot.  The evening strolls had been very nice despite making 20K steps again by the end of the day.  Stuart and I also had a drink at the hotel bar afterward to chill.

    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.

   We did it again.  On Sunday, we went for a bike ride to get to the lake and we made it.  We had a snack at the park, then we turned around to head back.  It was a bit tougher on the home stretch with the tired legs going up slight sloped hills.  Connor was complaining a bit, but when I distracted him to sing me the songs the class is practicing for the spring concert, he was riding without any issue.  We did a nice 1.3 hour ride.

    The boys went straight to play games while I went for a quick nap before the tennis lesson.  When the boys hit with the coach, Stuart and I played on our own.  My legs were tired, but we kept on going.  We decided to play a game.  Being tired actually motivated me to do better serving to avoid double serving.  We ended up with 5 vs 6 and playing another game tie at deuce, but we went out of time, and had to call it.  I was happy to play such a close game with Stuart. 

    Last weekend when we played tennis with the boys; it had been few weeks since we played together.  The boys had their moments; part of the time, they did well especially when the two of them battled against Stuart and I.  Later Connor suggested us to play an elimination game.  The one who miss would be out and we gain points if both players on the same side got out.  Both Logan and Connor stepped up a lot and they returned our hits very well.  At the end, they even beat Stuart and I by getting to 5 points first.  They were so thrilled that they came with a cheer afterward.

    With the beautiful weather, we took a bike ride the next day.  We decided to ride for 30 minutes and see if we could make it to the lake park.  The route was very beautiful; by the 30 minutes mark, we were only roughly 5 minutes shy from the park.  The boys played at the small structure for a little bit, then we turned around and rode home.  Next time we could definitely make it to our destination.

   Instead of good old walkathons, this year the school decided to try something different, Color Run.  Stuart and I were not big fans as the run was organized by an outside company; they were all about getting donations and seemed too commercial.  Today was the day and unfortunately it was scheduled to rain in the afternoon.  Connor was quite excited in the morning, and both boys got dressed with the event T shirts for school.

    When Stuart arrived at the school before the end of the day, the event just ended.  With the rain, instead of having powder color, the kids were drenched with colors.  Connor was proud to show Stuart how he was covered with colors.  Logan participated in the run and ran many laps, but he chose to opt out on the colors and thus he stayed clean.  Both kids enjoyed this run, and Connor especially liked it.  He was happy to share with me that it took him a long shower to get all the colors off.

     The weather was great this weekend, so we were eager to be outdoor.  On Friday night when the boys were at the martial arts seminar, Stuart and I took a long walk around the neighborhood and school. 

    On Saturday we took a bike ride just locally.  We are still trying to get us used to riding before we can build up to a longer ride soon.  Next we also rode to the local plaza for Logan to get a haircut.  Connor did not want to cut his hair this time as he wants to grow it longer.

   We were thrilled that we had a nice Sunday to play tennis.  Since the boys were invited to Maxim’s in the morning, Stuart and I decided to play then.  We battled each other for quite awhile.  We had over 10+ deuces in a few games before I finally lost to Stuart, 3:6.  In the afternoon, it was the boys’ turn having a lesson with their coach.  Stuart and I watched the end of it while they were practicing serving.  They were getting their serves in sometimes now; soon we will be able to play real games with them.

   In the late afternoon, I left to have dinner with the girls.  We had nice drinks with many oysters.  I was a little buzzed after the oyster shot, but fortunately we chatted and ate until I was fine to drive home.