Bowie helped with the blog name today…and it definitely fits the bill. I’m behind on my posts I know. Thank you Fantasyland wifi, or should I say lack there of! It was a struggle to get the last one out and this one has had to wait…but I’ve got some good access today. So, lets catch up.
West Edmonton Mall! Easy start to the day because we were already at our day’s destination, we woke up there. First off breaky and caffeine…at Starbucks. Ok check. Now if you’re in North Americas 2nd Largest Mall, where would you start? For us it was the Lego store. Can I say wow! Bowie had scoped it out already on our evening mall excursion. Now in person I now know, The Lego store… has… EVERYTHING! Star Wars, Harry Potter, Halloween, The Titanic, Bricks of every colour, Build Your Own Lego Character. It is a kid and big kids dream. There was built and on display a near life sized Lamborghini built from Lego bricks, that had working lights and sounds, a 3ft tall Storm Trooper and the Millennium Falcon. We even made our own Lego characters! Did you know you can make your own? Now you do, so here’s how step by step:
1. Scan in your box, once it is paid for. (don’t worry, friendly staff are here to help you)
2. Name your character, whatever you like! Mine – Viking Princess
3. Customize their outfit: You can opt for a premade “shirt”, then customize it with stickers. Or draw your own creative top. Don’t forget the back
4. Once your happy with your design, submit…its off to the printer. Your character gets printed in real time!
5. While in the printing process its time for you to get down to business. Pick a head, hair/hat, legs/dress, and an item or accessory. You can even ask for different arm colours. Moose did.
6. Time to assemble and display *Important note* If there is something specific you are looking for, the incredibly friendly staff will help you find it!
There is so much to do at West Ed it just depends on how you want to spend your day. Waterpark! Amusement Park! Mini Golf! GO-Karts! Shopping! We gave the option to Moose and Bowie. The kids talked about the waterpark, but also wanted to do some serious shopping. They’ve had pools at every hotel stay along the way apart from one, so they chose shopping. It takes 1.5 hours just to briskly walk the entire mall, so we had some ground to cover. We browsed as a group for about an hour. Then Chris and Moose went off on their own and Bowie and I did some solo girl shopping. Everyone worked up an appetite so we all met back up at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co for lunch. Mmmmm Shrimp. We all continued shopping until our feet couldn’t take us anymore. 4 o’clock struck and it was time to get moving on…but where do we put all our bags? The Jeep is full to the max! Well, we MADE them fit with strategic stacking and packing…
We needed to put some distance behind us, so we hopped onto hwy 16 (the Yellowhead), and headed to Lloydminster, AB. This town is about 2 hours 45 minutes away from Edmonton, but it’s on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan which would set us up to make good time tomorrow.
Fun fact: 2 of my uncles and my aunt lived in Lloydminster back in the ‘70s. It is also the furthest East in Canada I have ever been! Into all new scenery for me here on out. Getting to our hotel was an adventure on its own. We arrived in town…holy hell the roads…bring your 4×4, they are unkind to any suspension, be prepared. Also, Google maps had us heading into an old folks home instead of our hotel… Our makeshift way to get there included crossing through 3 parking lots just to arrive at our hotel. We checked in to the smallest hotel room yet, but we’re all tired so who really cares. Chris ran over to the grocery store and picked up dinner and I repacked our new finds into our already full bags. We all settled in for an easy night. Then off to bed.
Until tomorrow, Cheers Mel xo
Love the princess. Sounds like a great day