You know what the best part of summer vacation turns out to be? Those long afternoons with nowhere to be and nothing to get done. Mommy has no deadlines. Daddy is on vacation. As for the kids? They’re just begging to be entertained.
And what better way to entertain the whole family than with a nice big bucket of Legos?
OK, maybe an afternoon eating ice cream trumps that, but now we’re just being nit-picky.
I’m not the only one who thinks that Legos and summer vacation are a match made in heaven. Lego themselves agrees with me and has planned a few fun events around the country around the Summer Brickation theme.
If you’re a lucky Bay Area resident who happens to be heading up to Lake Tahoe to soak in some rays and some sights this summer or you’re a resident of the gorgeous lake, you’re in luck. One of the Lego Brickation events is taking place at the Heavenly Village all summer long through September 4th.
A few more details as per the Heavenly Village:
Shop #8 (on Highway 5) 10-8pm. Open 7 days a week thru September 4. The LEGO Summer Brickation will showcase the best of what the LEGO group has to offer. It will enable children and adults to benefit from a fun, hands-on experience of building and creating LEGO bricks and products. Different activity areas will be featured, providing families enjoyment in everything from building, games and challenges, to photo opportunities with life size LEGO models. Activity areas will include DUPLO® Boat, Build Tables, Creation Station, Race Ramps and LEGO Challenge Zone. Other notable experiences offered will be a LEGO South Lake Tahoe Mosaic, along with Life Size LEGO Models and a LEGO Cityscape.
Sounds like fun, right? Bummer we weren’t in Tahoe quite long enough to make it to the South Shore! That’s ok though, I think we have enough Lego bricks right here at home to attempt our own lake view reproduction!
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We love Legos too!
My three adult children have passed on their love of Legos to their own children.
Susan Chester
My kids were visiting their GrandFather in another state a few weeks ago. We had taken lego’s along with us and while my Dad had some friends over, the kids were playing with their Lego’s. A few of my Dad’s friends (all in their 70’s), ended up playing with my sons with the Lego’s and were like kids themselves. Guess what I’m getting my dad for his birthday.
Thanks so much for this giveaway.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
i love playing legos with my kids
On the long road trips to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and South Padre Island Legos kept my four boys busy for hours which turned into days
I once found a hundred dollar lego set marked down to three dollars at Target. I took it to the service desk to find out if it was the right price. The clerk said it was, they were getting rid of “old” ones. My son had a great Christmas that year.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
A few years back we were at Disneyland and went into the Lego Store near there. We were amazed at the huge displays items they had made. My son would like that job – putting all those together.
We just took the kids to Legoland Discovery Center in Illinois back in June. They loved it, including the cool Lego ride we went on over and over and over…
My three kids (8,4,1) play best together when Legos are involved. Thank you.
hmb@fortaj.com
Cujo
my boys are obsessed with Legos, especially star wars and Ninjago ones these days
My kids spent many hours playing with Legos. They loved the star wars sets.
My boys love the Ninjago lego – thanks
renski17@fortaj.com
One of my favorite memories with my son during christmas vacation was putting together a huge star wars vehicle (I can’t remember the name, but it took us a week to put it together!)
pauline15_01(at)hotmail(dot)com
My son loves legos!
i think my best lego memory was going up to my sons room when he was only 5 and finding that he had put together a star wars lego ship all by himself (completely as instructed in the direction book!)
I need Legos for my nephew!
My favorite summer vacation is when we go to the cabin in the middle of a Christmas tree farm in the mountains. Ohhh the fresh air!
My favorite memory of traveling is with Legos were always in the car and we spent many hours playing with them. saltpepper1_2000@yahoo.com
I love all the Lego minifigures…they’re all so cute and detailed.
eai(at)stanfordalumni(dot)org
My daughter leaving legos on the floor and saying some not so nice words after stepping on those little pieces
My boys love to make all kinds of vehicles with logos. It really sparks their imaginations:-)
A lego spaceship entertained my children all summer.
We went to a mirror maze in San Antonio a few weeks ago. It was really neat!
My kids’ favorite weekend pastime is Lego Saturday, where we pull out giant tubs of Legos, a dozen base plates and build whatever theme they want.
My kids participated in a Lego Club at the library this summer. Last week they had fun making Mario out of Legos!
My kids participated in a Lego Club at the library this summer. Last week they had fun making Mario out of Legos!
We take a road trip to northern WI every summer and always bring toys for the kids. Legos are great because they’re easy to store and keep them entertained
caryn9802 at yahoo dot com
My daughter has really gotten into the Lego Friends for girls she has the whole collection!/arielgrace91@yahoo.com
My nephew will play with legos for days & after he leaves I always find them all over the house. Yes, I keep them for him.
rierie11booger (@) yahoo.com
I’m always finding legos around the house..in the couch, under the beds, etc. We love Legos here.
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com
I have lego’s from my daughter and now the grandson’s love to come and play with them at my house.
mintstatesportswear(at)juno(dot)com
When I was a kid, I would play Lego all day long.
We ALWAYS pck our Legos in our activity bag for vacations!
I bought my son a set of Star wars lego’s for Christmas and spent a few hours putting it together with him. My husband walked into the room right into the freshly built ship and destroyed all of our work.
We have thousands of Lego’s! My son started building with Lego’s 20 years ago, and we kept them. Now my granddaughter builds with them!
marcia.goss@gmail.com
My son has recently become obsessed with legos. We took him to the lego store and he was so thrilled his face was priceless. We ended up spending almost 2 hours in the store.
I LOVED LEGOS AS A KID, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO INTRODUCE THEM TO MY SON 🙂
(SHAYNA B.)
shebebes@yahoo.com
My sons were so proud of themselves, they worked endless hours to complete this large Lego fort that had a pirate and a tower. However, after a week or so of working on it to their dismay-they found they had misplaced 3 or 4 pieces and couldn’t finish it! They couldn’t understand, why I wasn’t willing to go out and spend another $40.00? to buy them a new set!
Diane Baum
esldiane@gmail.com
My son is just starting to be interested in legos. I love them, until I step on one….OUCH!
For my daughter’s last birthday, we took a weekend trip to Virginia to a Lego Store. So much fun for the kids. Jill
chipdip2010(at)hotmail(dot)com
In May, for my son’s 7th birthday, I had about 30 (mostly boys) Lego enthusiasts take over my back yard!
My favorite Lego memory was decorating our guest room with various Lego sets. They were everywhere.
jennylovesjeff (at) hotmail (dot) com
I had Lego’s when I was little and I always made houses with mine. (Roxann)
We are Duplo for now, at age 3. Our girl likes zoo and farm sets. I can’t wait till she graduates to Legos so I can get cool RCA train sets and maybe robotics ha ha. But these Lego dudes are just making a killing off us, aren’t they
As a child I played with Legos and once made a house for our kitten
my kids like to play with legos.
My nephews are using the same legos I used as a child, and they are stull just as fun! hanovertomato at yahoo dot com
A great summer trip was going to Wisconsin Dells. So much to do there!
We love going to disney world but when we go to downtown disney we always go see Lego land and are amazed!
We don’t have children, but my wife and I, both love lego’s. We have most of what it would take to make the city…we have over 30 sets constructed, we are trying to find a way to put it all together on a table or something. But I also like the Paramedic/Fire/Hospital stuff being a Paramedic. You are never too old to play with legos, and for those who say I am, I say, my wife and I will never stop being a kid (and we are in our 40’s, because the day you let the kid inside grow up is the day a part of you will never know the joys of life!
Before the age of Game Boys, and DS, my parents gave me Legos to play with in the back seat of the car on road trips. I never made it home with as many pieces as when we left, but it kept me occupied.
I remember the house my boys spent playing legos and the many times I stepped on them with bare feet.
My grandma had a HUGE bin of legos when we were growing up. I remember building a 2 foot high castle with my brothers and cousins one rainy day since we couldn’t romp around outside on the farm.
for my summer vacation, I went to Branson
My husband grew up a lego addict and has passed that down to our 4 kids.They lost most of them when we had the house fire but have slowly been rebuilding the collection.
My kids had so many Legos when they were younger. It is one of the few things I’ve kept for neices, nephews, and grandchildren to enjoy.
My 17 yr old is autistic and when he gets obcessed with something he dont stop until he has it all….we have so many sets of legos..that i have already lost count.
cpsnsamples@aol.com
My kids love Legos and they’re always making some of the coolest things. I love seeing their imagination at work.
annabellainla @ gmail dot com
My son loves building with Lego’s and he is always building cool things, but not always things that I “get” lol..once he built a house and i thought it was an airplane :-S
i havent done anything fun this summer.my summer vacation is next week..cant wait!- achadwick22 at yahoo dot com
We took a trip to Orlando Fl and went to the Lego store at Downtown Disney , it was very cool.
I love to spend time with my son playong with his legos
rtrexel@gmail.com
my favorite summer vacation was with the whole family in a large house at St. George island fl
just got back from biloxi
A few years back we went to the Mall of America on a family vacation. One of the highlights of this trip for my three girls was LegoLand!
I remember building lego house with my cousins…I also remember getting yelled at because one of my parents stepped on the legos
I still play with Legos myself with my grandsons!
ptavernie at yahoo dot com
I’m amazed how creative my son is with Legos!
My kids love to play with legos when its too hot to go out in summer.
julie hawkins
honeypie411 at yahoo dot com
My kids love to play with legos and get down and join right in with them!!!
Stepping on them in the middle of the night when going to the bathroom. Almost made me not make it.
lisando@hotmail.com
My boys love legos and so does my vacuum but i do hate stepping on them
My nephew and I love to build towers with legos, he likes to build them tall and then run his cars into them. Thanks!
We took the kids to DisneyWorld for the first time and they were absolutely thrilled. I am sure they will remember it the rest of their lives and my pocketbook will too!
brich22 at earthlink dot net
my kids love legos! my toddler has a little bag with legos in it that she carries with her to play with
All my kids love playing with legos.. I still play with legos 🙂
my sons love legos,for one of their last birthday we did cupcakes for his whole class and put lego guys on every one,the kids loved them!
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
I loved watching my son build with the big Legos when he was younger. He has now graduated to the star wars ones that are very tiny. We donated his big Legos to the pre school class in the school that I work at. The kids all love them.
melissalucky43@yahoo.com
A few years ago, 5 couples and their kids rented a cabin in the woods. And it rained for 5 days straight. The adults were ready to kill each other on day 4. The kids had portable game systems and survived. I wish they had these toys – maybe the adults could have gotten involved – and less involved in the drama. (We are all still friends, years later!)
sarahyurga@yahoo.com
My favorite vacation so far has to be our road trip to Key West last Summer. We have a wonderful time and the kids really loved it.
fooks213(at)yahoo(dot)com
We take Legos on every trip we take as they can play with them for hours.
we went to lego land this summer! the best part was going to the mini city and looking at all the work that was put into such a detailed place
When I was little I always loved building castles or forts with Legos
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I have to say: stepping on legos hurts something fierce!