So to make sure to spoil my hubby's fun (no really, I wanted away from my house and my job for awhile), we packed up the 4 kids and I and took off on a 3 day tour of Vegas. Vegas is not a "kid friendly" destination like Disneyland is- but it is fun to go to with kids if you have no other option.
What can you do in Vegas with kids? Plenty! On the strip, is the M&M factory (note- this is best done without any children in strollers, as they have a tiny elevator for 4 floors, so put then in a carrier or be prepared to wait), the tram between Excalibur & Mirage, watching the boats and listening to the singers at the Venician, the forums shops at Cesars have both a show and fish to watch, the flamingos at the flamingo (plus it has some large grassy areas to let the kids run off some energy) and I'm sure there's some other free things I have missed. And you can't miss Freedmont street's light show.
Of course there are plenty of things to do that cost money, like the aquarium at the Mirage, where ever the place is that keeps the tigers, circus circus's adventure dome, and all the arcade games that some hotels have for kids. We usually don't do these, as the money x 4 kids and an adult is usually a lot, we have Disneyland annual passes, and I'm not sure if they'd enjoy it long enough to make the money worth it.
There are two places off the strip and away from the Vegas lights that are fun to do. One is the Lied's Children's Museum, the other is the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. It's worth it to allow one day for one and one day for the other. The last time we went to the Children's Museum we were there for 5 hours and could of easily played another 3 or 4. They have so much for them to do, dress up, play store, with plenty of room to move around and be loud. The Las Vegas Natural History museum had some very "museum" exhibits (aka stuffed dead things) that my kids had no interest in for the most part. They liked when they pushed a button and it lit things up (as the Genius would say, it Highlights what they thing is). They had a very neat dinosaur exhibit with HUGE dinosaurs, a fish exhibit about fish that glow, a play area with things to touch and a sub to play in, and a Egypt exhibit (that conveniently covered exactly what they were learning in history). We spent about 4 hours here, 5 probably would of been perfect. Unfortunately we didn't get the time this trip to do the kid's museum again. It was closed on Monday and that was the only day we had.
The best part about a vacation is actually missing your house! It was a nice change to be someplace else for awhile. We all had fun and can't wait to go back next year.
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