The Lego Store

Ansley next to the miniature R2-D2 that had been built
The Lego Master building the 8 foot R2-D2 and one that is smaller

John, Ansley and Elisabeth building Lego bricks to be used on the 8 foot R2-D2

Some of the bricks they built

The 8 foot R2-D2. They weren't going to complete it until the next day. The kids wanted to go back on Sunday but we said no to that. Wasn't driving all that way to see R2-D2's head be put on his body. Sorry. You'll just have to use your imagination.

In the Lego store at their table where you can create whatever you want.

John checking out the robotics area. It was less crowded down there......that's where I should have been. The rest of the store was crowded (and that's a huge understatement)

Elisabeth building a hotel out of big Legos.

Ansley car creation

Using computer software to pick and find instructions on making things out of Legos. Ansley was making a dog but we didn't get to finish because we had to find a restroom (story of my shopping life). The computers are very popular at this store so once you leave one you lose it.

All built out of Legos. Cool huh?

John being silly

Elisabeth creating something out of Legos

It's an ice cream cone!

The Lego store in Charlotte opened in late July but they had their grand opening a week or so ago. So we decided to spend a Saturday afternoon on the northern part of town and go to Ikea and The Lego store. First we headed to the Ikea store which was very cool and very very big. We had to speed walk through it because it was huge and you could spend hours upon hours in there. But we knew that we needed to get over to the mall to the food court because that is where they were building an 8 foot R2-D2 out of Legos and we wanted the girls to get in on the action. They were able to help build Lego bricks that were used to build the R2-D2 and got certificates for it and everything. We spent hours in the Lego store building and playing and buying. Yes, after you spend that long in the store and see all the cool stuff they have it just makes you want to buy a Lego set of your very own to take home. We bought a Lego set of SpongeBob and then another one of a house. We have put both of them together and had fun spending hours on it and sorting through a zillion small Lego pieces. I need to take a picture of the finished product before they get totally destroyed. But that's the beauty in Legos.......you can build, tear it apart and then build again. The kids have now eyed several other Lego sets that they want. I eyed some too but of course out of the whole store I picked one of the most expensive ones. Guess I won't be getting that one anytime soon :-) (It is really cool though.....it's a carousel made of legos but it works --- like the horses go up and down and it really plays music. You can just guess how much that costs....)