Playing tourist.

I'm usually not a big fan of taking the family down to the "strip", but while we were in Vegas we decided to take advantage of some of the free things the strip has to offer and get the kids out of the house as well! First stop, FOA Schwartz! The kids loved seeing all the toys and picking out a little treat too! It was really fun walking around and I think their fav part was the "sky" inside the forum shops. They kept looking up and saying "wow". Then we took them over to the lion habitat at the MGM Grand. Kinda funny to walk through a casino to watch lions sleep when we can drive 20 minutes to our Zoo and spend all the time we want staring at lions, but again it was something to do! Our second venture to the strip included the atrium at the Bellagio. It was decorated for fall and it was worth it. The kids loved the trees with the faces and the miniature Bellagio. We also took in the beautiful fountains just outside. I was really surprised when Mom said that that was the first time she saw the fountain show! Just shows you how much locals try to avoid the strip. All in all it was really fun being a tourist for a couple of days in my own hometown!