Vegas mini-vacay, reimagined!

What happens when two moms take three kids ages 10, 8, and 5 to Las Vegas for an end-of-summer fling, and one of those kids has ADHD, but his mom leaves his medication at home because she is so focused on bringing all his Type 1 Diabetes equipment that she forgets the ADHD pills?

Chaos. 

Pure chaos.

And also, loads of loud laughter and fabulous fun.

(Mixed in with the chaos.)

Shulamith says this photo best represents the essence of our trip, as she holds Swen in a death grip, haha.

If you ever go to Vegas with kids, I highly recommend the Hilton at Resorts World . It's located on the north end of the strip, so a bit far from many of the fun attractions; however, the inexpensive bus passes work great, so it doesn't really matter where you are. You can easily get wherever you want to go. This hotel is only a couple years old and so nice. Here is the view from our room on the 54th floor:

The best part about this hotel is the pool, or rather pools. There are five of them! Lots of shallow areas for non-swimmers and one pool with spray park features for kids. For parents, there are lounge chairs that are literally immersed in water. Not even kidding. You sit in a comfortable lounge chair, and your legs are under water. So cool (both literally and figuratively)! I didn't get a picture of these amazing chairs, but here we are hanging by the pool:

We rode the bus down to the south end of the strip to visit two favorite places: the Coke store (fountain Diet Coke on ice, anyone?) and the M&M store. We all got bags of assorted M&Ms, including caramel, fudge brownie, mint, pretzel, crispy, and of course peanut and regular. 

The Vegas mini-vacay was definitely reimagined from when Shulamith and I go by ourselves. For example, we didn't go to any shows, and she didn't get to gamble away her usual $20. However, you can be sure we still ate all the Vegas food we like. Had to feed her kids McDonald's because they don't like good food, but we enjoyed Gordon Ramsay's Fish & Chips.

We also ate our favorite crepes from the New York - New York Hotel, and we discovered a new favorite treat: Siegel's Bagelmania. These bagels weren't quite as good as the ones we ate in New York City but a close second. Finally, we ate our standard yummy street tacos from Taco del Gordo.

I think Kennedy's favorite thing was watching the high wire flyers at Circus Circus. When I asked her if she would like to be a trapeze artist, her response was, "Yes! But no." That makes perfect sense, Kennedy. Here we are waiting for the act to begin:

I only got one airport photo, but I need to post it to document the adventure and to prove we did it! Two moms, three kids (one missing his ADHD meds) and a 2-day, fun-filled trip to Las Vegas.