Mall of America

2 Moms

3 kids

1 Mall of America

What were we thinking????

We made it! The 4 hour car ride went very

well the kids were great. The outlets we stopped

at on our way there were a hit. First stop in

Minneapolis was IKEA....okay Amazing store...

loved it. Spent as long as the kids would let us.

You'd think we'd be tired by now but we just had to

go to the mall before we checked in to our hotel.

Danna and Adalee

So we ate the Rainforest Cafe in the Mall.
Addie loved all the jungle animals that would
"come to life" every 10 minutes and the
big fish tank we got to sit by as we ate our dinner!
After dinner we check in our hotel and survived our
sleepless night between the kids taking turns
waking up at random times during the night. ugh.
Good timing for our next day at the mall right?
Sleep deprived Mothers+sleep deprived children+ Mall of America= A LOT OF PATIENTS!
However I have to say looking back on it all the
kids were very good and cooperated well.

LEGO LAND....need i say more

she was hooked.

Addies first theme park ride! Blue skidoo.

Addie actually took this picture! I was being "brave"

to stand by the big shark tank to get a picture. She wouldn't let

me take her picture by the tank because she was scared

so I asked her if she wanted to take mine

by the tank and to my surprise she did so this was the outcome.

she did a pretty good job i think.

He was my little trooper. Although he was

naughty during the night, he made up for it at the

mall and took all his naps (good naps) in his car seat in the stroller

while we shopped and walked around. Thank you Trey.

This was so fun. The Mall has a huge aquarium on the lower

level that has huge underwater tunnel so you can watch

the fish/sharks/sting rays swim right over you.

Addie loved watching the big sharks swim over her

and the black and white polka dot sting ray swim right

up the glass in front of her.

This was at the end of our underwater adventure. She got

to play more before it was mom's turn to play aka shop!

We had to take turns all day!

My friend and I were under the impression that there was just one giant

roller coaster in the mall only to find out that

there is a whole theme park in the middle of the mall.

The mall was 4 levels high with just about any store you

could imagine...even a dollar tree!! we thought that was funny!

Over all we had a fabulous/exhausting time! I will go back!