Mall of America!

Over Thanksgiving Break, we decided to take a little trip to Minnesota with our boys to the Mall of America.

 

It was a very long drive.

The hardest part...was getting through Wisconsin.

Bottom to top...oh...my...goodness.

Not fun.

But once we got there...

 

We had a GREAT time!

There is literally an amusement park in this mall!

Roller coasters, rides of all kinds, arcades...

Bowling ally, movie theaters, restaurants, multiple food courts...

You could spend DAYS (we did!) here and not even begin to touch everything offered in this mall!

 

This was the Lego Store...they had all kinds of massive things built out of Legos on the ceiling of their store.

 

Santa was at the mall...is this guy great or what?

 

The boys hanging out at The Rainforest Café...

 

Me and the boys posing for a picture by the fountains...

 

We stopped at a little eatery in the mall called "Pardon My French" and Evan experienced a French Truffle made with real French chocolate...at the tune of $1.75 for a nickel sized treat, LOL!

 

I finally got to try a macaron.

It was delicious.  Crispy and flaky on the outside, tender on the inside.

Really good.

Jam and Nate enjoying an Orange Julious.

We got these coupon books with all kinds of discounts and BOGOs.

 

The boys at the Lego Store.

 

They have the Sea Life Aquarium there.

We planned to go there on the last evening we were there, unfortunately, Evan got a stomach bug and spent several hours of our last night in bed.  I stayed with him at the hotel while he rested and got better for our trip home...and Nate and Jamie checked out the aquarium.

 

Nate checking out the jellyfish.

 

Natee in the tunnel!

 

Nate made sure they took lots of pictures so Evan and I could experience it too...even though we didn't get to go.  Sweet boy.

 

Also, while there...Nate conquered his fears of escalators!

Yay Natee!

We had a great time while at The Mall of America.

It was a really nice family trip.

A perfect little getaway!