Sunday, January 18, 2009

Our mini-Vacation

We took a little mini-vacation up to Minneapolis/St. Paul during the break. We had a lot fun. Once again the pictures are in random order.
At the Mall of America we let each of the boys ride a couple of the rides. Here is Austin giving a thumbs up before the bumper cars start. All three of the boys loved this train ride.
Walk around the mall is a little overwhelming. It is unbelievably huge. The boys were troopers.

Their favorite part of the mall was the aquarium. Austin loved toughing the sting-rays.


They loved watching all the sharks swim by.

Chase really loved it. This was actually his birthday. Can you believe my baby is now 2? I can't.

They were mesmerized by everything.
We found a cheap hotel and spent the night. They boys(Chase) loved sleeping in a big bed. We decided to have movie night. Austin isn't to thrilled about the choice of movie.
They loved swimming in the pool. Last time we took Chase swimming he hated it. We figured he would be the same this time. Not so. He kept trying to just jump right of the side.
Austin loves swimming. He is probably one of his favorite things to do and was by far the highlight of the trip for both of the boys.
We had a wonderful time and hope to make it back up there to see some to the city sites and maybe save up so we can actually do a little shopping.

3 comments:

shauni said...

We love Minneapolis, it's the perfect vacation for kids. My boys loved the sharks at the aquarium. Happy Birthday to Chase! He is such a cute little guy. I'm glad you guys had a fun trip.

Skye O. said...

Looks like it was so much fun. That is somethign we never did, but wished we would've. Looks like your Christmas was fun. Nixon got the same fire truck I saw in a picture. Hope all is well. Michigan is cold, but not as cold as IA...don't miss that. :)

sarita said...

I LOVE the aquarium! Glad you guys had a good time.

The look of disappointment on Austin's face over the movie is classic.