Sharky

And we can't forget Sharky who we would run into walking around the mall!

Trip to Minnesota - More Roller Coasters

Here are some more of the rides that we all enjoyed! Toward the end of our trip we decided to ride the ferris wheel. It went ok when we moved, but we stopped so much and had a hungry, tired 2-year-old that wanted to stand up in the bucket that we were in, so we were pretty much over that after a couple rounds.

Trip to Minnesota - Our First Roller Coasters!

After the aquarium, we set foot into the Nickelodeon Amusement Park in the middle of the Mall of America. Jasper has been to Adventureland before at Issa's daycare, but this was the first time we had seen him on roller coasters. I was a little nervous but was so relieved when he absolutely went crazy for the rides! I think it helped that big cousin Sydney was so brave and rode on the rides with Jman, too...and we also took turn riding rides with the big guy...Adam was a trooper (as you'll see on one of these photos) and squeezed into one of the rides with Jasper - it was a little uncomfortable so he didn't ride that one again. Jasper's favorites were the barnyard roller coaster, the 'skyshot' that went high in the air and then bounced them back down to the ground, and the Dora bus.

Trip to Minnesota - Off to the Mall!

Our second day of the trip, we headed to the Mall of America. Our first stop was the underwater aquarium where you went through tunnels of sea creatures swimming all around you, it was a neat experience. Toward the end of the aquarium, there was a spot where the kiddos could play with freshwater creatures such as starfish, urchins, and turtles.

Trip to Minnesota - More Zoo

After all that playing in the fun playground, we had to stop for a cool treat. Syd decided to get a giant sucker and Jman got a Jumbo Bomb pop and JUMBO it was, but he did pretty good at eating it all, and getting a little on his shirt, but comes with the territory! We also stopped in the aquarium at the zoo - fish, dolphins, all sorts of fun stuff! After the aquarium we headed to the train and then made our way to the hotel. It was a fun afternoon for our first adventure in Minnesota.

Trip to Minnesota - More Zoo

This zoo also had quite the cool play area. You could climb on spiders, spider webs, go fishing on a boat, run on the jungle gym bridge, go through tunnels, slides - it was pretty fun!

Trip to Minnesota

The weekend of June 25, we headed to Minnesota with Grams, Gramps, and the Wilders. Jasper, Daddy, Gramps, and I loaded up into the truck and the Wilders and Grams piled into the red honda and we were on our way! Our first stop was the Minnesota Zoo where we saw bears, groundhogs, dolphins, lions, camels, zebras, and much, much more! We got a great show by the bear where he showed off in the water and kept swimming and putting his paws up to the glass for Syd and Jasper - they loved it!