Minnesota Trip Day 2

The second day was the biggie!  Here the kids are all freshly showered and looking planning the trip.

Mall of America http://www.mallofamerica.com/#/main/home/home and The Nickelodeon Theme Park http://www.nickelodeonuniverse.com/ What a gigantic place that Mall of America is! 

Wow!  It would have been very fun to shop there.  They even had an American Girl store!  But, we spent 8 hours there and still the kids din't get to ride all the rides.  Yes, 8 hours of indoor amusement rides with 5 kids!  Wyatt, who would ride scary rides at 4 years old, suddenly developed a fear of rides.  So, that was a little bit of a bummer, but he had fun anyway.

I just love this one of the boys.  Wyatt is so shy with his smile that I hardly get to see that dimple in pictures.

Jake had this bravery that completely surprised me!  He climbed this terrifying climbing theing where they harness you in and you walk on tight ropes and stuff.  I was sick just watching.  He even stood in the vicinity of the dreaded "dressed up guys" and smiled.  I have to get that picture from Missy.

The two little ones had a ball!  For sure the biggest challenge was keeping Joey with us and safe.  If I had to do it over, I would have had a harness and leash for him.  Just kidding.  Kind of.  :)

Chloe was a little scared on the ferris wheel at first but quickly got over it.

All in all a great day!