Day 2: Arriving & Playing at Mall of America

 So, we headed to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota on Sunday, April 21.  Along the way, John spotted several animals and tried to point them out to us so we could all see them; using my phone as camera, I did the best I could... point n shoot.... LOL  usually without even seeing what I was capturing.  If you zoom in on the picture above, there are deer on the side of the road about an inch from the trailer.

 I liked seeing all the barns and farms.... John taught us about silage and haylage and how farmers use them as food for their animals.

 Arriving at Mall of America.... IN BIG town.... John was NOT a happy camper, driving in the big cities.... mostly because pulling that long trailer made it difficult to find parking sometimes...When we tried to park at Mall of America, we pulled into the lot and the trailer hit the height bar....soooo, we had to pull out of that lot and find somewhere else....

Jess, this one's for you :) It's an IKEA store.... 

 So, we found parking allright... LOL  We found a HOTEL with a shuttle service to the mall...

 Hydie was so excited to bring Marie Grace and Molly to the American Girl store...

 Finally, we made it here....

 And I HONESTLY believe Jade was more excited than Hydie.... Hydie was SOOOoooo overwhelmed.... so many dolls, so many outfits, sooooo many choices.... but she did NOT want them messing with her dolls' hair.... Jade had been wanting to have their hair brushed out and fixed.... Hydie did not want to let her dolls out of her sight.

 Bryson.... just chilling....

 Backyardigans....

 3 of my boys....

 Hydie & Carter drove the bumper cars....

 Cheeeeeeeeese.....

 Jade & I were chilling for a bit....we had to stop and feed Bryson....

 Bubba Gump Shrimp.....

 Carter and I just hanging out after dinner.

 and then things got silly...

We really had a great day at Mall of America....Hydie's favorite thing we did: drive bumper cars...  Carter's favorite thing we did:  rode the Choo-choo train...  Trip has pics of that; will have to add them later.... We split up some of the time to do boy stuff and girl stuff....  Carter played in Legoland while Hydie shopped in the AG store...All in all - a great day!