One of the very first things the kids wanted to do was go on the rides. I thought maybe we'd ease into the rides by going on the swings or one of the tame roller coasters, but Ben wanted us to go on the Sponge Bob ride RIGHT AWAY!
Are you kidding me?
The brave souls before we go on the ride. Ben, Joshua, Jordan, Me, and Mike.
Yup, that's Joshua and me in the front row screaming our heads off!
We're still going strong, upside down, rightside up, every which way! (By the way, it was an AWESOME 15 second ride!)
The next ride we went on was the Splat-O-Sphere (or something like that).
Everyone really liked this ride - especially the girls. Mike, Annika, Lydia, and Hannah.
Me and my sister, Carol.
And who could resist a Carousel ride?
Miles really liked riding the horses too!
Laughing at Grandpa and Daddy!
With 9 kids between the ages of 4 months and 11 years old, we took turns watching the kids. Here are Dan, Hope, Amaya and Steve waiting for us to get off one of the rides.
Arwen took Miles and Amaya over to see some of the Nickelodeon characters. As you can see, they both have the death grip on Arwen.
And of course, you can't go to Mall of America without having a snack. I think Miles was introducing Amaya to Reese's Puffs.
Hope, finding her thumb wishing that Miles would share with her.
Bumper Cars! Need I say more?
The Log Ride. One of Steve and my favorite rides. Even Grandma loves this ride! Annika, Mike, Hannah, and Carol. Mike and I were the only ones that got really wet.
Late afternoon, Amaya finally conked out.
As did Miles.
We were able to do a little shopping and got Amaya some new clothes for the fall and also a new ball.
When can we come back?