Last weekend we took a little family getaway to Minneapolis and the Mall of America! We knew a big family vacation was not in the cards this year, but we still wanted to get away and do something. And since Payton was on Spring Break from school, we thought we would take some time off of work for a 4 day weekend! We really cherish our time away. We both work a lot and with Justin working retail, it is hard to get the four of us home to just focus on each other. We try, but there are always things to get done nagging in the back of my head. When we get away, our only focus is on each other and having fun! So we drove up to Bloomington, MN on Friday night (they still have snow on the ground! Crazy!). That night we went to the Water Park of America. The boys both love to play in the water. Easton had a blast on the slides! He kept pointing to the slides and saying, “I Go!” Saturday we spent the entire day at the mall. We hit up the Lego store which was a huge hit for our family! Then we had lunch at Rainforest Café and went to an aquarium. We spent much of the afternoon at Nickelodeon Universe. It was a huge theme park in the mall! The boys got to meet Spongebob! I took Payton on his first and possibly his last roller coaster! ;-) We also went through a mirror maze and did miniature golf! Easton was done being in the stroller by that point, and it was late, so we let him run around the golf area. It was hard to keep track of whose turn it was because Easton would steal the balls from us! But that’s okay, we had a blast!
Then on Sunday we went to the Science Museum of Minnesota! It was really cute and very interactive. Payton really enjoys interacting with things at the museum. It was kind of crazy to see him looking through a microscope at things. He seemed so grownup!
Then on Monday we drove home! I think the boys had a good time and got along great for the most part. We did learn two things though. (1) Payton has developed car sickness. I have noticed a few times driving around town where Payton says he doesn’t feel good riding in the car. It was mostly in the car though and not the van. Well we took the van and he didn’t feel well at all. Luckily he never got sick, but we picked up some Dramamine and I think that helped. (2) Easton refuses to sleep or take a bath anywhere but home. We got a pack and play for the room, but figured it wouldn’t work, so we thought he could just sleep with us. We were right, he was petrified of the pack and play and thought sleeping with us was a game. It was a rough couple of nights. Then, for some reason he was scared to death of the bathtub! I am guessing he is just going through a phase, but wow! When Payton was little we traveled a lot more so I think he was used to it, but Easton doesn’t go anywhere nearly as much.
This past weekend was wonderful (almost 80 degrees!) and we went to a playground and played and kicked a soccer ball around a bit. It was so great to get some fresh air!! We have a busy week ahead of us! Tomorrow is Justin and my 8th wedding anniversary! Then on Wednesday we are going to see Toy Story on Ice and on Friday we have an assembly at school where Payton gets a student of the month award again!
Payton is back to school this week and already getting his third quarter grades! Wow, only one more quarter until he is done with his first year of school!
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