The obligatory "squint with the sun in your eyes" photo before the egg hunt began!
Egg hunts are great but having the ability to trade your finds with a lot of cousins? Priceless!
Lucy and I spent 25 minutes in deep negotiations when I told her that she couldn't wear her tutu/cowgirl vest combination to the Science Center one weekend. Her determination will serve her well some day.
We saw an Imax show about the national park system and Charlie and I have big plans for future family vacations - RVs...here we come!
We spent a weekend in Minneapolis for a quick family getaway - the bunk beds and water park at our hotel were big hits!
We visited the Mall of America for a few hours and I told the kids that they could pick out one thing from a store of their choosing. Lucy's choice at The American Girl store? A $12 headband. I'm guessing it might go down as our cheapest visit to The American Girl store ever.
Rest assured, we made up for it at The Lego store, which is good because I think our collection of what seems to be a million pieces was surely lacking something.
Lucy wanted to ride as many rides as possible - the taller, the better. The scarier, the better. Her short stature kept her off of many rides, and she was only mildly frustrated that her daily multi-vitamins haven't made her bigger yet, but we enjoyed as many rides as possible.
