Fun with Jessica

Hayden woke up this morning looked out the window and said " Why is there snow on the ground, doesn't know it's Spring?" Poor kid! We keep telling him we'll play golf with them, and t-ball when the snow goes away and it just keeps coming back! Not much snow either! Just a dusting and we are actually in Bloomington at the Staybridge Suites. I've stayed her a bunch of times with my parents and brought my boys back. The rooms are very nice and all rooms are a "suite". We don't have much planned for the weekend but i am sure it will be action packed! Yesterday we first went to Jessica's house and those two played, and super well! They were very good sharers. Then we went to the Mall of America. I of course found a smokin' deal on a winter coat for next year for Hayden. Its a wool peacoat with toggle buttons and a food with a fake Sherpa lining for $6.97! Its a $42 coat! I was happy. He also got a new swim suit. I found a swim shirt(Rash Guard) on clearance for $4.99 down from 10.00 and then we went and found matching bottoms that were on sale for $10. Hayden was SO excited. I love it, my boy gets excited about new clothes, he is totally my son! Jason of course rolls his eyes. I went into Janie and Jack. Its the Upper end of Gymboree. I was impressed with the prices of their clearance items, made them affordable if i was splurging but so many of the items i have see sooooo similar at Gymboree they just put a turtle on them or something like that. They did however have the cutest hats for boys. I didn't buy one but i will differently watch their online clearance for them. Okay anyways after Mommy was in shopping heaven the kids went on some rides at the new Nickelodeon Theme park at MOA. I didn't know Nick had taken it over. It was cute with big Dora and Boots faces on the ferris wheel and Diego Bus. Spongebob roller coaster, you get it. Hayden bounced in Spongebob's Pineapple, both kids+the mommies rode in Blue and Magenta. Lisa, Jason and the kids rode on some Big Rigs, the kids rode on Dora's blue train(the name is in Spainish but i have no clue how to spell it!) and then the mommies and kids rode on Swipers Sweepers. Which were little cars that kind of whip you around the corners. We all loved it! It was actually fun for a kiddy ride. And something that i liked there was that parents did not have to pay for going on the rides with the little kids. Most places make the parents pay too. We had a Food Court dinner Hayden and I shared what he wanted, Chinese. Well actually we had Japanese but don't tell Hayden. He loved the Sesame Chicken(the only Chinese food Jason will eat!) and devoured the rice. He is becoming an adventurous eater, which i love because i will try just about everything. Okay better go wake up Jason who has a cold, poor guy. But he was a trooper all day yesterday. I keep pumping Tylenol Cold into him. Today we have many options! Ikea, Wild Rumpus/Creative Kidstuff, Denny's bakery, Convention Grill, Grand Old Creamery or is it Ole?, indoor playground, Second Debut( i found this place online last night, its all the high end stuff Goodwill gets they put it into a swanky store and sell it and what they say is Goodwill prices, well see! Maybe i can be like my mom and get a Coach purse at Goodwill! Wink, Wink mom! Tomorrow we are heading to Stout to see my sister. We may have to stop at Nelson's Dairy on the way through Stillwater! Have a good weekend! Hopefully I'll remember to take pictures the rest of the weekend because i didn't on Friday.