Go To The Cities

Ever since Chay heard that Todd/Laurie/Bailee/Carter were in The Cities one weekend, he said he wanted to go to The Cities. He's never been there. He has no idea what is there. But he was a bit fixated on going there.

On Saturday, Bailee was competing in regionals for gymnastics. So we decided to make a short trip to the Cities for Chay and to root on Bailee. This was our first overnight trip since the twins were born so we were unsure how it was going to go.

All three boys were well behaved that weekend. The twins slept half the way there and we stopped halfway to get some lunch. Upon arrival, we checked into our hotel. As we were standing in the hotel parking lot, Chay said "we going to the Cities?". Ummm...Chay...we're here. This is it.

When we got to the hotel room, the boys just loved it. We had a suite and they were busy running around checking out the place. Our stop in the hotel room was short lived because we had to get back into the car to drive to downtown Minneapolis. I think Chay liked seeing the skyscrapers as we got close to downtown. We then watch B compete before we had to call it a night.

The next day, we checked out and drove to the Mall of America. Before the mall opened, we found a strategic place to park so that Chay could watch planes land and take off from MSP.

As soon as the mall opened, we entered and headed straight for the Rainforest Cafe. At first, Chay didn't know what to think. Our table was in the gorilla section. All three boys got a kick out of the gorillas talking every 15 minutes. Chay was a little scared when the thunder/lightning storm started. I knew Chay was overwhelmed when I had to ask him 15 times what he wanted for lunch and he wouldn't answer me. By the end of lunch, the boys were loving the atmosphere and having a good time.

After lunch, we went to the undersea aquarium. The poor-quality pictures below were taken with sharks and other fish swimming over our heads.

After the aquarium, it was time to check out Nickelodeon Universe. Chay loved to watch the log flume ride. Then it was time to head home.

Jenner slept about 3 hours on the way home. Jace slept for most of that as well. So it made the drive go much faster.

Overall, it was a nice fun, short trip. All 3 boys behaved very well and seemed to like the short weekend getaway.