Mall of America

Friday night while we were out shopping, my mother-in-law texted me to see if Kileigh and I wanted to go with them to the Mall of America on Saturday (yesterday).  I said sure, so we headed home, packed our bags for the weekend and went up to their house.  Saturday morning we had breakfast and headed over to the airport.  Kevin met us outside security with our boarding passes and we got on the first flight to Minneapolis.  Right after we boarded, Kevin walked on the plane.  I knew he was going to be able to get off early and fly with us, but his parents didn't know so they were surprised.  The flight was quick, just over an hour.  When we got off the plane, Kileigh discovered a little kids play area with a slide.  At first, she wasn't very interested in going down the slide and was scared, but then wanted to go down it again.  It was hard to drag her away.  She would have been content to play at the airport all day.  Once we left the terminal, we walked through the parking garage (outside) to the light rail station.  You would think they could have an indoor walkway, especially in the winter, but that wasn't the case.  We took the train to the Mall of America, which was a short ride.  My in-laws had been there, but it was our first time.  When we first got inside, I was like "WOW" we are actually at the Mall of America.  Once we started walking around, it seemed a lot like any other big mall that you maybe have been to, except for the amusement park in the middle and the fact that there were a lot of Minnesota suvenior shops.  After walking around for awhile, we were looking for a sit down place for lunch and decided on Ruby Tuesday, because I knew we could get stuff for Kileigh from the salad bar and she was already really hungry.  Anywhere else, we would have been waiting for a long time.  Besides, she is at that stage where no matter what you order, she rarely eats much of it anyway.  We each got the salad bar.  My mother-in-law order a broccoli chicken pasta.  My father-in-law and Kevin ordered burgers and I ordered the sliders.  Once we were done with lunch, we continued walking around.  We found a dress for Kileigh for St. Patrick's Day.  How sad that we had to go all the way to Minnesota to find one, but now that we did, I am happy that Kileigh will look cute.  Before we left, we stopped at Cold Stone for an ice cream treat.  Yummy!  Then we headed back to the airport.  We got there early and were able to get on an earlier flight.  We went back to my in-laws house and watched the Olympics.  We were wiped from all the walking and went to bed after watching the US women win gold in the bobsled. 

Today we went to church and then went to a newcomer's lunch at one of the church member's houses.  We met a couple younger couples, one of which has a daughter who is only a few months older than Kileigh.  They have played together in the nursery a few times and have become friends.  They actually live right down the street from us, so we might have to plan some playdates. 

Tonight is the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics.  We really enjoyed watching them on tv, but are excited about a couple new shows that are starting this week:  The Marriage Ref and Parenthood.