For Spring Break this year, we had planned a short family trip to Omaha, Nebraska to go to the Henry Doorly Zoo. We had it all planned out and had booked a hotel with a great kids pool with slides but sadly, the weather decided to change our plans. When snow showed up in the Omaha forecast for the days we were planning on, we had to come up with a plan B. We decided to head to MN! We visited family for a few days in Rochester and spent one day up in Minneapolis at the Mall of America. We took the kids to the Crayola Experience and they loved it! All three kids really seem to be into crafts and coloring so it was right up their alley! They loved learned how crayons are made, naming and labeling their own crayons, taking pictures of themselves and turning them into coloring pages, painting with melted wax, and turning melted wax into different molded shapes. There was also a spot where they could color a picture on a tablet and then it would be projected onto a big screen on the front wall. They seriously could have spent an entire day at Crayola, and probably more if we'd have stayed in Minneapolis longer!
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| Colored by Katie |
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| Colored by Colton |
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| I'm so photogenic :) |
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| Spider-man Blue |
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| Rapunzel Purple |
For lunch, we went to the Rainforest Cafe in the Mall of America. It was similar to the T-Rex restaurant in Orlando where the restaurant had robotic animals, sounds, and automated thunder storms. The kids really enjoyed it, except for Zach who was terrified during the "thunder storms" and crawled whimpering under table every time one happened.
We also let the kids each go on two roller coasters. They both begged to go on a water log ride and then decided afterwards that it was a little too fast and too wet. Colton went on a smaller roller coaster with Zach and Jon after that and Katie went on a Bubble Guppies teacup ride all by herself. I was actually kind-of nervous for her since there were no seat belts and she was all by herself up in the air! She seemed to really enjoy it though. We let each of the kids pick out a toy from the Mall. Katie picked a Rapunzel art kit from the Disney Store, Colton picked some toy snakes/reptiles from the Rainforest Cafe, and Zach picked some Lion Guard figurines from the Disney Store.
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| Disney Store |
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| Lego Store |
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| Lego Store |
It was a short little vacation, but it was fun to spend time with family and also do something new with the kids!
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