Back in January when we realized Brynn had a whole week off for Spring Break we decided to plan a mini vacation to Minneapolis. So, the girls stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Froemming Monday and Tuesday. We came Tuesday night and we all headed out Wednesday morning.
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| On the road! |
We first hit up the Mall of America. It was around lunch time when we got there so we tried Johnny Rockets and had some delicious malts.
Next we checked out the Crayola store.
And then the Lego store!
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| Even Daddy was browsing a bit. |
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| So many Legos! |
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| Batman Brynn |
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| Batman Clara |
More shopping...
Brynn really wanted to go to the American Girl doll store. She has what she thinks is the real deal American Girl doll which is actually the less expensive brand, Our Generation, from Target. :-) It was still fun to go in and look around, but we all had sticker shock. The level of detail and accessories for these dolls, though, is pretty amazing. Case in point is this little snack set of deviled eggs and PB on celery sticks!
Clara totally got into the Bitty Babies.
They essentially had a salon for the dolls where you could bring in your doll if her hair got to be a tangled mess (as they always seem to be!) and they'd straighten it all out for you.
We took in the aquarium in the mall as well. The girls really seemed to like that.
Last stop was Build-A-Bear. Truth be told I have always wanted to build a bear myself. Only the little girls picked out bears, though. Maybe next time for me.
We stayed at a hotel nearby the mall and chose a suit so we'd have plenty of room.
Clara was short on sleep and we had a long day of shopping at the mall.
That's better...
Thursday we went to the Minnesota Science Museum in St. Paul. Although it didn't appear that Minnesota students were on spring break at the same time, there were still a lot of people there that day and it seems a lot of classes come through for school trips. Brynn said she was a bit disappointed and it was different than she was expecting. I thought they had a lot of neat things there and it was pretty well done, but it did seem a bit difficult to navigate through all the people.
Clara loved learning about the furs!
That night we made it to our friends' house for dinner, though unfortunately I didn't get any pictures. It was great seeing them as they had moved down there from Fargo about a year ago now.
Speaking of friends, as we started making our way back home on Friday, we stopped for more shopping in Albertville before we settled at our other friends' house in Sartell. Their daughter made these cute treat bags for the girls.
Watching the movie 'Sing.'
Everyone was glad to get back home to our own beds and more sleep! Clara mentioned several times that she 'wanted to go home' and 'go back to Fargo.' :-( I felt bad that she was missing home, and Brynn also commented after we got back home that she got a little homesick on the trip. I guess we are just a bunch of homebodies. Ha.
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