A Day in the City

Today we spent a family day in the cities. I am trying to take full advantage of having Mattey around before football and school starts. We started the summer with a pretty lengthy list of possible things to do and we crossed off another destination today--the Mall of America. The theme at Nickelodeon Universe this summer is Dora, so we took Kelsey to meet her. When we first got there, we ran into Blue from Blue's Clues. Kelsey was not so sure of him, but did get close enough for a picture.

Next up, we met Dora and Boots. Daddy and Kelsey stood in line for about 10 minutes. During this time, Daddy convinced Kelsey it would be ok to stand by Dora and Boots for a picture. And, it worked! Kelsey gave them both hugs and smiled for a picture (with Daddy VERY close by of course :)



She kept saying the rest of the day "I hug Dora and Boots." She was quite proud I think.

Later, we went to the Disney Store and Kelsey spotted a Nemo stuffed fish. She is crazy about this movie and fell in love with the fish right away. Daddy and Mommy could not say no to her saying "pleeeeeease". Not to mention, we could not have pryed it out of her hands if we tried! She carried the fish around the remainder of the day and was so happy.

While in the cities, we were able to visit with a few of Matt's high school friends. Two of them recently had baby boys and we were excited to meet them. I brought in my camera and Mattey even reminded me to take a picture, and I forgot :( Bummer! Guess that means we need to plan another get together soon!

To end our day excursion, we stopped to have supper with Diane. We went to Diane's favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel. Mattey and I were not sure we have eaten there before or it was a long time ago. It was SO good! Again, no pictures as I was too busy stuffing my face. Oops!

We were all pretty tired when we got home. What a great day!