We went to the Mall of America!

Last weekend Jon, Kennedy and I took a road trip to the Mall of America. We drove up on Friday morning and left on Saturday morning. Just a quick trip, but it was very nice! Kennedy was sooo good at the mall, they had this huge Nickelodeon Universe in the center, which had a sorts of different Nickelodeon rides and games, all of her favorite characters! She didn't realize that she could actually ride on the rides, which was good b/c she was actually too short for most of them. She very much like to look at everything:) And of course, we did have to get a stuffed Ho Ho monkey from Ni-Hao Ki-Lan!, a Wonder Pets cape and a Dora tshirt. I am surprised we didn't have to leave with more, but she was satisfied with all of that (and her bubble gum ice cream)...

Dora and Boots - HUGE FERRIS WHEEL!Daddy and Kennedy, taking it all in:)

That is the Diego Rescue Rider:)

Kennedy and I:) Here is a purple elephant at Rainforest Cafe! And, you may have to look very hard at this one, but it is a crocodile. Mechanical, yes, still very scary. It would sit very still, making no sign of life, when out of no where, lights come on and the thing raises from the water, mouth open with this evil growl. If that doesn't scare a 2 year old, idk what will! Testing out our Wonder Pets cape. Kennedy got to "choose" this one. I held out a Linny, Tuck and Ming Ming cape and she said, "Let me choooooosssssse." As you can see, she chose Linny. And she LOVES it!

Watching TV w/ Daddy in the hotel. Looks comfy! Lastly, they were filming a movie in our hotel! That truck says A Mark Scott Company. The movie is called The Convincer w/ Greg Kinnear. We got to see Greg, but we didn't see the other actors; there were some other big names like Billy Crudup and Leah Thompson. So that was kind of neat!!!

Spring. Welcome!!

The weather is turning around! Minus the snow that we came home to on Saturday, the weather has been very Spring-y this past week. Kennedy had a great time jumping on the trampoline. She liked to lay on it and "sleep" more than she did jump, but she thought it was pretty cool!


Here she is having a tea party outside! It was a teensy chilly in the shade, but she still wanted the tea party.

This is about the coolest thing ever! Barb made these IHOP menus and Kennedy can play restaurant with. She loves to set up her tea parties; giving each person tea and soup and a piece of fake food. Except herself. She requires real food on her tea party plate. She has recently started to set up a "restaurant" by sitting behind her stool on a chair and peeking through the stool, asking, "What you want?" Now she can pass out her IHOP menus and customers can place their orders! LOVE IT! This was the first day she played with them, we were at Grandma Julie and Papa's house, so she didn't have her stool restaurant, but not to worry, she still knew to lay them out for everyone to order....

Shake you butt!

So. Our friend Addie is one of the best little dancers we know. Boy, can she move! I'm not talking about jumping in place and waving her arms, but she can wiggle her little hips and shake her booty! We have "dance parties" in our kitchen (think, 1993, where you all circle round and have dance offs in the center. Those forming the circle chant, "Go ____, Go ____, Go ____ Go!"). I am always trying to get Kennedy to shake her booty.

Well. At our surprise 30th birthday party (yes, 30, I know...) for our bff Darci, Kennedy had a ball with the touch tunes juke box. Here she is, saying, "Mom, shake you butt!" as she crouches down bending her knees and waving her arms. It is adorable!

Playing dress up in her costume. Not complete without the boots.

A new favorite - the clipboard! Who would have ever thought this thing would be sooo cool. She loves to carry it around saying, "What you want?" She is taking your food order, in case you were wondering... So, if you see her w/ clipboard in hand, you had better get your order ready!