Micah Day at MOA

AJ has a wonderful Grandma ("Gram") who enjoys spoiling others. Recently she decided that Micah should have a "Micah Day" at the Mall of America and he would get to do whatever he wanted to do. Of course, Micah thought that was a great idea. We all got to tag along and we all equally enjoyed his day. We started off at Underwater Adventures, which is a fun place to go. The kids loved the cool fish and all of the huge turtles. They each got to pick out something from the gift store. Micah chose a stuffed dolphin that he named "Swimmer" and Ellie chose a stuffed octopus that she named "Coco". Then we headed to Nickelodeon Universe to ride the rides. Our family has been there before, but just to look and not to actually go on the rides. It was a great treat to ride the rides and the kids had a great time. They stuck to the tame ones and AJ ended up riding most of them with the kids. The kids got face painting done except it was on their arms. We had lunch together in the food court where we could go wherever we wanted to get our food. The kids of course chose McDonalds with Gram, AJ had hot dogs, and I had chinese. After a short stop at LegoLand, it was back for a few more rides, some cotton candy, and then back AGAIN to Underwater Adventures. The passes were good for all day, so Micah thought we should go through it again. It was fun to see what different things the fish did in the afternoon (not much, they were pretty lazy compared to the morning activity!). We finally convinced Micah that we were worn out and it was time to go home. He had a great time and I'm sure it will be a memory he will talk about often. Thanks Gram!