Celebrating 7 years!

We celebrated Porter's 7th Birthday in the cities!

The ride there was smooth sailing, thanks to an ipod, dsi, and 3ds :)  Our kids are growing up, and I no longer have to read this certain girlie "Ten Little Ladybugs" over and over and over again on road trips ;)

Our first stop was to the Mall of America, and then it was to Auntie Jens and Uncle Jeds house.  On Porter's birthday we headed to the Childrens Museum.  Which, btw, I thought would be empty bc MN kids were still in school. . .I was wrong. . .MN kids were on field trips to the Childrens Museum :)  We opted to hit up the free Como Zoo and do the Childrens Museum after it cleared out some. 

          The zoo was nice.  And did I mention free? :)    All of the animals are pretty close together, so you don't have to walk far to see them all. 

                          Then, it was back to the museum. . .we cheered as the buses rolled away ;)

                                                   The next day we were off to Valleyfair!

                                As you can see by the kids expressions, they love it there!



                                                                     Break for dip n dots :)

Ryker was tuckered out after an exciting morning, riding his first rollercoaster and such!



Ah, vacation. . .a great break from daily household tasks, spending time enjoying family!

Remember earlier when I said they love Valleyfair.  Well, they do, except for this one very big thing. . .

the white rollercoaster.  The same smart mama that thought the Childrens Museum would be empty, thought wrong about this one ;)

Other than that one ride, we had a great weekend celebrating Porter's 7th birthday!

 And celebrating the gift of family!

Thanks Jen and Jed for hosting us!!