Nickelodeon Universe

Today we got up to another beautiful day of warm weather! For those of you who don't live here, we have had now two days that have been in the upper 30s low 40s. We played toys for a bit and Hal took care of the taxes. Then we decided to go to the Mall of America to check out the rides at Nickelodeon Universe.

The mall was quite packed even getting there early! We had to drive a bit to find a parking spot. When we got inside we had a great time walking around and looking in the stores.

After shopping for a bit and stopping at Sophia's new favorite the Disney Store, we got some tickets for the rides at Nickelodeon Universe. Hal took Sophia on the first ride which was a balloon ride.

Sophia got nervous and decided she would rather try another ride after Hal put her in with him.

The next ride they went on was a Thomas the Train ride. Sophia liked this one a whole bunch better.

Hal and Sophia in the train

The last ride of the day of course had to be the carousel. Sophia really liked this one because it had all different sorts of animals not just horses. We picked a wolf as we got one of the last "moving" guys. Hal said it was really hard to try and get a picture of us as this one moved quite a bit quicker than the one at Maplewood Mall.


Tonight Sophia and I attended her first ever surprise birthday party for one of my friends Amanda. Sophia really enjoyed hanging out there as Amanda's mother has a little dog named Cookie. Sophia wanted to take Cookie home with us, but I convinced her not to.

Amanda, Sophia, and I pose for a picture

I'm not sure what the day will bring tomorrow. There were so many adventures today who knows! Until then.