Mari is Five at Mall of America

Mari turned five on the 26th and all she really wanted to do was to go to Mall of America. Of course that was such a horrible thing :) It was a wonderful day. We stayed at Aimee's house the night before and in the morning Mari had her "birthday roll" for breakfast. Next we played a little game of "hot and cold" for Mari to find one of her presents.

We had lunch at one of the food courts and I made a brownie cake instead of a regular cake. What the birthday girl wants, the birthday girl gets.

Grandma and Grandpa Nordlund had her pick out something at Build a Bear, Whiskers the Kitty. She was so very serious about making her kitty. She loved it too.

We also spent a lot of time at Nickeledon Universe. She loved the swings and the roller coaster! She hated (as did her mom and little sister) the log ride. I really thought she would hate the roller coaster after going on the log ride, but nope. She absolutely loved it! I think she and Kyle went on in 5 or 6 times!

Considering the early morning (5 for some of us), we had a wonderful day and actually a really fun ride home. We've been without a DVD player for the car for a while now so we have to "old school" it. We listened to music, sang songs and laughed. Well, one of us slept most of the way! Happy Birthday Mariana Jo!