Trains, trucks, and a little bouncing too

Up until now, we've been able to take Zach to the Mall of America and completely entertain him by just walking around Nickelodeon Universe (formerly Camp Snoopy). He loved all the noise and action, and pointing out his "friends" Dora, Diego, etc. But I don't think that's going to satisfy him any longer, now that he knows what he was missing!

Our friends Wendy, Chris, and Vincent had some "mystery" ride tickets; you take them to the amusement park and find out what the point balance is - in other words, how many rides you can go on. They invited us along, so we could watch the boys experience all the kiddie rides. To their great shock, one of the tickets had 100 points on it - the kiddie rides are only 3 points per ride!

Zach was a little unsure at first; he just watched Vincent go round on the carousel. But it didn't take long before he was game for just about anything. And not just the kiddie rides... while Wendy and I took a little detour to do some shopping, the guys took the kids on the log ride!! And other than not liking being splashed, Zach had a great time (Vincent didn't mind getting wet at all).

^ The kiddie roller coaster... look how much fun the big guys are having!

^ These rides really aren't designed for adult comfort...

^ The Wonder Pets ride, to our great surprise, turned out to be one of Zach's favorites.

It's the type that brings you to the top and then drops you, little by little, with a lot of bouncing in between. I played the pregnancy card and got out of having to go on this ride - look at Wendy's face!