The Blanchard Family: Minnesota Zoo and Twins Game

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Minnesota Zoo and Twins Game

A couple weeks after we got home from the cabin, we headed North again! This time we stopped in Minneapolis though. :) We left on a Monday afternoon and headed to The Cities. We checked into our hotel, and then grabbed some dinner and then got settled in for the night. Tuesday morning we got up and headed to the Minnesota Zoo. We enjoyed a fun morning seeing all of the different animals at the zoo. Another cool thing at the zoo this year was the Big Bugs exhibit. They had huge life-sized bugs that moved, shot out smoke or made noises. Kyler thought the bugs were really cool, but Norah wasn't so sure. :) One disappointing thing about the zoo was that there were no giraffes this year. Norah was really looking forward to seeing the giraffes, but when we got to the zoo, their exhibit wasn't even on the map anymore. :( After the zoo, we headed back towards our hotel to get some lunch and take naps. When the kids got up from their naps, we changed our clothes and got ready to go out to dinner. Just as the kids were getting up from their naps, my parents pulled into the parking lot of the hotel. They had come down from the cabin to hang out with us on Tuesday night and Wednesday. We all got ready to go to dinner and then headed out! We were meeting one of my good friends from high school and her husband who live in the Minneapolis area. It was so fun to see my friend Lindsay and her husband. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with them, as well as my parents. It was really nice to catch up with them and spend the evening together. After dinner, we headed back to the hotel for the night.

On Wednesday, we got up and ate breakfast, checked out of the hotel and then loaded up to head to Target Field for the Minnesota Twins game. This was of course one of the main reasons we planned this trip! ;) We got to the stadium pretty early so that Kyler and Erik could watch batting practice and try to catch a ball and get an autograph, but no such luck! :( The game started at 12:00, and it was a beautiful day for it. Our seats were shaded and on the isle (Erik did this on purpose of course!), so it was perfect. They even had a mom's nursing room so I could go feed Grace! Kyler loved the game, and sat and watched the whole time, and Norah did pretty good, but needed to get up and down a few times. :) It was awesome to have my parents at the game with us to help out with the kids. We actually made it to the end of the game, as it went pretty fast and was over by about 3:00. After the game, we loaded up in the van and dropped my parent's off back at the hotel. Then we headed home! (With a short stop at the outlet mall of course) :) This is the second year we have done this trip, and it has been such a fun little tradition, I'm sure it's going to continue next year! Here are some pictures from our trip!