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A Day of Malls

Today we had a family day and spent the time at two malls. First we went out to the Eden Prairie Mall, which is quite out of our neighborhood, but I was dying to see the movie "Girl with a Pearl Earring" with DD, who at 12 is quite the artist. I loved the book and the movie was amazing. We went to the EP mall because there I could see my movie, the boys could see "Peter Pan" and DH could see "The Butterfly Effect," all at the same time. (We all really liked our movie choices, BTW.) We had lunch in the food court... this is quite the posh mall, I tell you. A giant fireplace in the food court, the comfiest chairs in the movie theatre (with arms rests that could be raised up to make life better for us big-hipped folks) and fancy clean bathrooms. Good job, EP!

Then we went to the Big One, yes, The Mall of America. We've been there many times, though its not a hangout we often choose. The kids had been given gift cards for an all-day ride pass, though, so we went and let them ride rides to their heart's content. It was crowded and, being broke, we didn't really do any shopping. DH and I parked ourselves at a table in Camp Snoopy and had time to chill while the kids did their rides. Afterwards, our family of booklovers went to Barnes and Noble in the mall to browse.

Malls sometimes drive me crazy because of the crowds and the parking, but today was a good day. A good way to spend a cold winter day... it almost felt like a mini-vacation.

I forgot to mention yesterday the Fish Heads song on the Dr. Demento CD. My kids are playing that one over and over again too. Little chipmunk voices chanting "Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum." I'm starting to relate to another song on the album... "They're coming to take me away ha ha..."