Moving into a new home is proving to be very time consuming, especially when Dakota Electric keeps turning off our power to replace a transformer. It starts to get cold in a house when no heat is on for four hours! And of course, it makes me unable to get on-line and blog.

So instead, I took the day off and took my kids to The Mall of America. They had a fun time riding the “horsies”. MOA, as it is called, is in the process of redesigning its amusement park. A few years ago it was a Snoopy theme, and now it will be Nickelodeon characters. I have to say that I just don’t get Sponge Bog Square Pants. The mall is a great place to take the kids in the winter because it has many activities to keep them busy:

• Lego Land
• the Aquarium
• Amusement Park,
• Mini-golf
• Flight Simulator

…and of course there is plenty of space to just run around. If you want your hyper child to tire out, take him to the Mall of America and let him run around. In about two hours, he will be falling asleep in your arms.