the northtown mall

so we have a kind of trashy, but really awesome mall RIGHT by us. it is only about 2 minutes away. it is so awesome becuase of the fun thing it has for kids to do.

first...

the fountain.

i think the girls could hang out here and throw money in ALL DAY! it is so cute. mallory even throws money in. yesterday all she really wanted to do was hold it in her hand. but she is getting the hang of it. big sis, olivia helps her and shows how the pros toss money. i think we probably put in a whole dollar worth of pennies yesterday!

livy really wanted to have some money in her pocket, so i gave her some pennies. then she couldn't get them out of her little pocket. if you look in the picture below you can see her trying to get the money out. she was so excited to have her own money.
yes, we are friends with tina faye.
second cool feature of the mall...

the pet store.

this is one of the puppy breeding stores that you saw the oprah about. just kidding. actually it could be? anyway, they always have the cutest puppies there. all different kinds and they are sooooo cute. they also have fish, birds, mice, bunnies, rats, cats, frogs and more dogs. the girls LOVE this place and livyy always wants to go see the puppies.

third...

the breakfast food play place.
well, i meant to get a picture of this but, brett met up with us here and we were all so excited to see him that posing for pictures went out the window! i don't think i can do this play place justice without pictures. he goes, it has bacon slides (no higher than your knee), waffles you can climb on, eggs you jump on and a bowl of cerel (shredded wheat to be exact) to get IN. it is really different, but gets the job done. livy will usually find someone to play tag with and runs around like crazy. mallory loves to get in and out of the cereal bowl. this is where me and the girls spent MANY below 0'F days this winter and the rainy ones now. i am so glad we live near such a great, free place for the girls to see stuff and play!