Our Bonding Weekend

While Jessica and Mike were in Hawaii, we had a wonderful opportunity to spend some quality time with Benjamin. I flew up to Minneapolis on Tuesday and was met by Grandma Cindy and Benjamin. Then the 2 of us drove down to Rochester to begin our adventure! We spent most of the time watching movies, especially Beauty and the Beast (2 times) and the Wizard of Oz. In between, we put together tons of puzzles and played several hands of "Go Fish" - Benjamin is a professional at both! Later, Grandpa was able to join us. We took Benjamin to the Lark Toy Store where he was able to ride the carousel and tried on every hat in the place! On Saturday. we went to the Mall of America where Grandpa and Benjamin tried their hand at some carnival games, even winning a stuffed Spongebob Squarepants! It was then off to the airport to pickup Mommy & Daddy, it was very touching to see Benjamin run to Mike and Jessica, literally jumping into Jessica's arms - wasn't a dry eye in the house! We really enjoyed our time together, Benjamin is one smart, charming little boy - Mommy and Daddy should be very proud!