goodbye minnesota.....

Really all I can say about Minnesota is that it was an adventure.  Those nine months went by so, so quickly.

I can tell you that we won't miss this:

Or the humidity.   The weather in general was really not my favorite. 

We also won't miss the ticks.  We discovered a tick burrowed into Cannon's knee one evening at bathtime. Cannon kept pointing to it and saying "ladybug?"  Luckily, when I just wanted to panic, Eric took control and handled the situation.  We were itching our heads and were skeeved out for the rest of the night.  We told all of our coworkers our traumatic story the next morning and they laughed in our faces.  Apparantly, ticks are very common in Minnesota and you aren't truly livin' if you don't get at least one a year.  You better believe that didn't make me feel any better when I found one crawling on my shirt the very next day!

There are a lot of things we will miss about Minnesota though. Do you know how wonderful it is to live just 15 minutes away from the Mall of America? It is fabulous. A few days after we told Charlie that we were moving back to Idaho, he burst into tears when he realized that we wouldn't be able to visit the MOA anymore. The Nickelodeon Universe and LEGO store are important stuff to a 6 year old. So of course we had to make one last trip before we left to soak it all in.

The Science Museum of Minnesota was also a favorite place to go.

The local splash park was also a big hit.

This was as far in as Cannon would get.  He always acts like such a tough guy, so it is funny to see him being so timid.

And of course we had to grab one last Caniac combo from Cane's before we hit the road.

Good-bye Minnesota, it was fun while it lasted.  We just may be back one day, but probably only to visit next time.