*finding*fifty*two*: Week Six: A Valentine's Day "Family Date"

Mike and I have never really been big into Valentine's Day. We absolutely use it as an excuse to go out to eat and maybe even get dressed up. But we have never been ones to get each other gifts or surprises or anything.

This year, with our sweet little valentine in tow, we decided to skip attempting to find a babysitter and just find something fun to do as a family.

Top picks were Como Zoo, Sea Life Aquarium, and the Children's Museum. We really wanted the fun and excitement to go down on Friday since it was the 14th, but rationality won. We opted for Saturday morning so we wouldn't have to rush and possibly run into an overtired baby meltdown. {aww, just what I wanted for Valentine's Day}

Saturday we got up and got ready to go to the Aquarium, only to see the snow start falling. We left the house anyways, and made it within a mile or so of the Mall of America before we were almost in a crash. Traumatized, we forged ahead, only to see the exit we needed to take backed up like crazy and at a complete stop. We decided to say screw it and went out for lunch instead.

Sunday we managed to actually make it to the MOA and purchased a year-long membership to the aquarium. Since I'm a teacher they offer a membership for dirt cheap compared to the regular admission costs. If we go twice in the next year we will have more than made up for the cost of membership!