This is less a 'What to do when in Minnesota' post and more of a 'here are our photos from the Ice Castle' because I was having major issues with my phone and therefore have no photos!
Friday Adam and I surprised the kids by pulling them out of school at noon and heading for Minnesota. We headed straight to the Ice Castle in New Brighton. If you remember, they used to be in Stillwater -- one of my favorite weekend getaways with my family! Look at my babies in 2017!
Noteworthy, on the way there my phone wouldn't charge with the car charger. I flipped it to airplane mode so save enough battery for the Ice Castles. It's super hard do explain/imagine if you haven't been there, but trust me when I say it's a really neat experience. They kids had a blast just running around having us follow them in and out of little cave tunnels {technical term there!} This year, we got tickets for late afternoon/early evening so we could see them light up. Last time we went, it was during the day so we didn't get to experience that. They also had a flame thrower show that the kids loved. The highlight is always the slide! They have two smaller slides for kids until 42 inches tall and to bigger slides for anyone over 42". It's a great time -- for all! ;)
After the Ice Castles we checked into our hotel. We didn't stay in Minneapolis this weekend because we wanted to be close to our friends who live in Woodbury, so we stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott St. Paul/Woodbury. It wasn't fancy by any means, but the rooms were cute and the pool was warm {a must for this mama!}
I have to photos from dinners/lunches for the weekend because my phone wouldn't charge all weekend, apparently it will only charge with a wireless charger {which is all I use at home, so I had no idea} but it's okay because we hung out with our friends and their three kids all weekend and it was just fun to be super present.
My only real recommendations if you haven't been to Minneapolis yet would be to make sure you get a Juicy Lucy from the 5-8 Club or The Nook.
