We need to get these kids out of the house more!!

A trip to the city, and a trip to the Carousel Mall was just the thing to entertain the little ones.
Poor Luke asked me what the mall was? I told him it was a place with a lot of stores. He ran excitedly to tell his Daddy that the mall had Wal-mart!
(I think these kids are going to be taken to the city more often)
I don't think they we too thrilled with the carousel, until it started moving, then they all loved it.

They even had FOOD at the mall!!!

We went all the way to the sixth level of the Carousel Mall.

Here we could see Onondaga Lake.

If we looked out the other windows on the sixth floor, we could see downtown Syracuse and the Carrier Dome. The kids talked about going to the Syracuse football game in the dome lasts fall.

It was a real fun day----especially since I don't think the kids realized we could have bought things in all the stores....they were just impressed to be somewhere so big!

A Friday Outting

We had a very special outting today when Daddy took us to the Carousel Mall.

It has begun an expansion and will be the biggest mall in the U.S. when it is done.

We very rarely go to the mall--never to shop--but as a fun trip out for the kids.

The last time I was here I discovered a wonderful, quiet spot in the midst of a very busy mall.

I showed this wonderful Franciscan Place to Pat and we spent a few minutes with Our Lord in the chapel.
We then went on to the carousel, for which the mall is named.
Luke did like the horse, until it started to move, and then he lost control.

He was o.k. once his daddy tossed him into the sleigh with his mom and sisters.

We did have some excitement on the way home.(About 40 miles from home.)But Dad took care of us and we were home before we knew it.

Well, some of us knew it.