The Outlet Collection!

A couple weekends ago my Mom and SIL Steph went to The Outlet Collection formerly The Supermall in Auburn. Ga-Ga took a picture of the new playarea and showed it to the kids. Owen was sure that we HAD to go there to check it out. So the Saturday we headed down to see all the changes.  

The playarea has been nicely redone. The space needle is the main focal point! It's usefulness is lacking though....the only thing you can do with it is crawl under it. Some of the older kids were trying to climb up to the top, but with socks on it's almost impossible. 

This was Zeke's first time at the playarea since he's been walking. It was busy and he was too sure about all the other kids. 

The first thing Owen did was conquer the new Mt. Rainier. 

Jack enjoying the view from the top! 

I finally found something that Zeke loved...this little whale slide. 

It was just his size so not many of the other kids wanted to play on it....double bonus! 

With my help the boys were able to make it to the top of the evergreen tree. 

Ella spent most of her time on this one truck slide...her and another girl were kind of trying to figure out who was top dog so she spent most of the time making grumpy face! Girls!!! 

I did distract her enough to get her to play under the space needle for a bit. 

Top of the tree! 

Hanging on for dear life! 

When we said it was time to go to the mall, Owen thought ahead and told the other kids to bring some money. He's always wanting to ride these toys, but we won't pay for them. So each of the kids brought a dollar in quarters. 

Each toy cost .75 to ride once.....RIP OFF! 

It was a good teachable moment where we got to talk to the kids about the value of money and what is worth spending our money on. 

The space ship was moving around hence the blurry photo! 

Doing his squinty flash face again!

After riding on the toys we walked around the mall....it now has a cut through so you don't have to walk all the way around the mall to get to the other stores. There are also lots of new stores and the food court has moved. It was a fun outing on a rainy day! 

On a funny note...when we first got there and got out of the van Owen said, "I'm gonna look on the floor for money!" Just then I spotted a penny and then we found a few more coins. Later on the way out to the van I looked down this little service driveway and right there on the ground was at least 20 coins. It was crazy!