The indoor ice rink. It wasn't very busy, as it was midday on a weekday. I bet it's a ton of fun to skate when it's that empty.

And you can go in it's belly. So, even more awesome.

Here's a shot of the water park. If we ever have more time to spend at the WEM I'll definitely want to spend time there. They've got a big wave pool. And I love wave pools. Plus, once she's older, I think Lucy will like the kid areas.

There's also an indoor amusement park with lots of different rides and games.

I think I counted three roller coasters total (not counting the kiddie versions).

Like the waterpark, we didn't really do the amusement park. But it was still fun to see. Look at all those twists and turns!

I loved this carousel horse. Don't think I've ever seen armored ones before.

Then there were more hanging from the ceiling.

There's a haunted house. We didn't go in but we did stop for pictures.

A lot of the amusement park area struck me as very Dr. Seuss-ish.

Here's the section they call "Europa."

It was pretty...but definitely no where near as exciting as the real Europe.

And this is "Bourbon Street." I can't speak to comparisons with the real thing.

Some of the sculptures were kind of creepy.

I tried so hard to not get the Hooters in the background. But I failed.

This isn't where we ate lunch. But I thought it looked kind of cool. And I liked the red phone booth.

This is where we ate lunch (Tony Roma's). We don't usually eat out but we couldn't exactly go home and make a sandwich. So we took advantage of the $8 meal deal.

Adam's meal

mine {very yummy}

In addition to the European themed section, and the New Orleans themed section there was a "Chinatown."

As we approached this I thought to myself "Gee, wouldn't it be cool if there were koi in there?" And you know what? There were.

This was either made of real ivory, or...it was made of plastic or resin and made to look like ivory. Either way it was really intricate and neat.

And if it weren't cool enough that the amusement park area was like something out of a Dr. Suess book the putt-putt area was also very "Red Fish, Blue Fish."

Hmm...maybe that's Ted Geisel himself?

Adam thought it had a sort of "Flinstones" feel to it.

Dr. Seuss, Flinstones...who knows. But very fun to look at.

Yup, that's right. The WEM sells high end sea lions. Like most mall merchandise, they're over priced. But they're oh so cute!

I'm not sure if Lucy was more interested in the sea lion, or her fists.

The one thing we made sure to do was the "Sea Life Caverns" attraction. To get inside you got "eaten" by a fish.

So, eaten by a whale and a fish, all in one day. Impressive.

It was a small aquarium, but still fun. We got to pet starfish (bumpy), anenomes (sticky), and sting rays (soft and slimy-ish). Lucy did not pet any critters. But she did watch them. She loved watching the fish (including sharks), sea turtles, and penguins swim by.



You can see more video from our trip here.