West Edmonton Mall Family Shopping Trip

We needed to get a gift for Grandma, so the three kids and I headed over to the biggest mall in North America to do some scouting.  We always try to park by the Garden Bakery about half way down the mall because the kids love the hot dog buns and I love the pork buns/curry beef buns/chicken buns.  Alexis tried the Ham and Egg bun once, but was not as much of a fan of that choice.  This is a good parking spot too because one of the entrances to Galaxyland is right by here, and the kids like to walk through Galaxyland on their way back to the car.

China Garden Bakery has great Pork and Hot Dog Buns

The mini-buns here cost 80 cents each, which makes it about $2.50 for a good snack for all of us.  We walked down on the main floor of the mall and then went up at the end of the mall and came back on the second floor.  Sometimes the kids like to see the dragon at Silver City, but today we just went up the escalator.  At the half way point we stopped at Starbucks, both Starbucks and Second Cup have kids milk for 1 buck, which the kids love.  Two snacks for two kids for five bucks is pretty good, I think.

Kids Love Milk For a Dollar

The Santa Maria (or the Pirate Ship, as the kids call it)

There are a lot of expensive attractions at the mall, like Galaxyland and the World Waterpark, but its also a great place for a day of shopping, with lots of stuff to interest the kids in between stores.