We had a great Labor Day holiday weekend, focusing heavily on the holiday and not so much on the labor. Friday morning we shoved off with the Minnesota Zoo as our destination. After a remarkably calm and quiet drive, we arrived and met with with Sheila, Austin and Emma. Upon entering the zoo grounds, I was immediately taken back to fourth grade (STJ's field trip) minus the school bus ride and the incredibly complex romantic entanglements and angst of fourth graders :). The weather for the zoo was perfect, nice and warm but a slight breeze to cool us down at just the right moment. We saw lots of cool animals, walked a lot and overall, just enjoyed ourselves. After a not so quick stop at two of the gift shops (resulting in two glass penguins, one sippy cup and three hand held fans), we were on our way to our 2nd stop on the tour, the Chanhassen AmericInn. The kids made short work of some Dominos pizza and hit the pool. For the majority of our almost four hour swim-a-thon, the pool belonged to us. Lily was making birthday cakes in the hot tub, Grace and Austin dove for diving sticks and Emma just ran full speed ahead into the pool over and over again. Sheila and the kids took off and the girls put on their PJ's and hopped into bed. Our three little monkeys were all snuggled in bed and then.....one fell out and bumped her head, Ella, of course. Saturday morning the first words out of her mouth were "You know what, I falled out of bed". Jason and I got a good chuckle out of that but were quickly reprimanded that "That's not funny!" although I would argue that since she wasn't injured in the least bit, it really was actually pretty funny.
A trip through the continental breakfast room and another dip in the pool and onto Austin's birthday party. Hot cha-chas's and Mom's spanish rice, what more does a person need? In keeping with the rest of our trip, we all had a very lovely time and then it was time to head to St. James for the evening. We swung by the obvious choice for supper, Jakes Pizza, and then hunkered down at Mom and Dad's. The girls took a few trips around the four wheeler track and were ready for bed. The planned fishing trip with Papa to STJ lake was derailed due to the bait shop being closed so the park was a sufficiently enjoyable replacement. Also on the Sunday schedule was Jason's appointment to Breet's Boutique. Luckily Grandma was able to squeeze Jason in for a haircut because his head was seriously beginning to resemble a haystack. With Jason's hair back under control, we were back on the road headed for home. Jason and I both felt like we had been gone forever and couldn't believe it had only been two days that we had been gone.
The weekend was capped off on Monday with lawn care, garage cleaning, grocery shopping, a trip to Target so the girls could use their gift cards (they got charm bracelets for anyone who was wondering) and a BBQ feed at Jason's sister, Nicole's house. The girls played with their cousins and Jason and I fed our faces. As you can imagine, after all of this excitement, the girls were definitely ready for bed and fell asleep moments after laying their weary heads down. I guess you could call it a pretty successful weekend! So, thanks to all who contributed to the fun we had and for those who didn't, we missed you!
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