Mommy Brought Warm Weather!

I had a wonderful trip to Argentina Sunday through Thursday morning.  However, I was surprised to see how hard of a time I had adjusting back to our time zone (they are only 3 hours ahead).  I blame it on lack of sleep on the over night flight home and then daylight savings didn't come at the best time either :)  Either way, I had a very nice time visiting with the local tax/customs team and enjoying the city of Buenos Aires.  Before I left on Sunday, Clint, Maci and I went to our favorite breakfast place - Egg & I.  On the way there, Miss M decided to play with her favorite car toy - Mr Bunny - so cute!

When I got to the airport I spoke to Clint and he was having a heck of a time getting her to lay down for nap.  Right as I was boarding my 1st flight to Atlanta, I received this picture.

In return, I sent this picture from 1st class ;-)  A little champagne never hurt anyone!

This theme continued during the trip.  I would get wonderful pictures from Clint of Miss M enjoying her time with daddy and I in return was taking pictures of amazing ice cream I was having with my dinner at the 4 Seasons hotel's restaurant - fair trade off after he had similar service in Houston the week prior :)

Friday - I was back in the MN office for the first time in a week.  It was good to see everyone and get caught up on some needed meetings.  I headed out around 430p for happy hour for a last minute invite with a few of our tax counsel members.  It was nice to have Clint back in town so we can both take turns having these opportunities.  After a few beers, I got home around 630p and Clint had the pizza arriving for our usual Pizza Friday Family Time :)  After Miss M went to bed, we started our favorite "Wonder Years" on Netflix, one more glass of wine and I was probably asleep by 8p. . . I swear this jet lag was killing me since that had been my 11p.

Saturday - I was up and at 'em early (jet lag) and Clint got up with me.  Maci kept sleeping for once so it was nice to have an adult only coffee casual wake up while the sun came up over the lake.  Once Maci was up, we ran to Target for some last minute birthday gifts and a car wash before gym class.  After our weekly gym fun, we headed to our neighbors house for Evelyn & Lilian's 2nd birthday brunch party!  It is so exciting to think we have 5 girls within 6 months of each other within about a 2 block radius :)  The girls loved their Minnie Mouse broom kits and Maci loved the tiny baby doll she got from the fun fishing game.  Yay Birthday Parties!  Miss M finally took a nap and we completed some to do lists.  Once M was up, we decided to enjoy the weather (40s and sunny) and head back out to Wild Rumpus (awesome kids bookstore with live roaming animals) and followed by an early dinner at Mozza Mia.  We got back home around 6p and Maci was OUT - seems her internal time clock is off too!  After she went to bed, Clint and I watched some TV and a Movie before hitting the hay ourselves.

Sunday - Maci was up at 430a - WHAT?!  WHY?!  Clint and I took turns laying (AKA Sleeping) alongside her play until about 9a (the new 9a that is).  Once we were all functioning, we headed to Egg & I for a good breakfast and then required Miss M to come along on some boring errands (Bed/Bath/Beyond, Target, Bank Drive Thru & Gas).  The hope was this would tire her for her nap but alas it is almost 3p and NO NAP today :(  We are thinking of taking a walk (again 40s and sunny) with the hope that the stroller and motion may make her sleep or we may have a nightmare in a few hours!  The rest of the day will be fairly relaxed with us getting ready for an entire week of work and school.

We hope everyone has a great week & hopefully you are getting the nice weather like us - 50s & almost 60s all week!

Lots of Love,

C, K & M