Mondells in Minneapolis: Maci's 8th Birthday!

Monday :

Holiday for our entire crew
Got some things done around the house, finished preparing for the work week, started another puzzle, watched some shows, played outside, colored and tried a new recipe - all in all, a great day together!

Coloring with Wine while Clint makes dinner + They like each other sometimes ❤️

Tuesday :

Maci's first day back to school full-time and on the bus!! Wahoo, I am not sure who was more excited!
Busy first day back in a short week for me and Clint but I fit in a nice 3+ mile walk with Tena in the evening

Wednesday :

Clint went into the office again as Wednesday's have become his head in days - I may start to go in a day or two here and there as well once we get to February and we finish our end of year comp process
In the evening we had round 2 of our California Closet design session - Clint and I bit the bullet and we are looking forward to our new master closet - not to be seen until April given everyone has this idea and supply chains are a disaster these days :)

Connor loving his Christmas gift from Aunt Trish - Ranger Rick Junior Magazine

School Fun for C

Inauguration Memes of Bernie were awesome but this one hits too close to home 😂

Thursday :

Tena and I took another great walk in the evening and wrapped just in time to get ready for Thursday night hot tub party
Everyone was pretty spent from the week so we only hung out until about 1030p, yay for sleep!

Friday :

Maci had her 8th birthday at school complete with handing out Disney themed hand sanitizers to our classmates
After school, the kiddos had their weekly gymnastics
We ate taco pizza for dinner and I cleaned up email in front of the TV until bed time

These two ❤️

Saturday :

Happy 8th Birthday Ms Maci Louise Mondell!!!
Maci got to wake up and open gifts from her God mother Christie (LOL doll, sweet book and some Lego fun) and Gilroy Grandparents (Bird watching kid books since Maci is having a blast with her binoculars from Christmas)
Then after breakfast, she got to go with me to Target for a birthday shopping spree where she spent Mondell Grandparents and Mommy/Daddy birthday money - her selections were : a party dress, hair bow, earrings and top + a new travel Barbie, Anna/Elsa miniature dolls and her big gift was an American Girl doll sized ice cream truck with so many fun accessories
We got home, had some lunch and were a little lazy around the house until her pal Natalie came at 430p
We ate Noodles and Co for dinner around 530p, had the Harty's join us for cake at 630p (Tena made the yummiest and cutest butterfly cake) and then the girls went into the hot tub (Connor felt super left out as he went to bed), then watched Hocus Pocus in the basement and finally ended the night gabbing away in Maci's room - Clint snuck the picture of them passed out at 11p so they weren't up too crazy late

Maci through the years!! 💕

Birthday Morning

Cake by Tena, loved by Maci

Maci's Arm 😍

Sunday :

Girls were up around 630a (Maci is going to crash tonight!) and Clint ran to get donuts around 7a
I finally pulled myself out of bed around 730a and Connor closely followed
We ate some breakfast and then helped them into snow gear for some tubing/sledding before Natalie's dad came to get her
Natalie was gone around 10a and then Maci and I did another Target run but this time for random household needs and the groceries got delivered while we were gone
While we ran errands, Connor and Clint had fun trying out some new snow mobile trails
Connor then hung with Harty's skating while Clint got gas for the snowmobile and ran his own errands
We are now all getting ready for some football / work week prep in front of the TV and waiting on some lunch
While it is cold outside it is SO SUNNY today and it just makes you feel happier to see sunshine!

Next Morning Silly - Connor was allowed in a picture 😳