Mondells in Minneapolis: Happy Birthday Clint, Happy Mini Spring Break & Happy Easter!!!

I mean for real ❤️💕❤️💕

Monday :

A lot of people were on PTO this week for spring break so I was able to get caught up on some work which was nice
It was a super nice warm 70 degree day but also super windy which made it hard to enjoy the temps outside
After dinner I had a happy hour/catch up chat with Lindsay

My Officemate - Making Clint snap a pic for an upcoming work all hands video

Tuesday :

Maci had Track and Field at night and continues to enjoy the class and time with Clint

Buddies if/when they are both chilling & Rosie is typically Clint's officemate

Wednesday :

Happy Birthday Clint! He took the day off to fully enjoy it : had Peg's countryside for breakfast, watched the new Godzilla movie, took a nap, ate Chipotle for lunch, worked out, took Rosie to the vet for more shots, picked up the kids and got ready for dinner!
After I finished my last call for the day, we welcomed Liz our sitter and then headed out for a sunny dinner and then swung by Innkahoots for the first time forever on our way home for drinks and darts. A truly fun birthday for sure!

The Birthday Boy

Thursday :

Happy Mini Spring Break! Maci and Connor's spring break started today and Clint and I took today and Friday off to enjoy some down time with them even though we aren't going anywhere this year.
We started the day with Connor's spring conferences and Miss Mindy said he is a good friend, is ready for Kindergarten and gets hurt a lot - Yep, sounds bout right!
I hoped on one call for work and thankfully it ended early ;) Then a few of us took some naps, had a lazy day around the house and just enjoyed having no where to be or calls to hop on. Oh and we did our annual dying of Eggs!

Dyed Eggs, Connor could careless at this point

Hot Tub Party - Maci is doing non stop gymnastics and this proof!

Friday :

Another off day! After some random to dos around the house and some calls we headed to Mall of America for my 1st COVID shot, Clint got his first the week prior!
The kids sure lucked out by going to the mall as their parents may have felt bad about not knowing to schedule some ride times so we had to just watch the rides run but not go on them ourselves. Instead, we had lunch, went to Disney store, Lego Store, Claires + Hat Store, Crayola shop. They got a few little treats here and there - I got a super quick shot and by 230p we were on our way back home.
I took a quick work call to land some things before the weekend and then we were off to Gymnastics. The kids really are great at tumbling!

Mall Fun

Saturday :

GORG DAY!!! 70 and Full Sun!!! ☀️
I spent the morning getting stuff done around the house (grocery order, laundry etc) and setting up patio furniture with Clint. Clint had his monthly massage in the morning was home for some lunch and then back out for 9 holes of golf - first time out this year!
While Clint golfed, I read a good book on my kindle with chilled wine on the chaise on the deck in the sun - may be a top 5 afternoon! The kids both chilled doing their own thing and I had a few hours of uninterrupted quiet me time in the sun!
Once Clint was home we were off to dinner at our fav River Inn - kids enjoyed root beer bottles, Clint loved up on his full slack of ribs and I enjoyed my shrimp but maybe even more so the company + eating on a patio for the first time since at least Sept.
Clint and I crashed after the Gonzaga crazy buzzer beater by the current pride of Minneapolis - Freshman Jalen Suggs

Maci Finally Getting Rosie a Puppacino from Starbucks 😂

My Deck Pals

Some Crazy Fake Nails that made it less than 24 hours - could have called it 😒

Living my best life in the sun with a book with wine and outside

Sunday :

Whelp that crazy bunny came to our house! The baskets weren't hidden very well but they were overflowing with some cool surprises. The eggs were also not a super hard challenge to find but lots of giggles ensued as we searched in jammies.
Another GORGEOUS day on docket here meant Clint and I enjoyed our first coffee of the season on the deck and the kids brought out various little toys/trinkets to ask for help in setting them up/opening.
Around 9a we had to start getting ready for brunch at Maynard's on Lake Minnetonka - we actually got nicely dressed up. Once home, we watched mass on the TV given reservations were needed and one more year of "oddness" won't hurt our bunch.
Now we are enjoying an Easter afternoon outside - Clint is doing some yard clean up, Maci and Connor were trying out their skateboards and I am getting a few things done before I once again lay on the chaise and read a new book, finished my other one last night!
We will wrap our evening with some work prep + family prep for the week : Rosie starts week 1 of puppy bootcamp tomorrow and Maci/Connor head to Wayzata Kids' spring break camp tomorrow as well which means they need home packed lunches all week, my fav NOT 🤪

Basket Fun