Mondells in Minneapolis: School's Out for Summer!!!!

What a fun week!!

Weekdays:

Monday - Clint headed to the airport early for a trip to Rhode Island - conference and connecting with his new hire. After work, I ran the kids to Maci's soccer practice. Connor and I finished our wonderful McDonalds dinner :) and then played at the park for a bit to kill time.
Tuesday - Early pick up for the kids! We had to miss Connor's baseball game b/c just too much going on with Clint out of town. We grabbed some dinner and then were off to Maci's soccer game out in Shakopee (30 min drive). The game was at 645p and they tied 2-2 against a super tough team who has beat them in the past! We then had Maci's bi-annual evaluation with the coach before heading home nice and late, 9p.
Wednesday - I started my day by volunteering at Maci's 3rd grade party. I worked the bubble station with 3 other moms and the girls were dainty while the boys were diving into the bubble pools HA. I treated myself to a bagel afterward for all the craziness! We hung outside with the neighbors in the evening and the kids played, gorgeous night! Love having these occasional free evenings!

Maci at Bubble Fun

Thursday - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! Clint got home nice and early, 830a arrival! Another gorgeous day and around lunch we filled up some water balloons for the kiddos arrival from the bus. At 240p they arrived and we pelted them with water balloons and water guns. The kids had a blast! I then dipped out of work a little early and headed to the park with Tena and the kids for the neighborhood last day of school party. We had to cut out early b/c we had a busy evening. Connor had baseball game at 515p. I got to see all of his hits but then had to scoot with Maci to her 640p game. The boys followed after Connor's game ended. Maci's team crushed the other team about 10-0. We headed home and the adults started to play cornhole until the Mondell's arrived a little after 10p. The kids waited up until they got here but then all crashed!

So Much Growth!

Post Water Fights!

School it OUT

Neighborhood Elementary Crew at the Park

Friday :

Clint took the day off and we started the day with coffee and a walk!
Clint then ran Connor to his haircut at 930a.
After they got back, Clint and Connor went down to Benjamin's to practice some baseball hitting and pitching.
Maci had a few play date opportunities with her pal Livi from the neighborhood.
The kids continued to play outside and the grandparents joined in throughout the early afternoon.
Clint and I had to head out around 230p to our deck apt at the showroom to pick out our new composite decking and railings
When we got back, everyone was enjoying the outdoors until we were ready to head to River Inn for a yummy outdoor dinner!
We came home and had some cocktails on the deck and then called it a night.

Slick New Haircut!

Complete with Lightning Bolts on the Sides

Maci's art work at dinner :)

Saturday :

Early morning with Maci's soccer tournament - 8a first game. It was rough - they lost about 0-6.
We headed to brunch as a team in between games and the girls had a blast as did the mommas with mimosas and dads with the bloody Marys HA
We got to game 2 and the sun was really shining, the light sunburn on many of us shows that was the case. Unfortunately it was another rough game for the Fusion girls. We lost 0-4, hung really close 0-1 till the end when they were just exhausted and hot.
We headed home afterward and took some naps before getting up and heading to Black Sheep Pizza for dinner in downtown. Then over to St Paul for the St Paul Saints game. The kids were SO in to it! Especially Connor who kept telling me the pitch count, cheering for good plays etc. We saw an awesome game 11-7 on a gorgeous night! Yet another late night for the kiddos, by the time we got home it was midnight.

How cute are these girlies watching Soccer?!

Silly gooses!

Nuts at Dinner!

Beautiful game night!

Sunday :

No rest for the weary HA we were up and at 'em for Clint, Kathy and Jack to head with Connor to his flag football game - they were out the door a little after 830a
I was able to get some stuff done around the house before Maci and I had to leave at 930a for her final game - thankfully a way different outcome with a 4-0 win!
Clint and his parents headed to Oak Eatry with Connor for lunch and kindly brought me home take out.
While they were at lunch, I ran Maci, Taylor and Teagan to the team pool party at Charlie's home.
I got back and had about 2 hours to get all the weekend stuff done so I was moving around the house non stop before heading to happy hour with my pal Laura on Rush Creek patio at 330p.
Right before I left, Maci got dropped off by Teagan's mom from the pool party. She hung on her iPad b/c the boys were all at the movie theatre watching the new Top Gun.
I got home around 530p and was chatting with Maci when the boys walked in - Connor said he actually really liked the movie and only one moment scared him :) CUTE!
We all then hung out and ordered Mexican dinner for delivery as we all didn't feel like heading back out. We had some fun on the deck and enjoyed our dinner.
I ended the evening with a bath and the kids got to bed at a decent time.
Clint stayed up with his parents as he is also on PTO Monday.

It's been a long weekend HA