Mondells in Minneapolis: Long Holiday Weekend for All - Birthday Shopping & Soccer for M & K + Snowmobile Fun for C & C!

Weekdays:

Monday - Maci had training right after school and I picked her up on the way home from work.
Tuesday - I had an early start to my day with an MBR starting at 730a. Connor had basketball practice at 6p with Clint and Maci had soccer practice from 700-830p. Thankfully Clint agreed to pick up the girls so I could rest after a long / early day.
Wednesday - Connor had his baseball training and Maci had soccer practice which I ran her to but Clint kindly picked her up.
Thursday - I wrapped my day with a nail appointment at 630p. Connor and Clint had a late basketball practice and Maci had soccer practice but I was the pick up of the carpool at 830p so went after my nail apt.

Friday:

Connor and Clint were off to Sandlot baseball at 530p and from there they were heading up to the Janko’s cabin for the weekend.
We said our farewells and then Maci and I headed up to the high school to watch Wayzata take on St Michael in basketball. Wayzata CRUSHED them - we won like 116 to 61. Yikes!!
Shortly after getting home, Clint text to say they made it safely to the Jankowiak house and are eager to get to snowmobiling the next day.

Saturday:

Maci and I both slept in until some time after 9a. We slowly got ready and by 11a we were ready to leave to the mall for a day of shopping for Maci’s 13th birthday!!
We stopped at Starbucks on the way and used up some gift cards I had.
We got to Mall of America around 12p and we had a ball. We did the entire 1st floor, took a break for a way too late lunch at Chipotle, did a good chunk of floor 2 but more so what we wanted to find vs every store and then wrapped at Nordstrom Rack on floor 3. Maci came back to life in Nordstrom Rack when she found a new pair of Uggs that are super cute and on sale for $85!!! I got some new cute but comfortable work dress shoes which was my personal goal of the trip.
We got home around 645p just in time to see the Bills lose to Denver - SAD!
We put away our new clothes and then relaxed in bed the rest of the evening, we were spent!
We heard from the boys a few times throughout the day. Lots of snowmobiling, hot cocoa, Mountain Dew, Zorbaz and lots of other food/snack stops. Glad they are having fun boy time!!

Our only shopping picture

This was a crazy puffer you could try on at Aritzia

Snowmobile Breaks

Sunday:

Happy 5th Birthday Rosie Girl!!! What a wonderful pup she is, we love her dearly!!
Maci and I got to sleep until about 9a again but then got a movin b/c she had a scrimmage at 1130a with a 1030a arrival time.
I dropped her at the dome and then met up with some of the parents at Pizza Luce for a morning bevi before heading back to the dome for the game.
We came out strong with a 1-0 lead. Maci had a lot of good playing time and worked hard. Unfortunately with about 15 mins left, the other team had a corner kick and one of our defenders went to clear it and accidentally touched it wrong which caused it to hit the post and bounce in. She felt awful and the team was great to rally around her. We ended with a 1-1 tie which is just fine for a scrimmage.
We headed home and hung there the rest of the day! I got laundry done, picked up the house, watched football and ordered groceries. Maci had some different phone chats with friends and had fun showing them her birthday haul from the mall.
I’m now watching the end of the Bears/Rams game while Maci chats with her friend Isla who is going to come over and hang out for a bit tomorrow.
The boys had another day of snowmobiling, pinball, brewery hangs, foosball and watching football themselves. They come home tomorrow and we are excited to see them again!!!

Birthday Girl!!