Tackle Football, U of MN Women's Soccer Game, On the Field with the Twins, Corcoran Country Concert and Maci is a Certified Babysitter!

Weekdays:

We are cramming all the things into these final days of summer!

• Monday - Maci had day 1 of her babysitter class in the afternoon.  She was excited to take this course and even more excited to do so with her pals Natalie and Isla. That night, tackle football started for Connor and Clint (Assistant Coach).  Connor is really enjoying the tackle dummies. We will see how the excitement lasts once we get to real tackling.

Hanging with the neighborhood pals before babysitting class

Livi, Harper, Kate and Maci 

• Tuesday - Both kids had their 6 month cleaning at the dentist in the morning.  Thankfully they both were cavity free!  I snuck out of work a little early to get my hair cut and colored. Maci had soccer training with her pal Elliana at 430p and Connor had another night of tackle football practice.
• Wednesday - Maci had day 2/final day of her babysitter course which she happily passed after learning CPR.  Natalie came over to hang / spend the night afterward which made for a fun Wednesday evening.  I caught up with my pal Nikki, used to work at Cargill together, over Happy Hour and Clint/Connor once again had football that night.

Neighbor (Sarah) sent me this

She went looking for her son & his friend (also 7th grader)

Seemed Maci and her buddy Natalie were worth exploring one cul-de-sac away HA

Maci sent me this from the park

• Thursday - I hustled out of work around 4p so Maci and I could get to the U of MN women's soccer game. It was their home opener vs BYU - #24 vs #28.  Maci and her teammates were the ball girls and they had a blast.  Unfortunately, U of MN couldn't hang on to their 1-0 lead and ended up losing 3-1.  Maci said she can totally see herself playing college soccer.  We grabbed a shake on the way home before crashing.

Most of our Team

Ayla, Liv, Adley, Lilla, Maci, Mikah, Charley, Ruby, Lauren, Sav & Aanya

Announcing the U of MN Players

Ready to Work

Friday:

• Productive work day at home for Clint and me.
• Maci and Connor both caught up on sleep and didn't arise until about 11a.
• Clint and Connor went to the batting cages around 1230p.
• Then Connor got dropped at the Movie Theatre to see Bad Guys 2 with his buddy Chuck.
• As soon as he got home from the movie, we were loading up to head downtown for the Twins game.  We got to go on the field at 6p as "All Stars" and then the game was to start at 7p but it didn't launch until around 730p due to a rain delay.  The boys all still had fun and kept sharing how they wouldn't have made some of the errors the young Twins players were :)
• Connor got to have his 1st ever sleepover at his buddy Cal's that night after the game!

Saturday:

• Clint started the day with a massage at 9a
• I slept until 10a and Connor got dropped back at home at 11a
• We did some back to school shopping by stopping at a Wayzata pop up shop
• Then off to Dicks to get Maci some shoes, Connor some crocs and new batting gloves.
• Grabbed a yummy sandwich for lunch and then  home for naps
• Clint and I had to get up to Medina ballroom for Mike's surprise party by 415p - Mike showed at 430p and was totally surprised.
• We had some beers, food and then were off to the Country Concert.
• The night was nice but so much moisture in the air, ruined my hair :) We enjoyed the music and time with friends but called it around 11p

Connor's New Wayzata Hoodie

Mike's Party Crew

Hanging at the concert

Sunday:

• Started the day with a quick walk and breakfast
• Then Maci and I hit up Target for her back to school supplies and her pal Isla's birthday gift
• I got both their book bags already once I was home and cleaned our shoe cubbies for each of them - Clint is currently dropping bags of out grown shoes/cleats at the Goodwill.
• I ran Connor to Anna's so he could ride with them to Mall of America for her birthday fun at Nickelodeon universe - lucky kid he is!  While I was gone, Clint installed his Owl house in a tree in the backyard.
• I watched some of Clueless with Maci while doing errands around the house.
• Now I am getting prepared for the week, finishing up laundry etc and Clint is running some errands for us.
• Connor gets home around 630p and then we head to his 3v3 basketball at 745p and 810p before wrapping the weekend.

We have another week of summer fun and MN fair up ahead.  Can't believe school is almost back, time does fly!!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Kellie in DC, Ice Man Baseball Camp for Connor and Sleepover Fun for Maci!

Weekdays:

• Monday - I moved offices, same floor and building but other end of the floor - feels like the reset of a school year.  Was nice to throw away some baggage. Connor had day 1 of his MN Icemen baseball camp with his buddy Brooks.  Boys were ages 9-15 at the camp but even though some of the youngest, they had a good time!  Pretty chill night on the home front so we went to the park behind us and played some sand volleyball.  Then Clint and I took a walk while the kids kept going.  We also started a new show "My Friends & Neighbors" - really good.

Connor & Brooks

• Tuesday - I worked from home in the morning and then around lunch, Clint drove me to the airport as I had another exec leadership training in DC.  Thankfully it was a smooth easy flight and quick Uber to the hotel.  I enjoyed a dinner at the bar and then had an early night in my hotel.
• Wednesday - Day 1 of training for me.  Connor had day 2 of his baseball camp and got 4th in a fielding drill, only getting knocked out on a running mitless grab and throw they had to do.  I enjoyed another easy night in my hotel room and some yummy jambalaya for dinner.  Clint and Connor hit up the Wayzata football tent sale & Dicks Sporting Goods to ensure Connor is already to go for tackle football, start's this coming week!

Just Missing the Football Pants b/c they were too much to get on :)

• Thursday - Another day of training for me.  I was feeling more social so agreed to hit up the Smithsonian portrait studio with a group of colleagues before having dinner at Clyde's - Yum!  We got back to the hotel but not before we took many photos of the Anime convention that was descending on DC.  That evening Clint hit up a Wayzata coaches meeting, on to the next sport :)

They had a sculpture exhibit underway

Lots of Paintings - Should have taken more pics

Our Dinner had cool paintings too

Anime Every Where!

Friday:

• Connor had his final day of Icemen baseball camp and this time got 3rd in a drill - he cooked, in his words HA
• I had my last morning of training and then got to roll out to the airport for my 3p ET flight.
• Another uneventful flight, thankfully, and landed by around 445p.  An uber ride home before I got to hang with and have dinner with Connor.
• Clint was running Maci and Elliana to and from FC Pitz Soccer training and they grabbed some Panera dinner on the way home.
• I spent some time organizing life before Clint and I started to watch our show - so good to be home!

Saturday:

• We had some over night thunder storms which meant Maci hung in our bed around 4a
• Clint and I woke up and fit in a nice walk before a little more rain
• I then ran Connor to a haircut at 1015am - while there I got a few new tops for fall in the boutique
• Came home and did some things around the house before it was time to run Maci up for the same haircut at 1245p - this time I played on my phone to kill time
• I then took a nice afternoon nap while Clint ran Maci to her friend Emily's 12th birthday party sleepover and pool party 
• Once I was back up, we got around and hit up River Inn for a yummy dinner - shortest wait we have ever had there :)
• Once back home, we watched our show before Clint headed over to the neighbor fire and I crashed.

Sunday:

• Probably b/c I got so much sleep, I was up and at 'em at 7a.
• Clint got up with me and we started our day with a walk followed by some eggs and goetta for breakfast
• Clint ran to get Maci from her sleepover at 10a
• I got to the massive to do list and am doing a good job of hacking away at it, as is Clint
• The kids are playing on tablets with friends but at 1p we are heading to Top Golf to have some family fun.
• Tonight, Connor has some 3v3 games for basketball.

Ready for a normal week back at the office for me, Tackle Football for Clint and Connor and Maci is doing a babysitter course. . . keeping on with summer fun!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C