It has been a cold, rainy and slow outta the gate kinda Spring. Really, it has been pretty awful, in fact I think we even had a bit of snow the first week in May and quite a bit of measurable snow in April. Anyway, here in Minnesota we are so very anxious for some nice warm weather. This weekend the calender rolled over to June 1st and with it brought some sunshine finally! We didn't have a lot going on which I always like. The weekdays feel so busy that I really appreciate the weekends with no agenda whatsoever.
On Thursday the kids at Quinn's daycare got to play outside and have fun. It must have been a good day to go for a walk, or maybe a walk to the park! Jeff picked Quinn up early and discovered that Quinn fell down on the sidewalk while running. He had officially gotten his first case of road rash. I think there may have been some pushing involved in the fall but either way...it still hurts.
He was a lucky boy and got to go home early again on Friday with Dad and enjoy the beautiful weather. And be a helper!!
Saturday morning, as usual we got up and moving planning to get out the door and run the necessary weekly errands (Target, Rainbow, Home Depot). Quinn is still confused by the term and consistently thinks we are going to his cousin Erin's house instead of "errands". Funny. Well my friend Stefanie was having a garage sale and I had dropped off a few things that I hoped to sell and needed to drop off a manual for one of the items. The kids and I stopped by for a few minutes (so I had intended) and we ended up staying for a few hours. The kids were so excited to see each other and play for awhile...and I don't get to see my dear friend as often as I would like either so it was a perfect opportunity. The kids ended up working a lemonade stand for while, a first for my kids! Mostly though, they just played.
After we left I had to stop at a few more places but on the way we were distracted by black billowing smoke in a neighborhood near our house. The kids and I both were curious to see what was burning so we followed the smoke and came across a house fire. The first thing I noticed was an unusual number of cars lining the streets on either side of the house. Like at least 50 and about 3 fire trucks and several police cars. Yet there were no sirens or chaos. And the fire was really bad!!! Then as we got right in front I saw a sign that said it was fire training. That explained all the cars, there were tons of spectators, families and kids. Needless to say we decided to check it out too! There was even a lemonade stand set up nearby at a neighboring house. I overheard one of the people say that the people who owned the home had donated it for the training. The kids were fascinated by it, I bet it was really interesting to see in the beginning. The house was more than halfway burnt by the time we were there.
Paige really wanted a picture of the 3 of us in front of the fire. I felt a little weird about it but I guess since it wasn't a real fire emergency it was ok.
After we got home the kids were hungry, I gave them some lunch and let them watch cartoons while I vacuumed the house. I guess poor Quinn was pretty tuckered out, I found him just like this in his chair. Spoon in hand.
Of course I didn't just leave him here, I moved him up to his bed but sadly, he woke up from his nap in a frenzy to go potty. Somehow he managed too open the bedroom door on his face giving himself a bruised eyebrow and scrape on his cheek to add to the rest of his facial injuries from the week. Poor little guy, we stocked up on band aids at target. I think we are going to need them this summer!
Saturday night I was able to sneak away for a few hours and go to the Edina art fair and out for dinner with my girls Jesi and Marin. We had a great time, it was so much fun to catch up and get away without the kids!! Very much needed and I can't wait to do it again!
We had all of Sunday just to catch up around the house. It was perfect. I really wish I had more weekends just like this one.
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