Well we are at T-minus 3 days until Andrew is home again. He has spent the last two and half weeks in California working on the NHL All-star game and the Super Bowl. Thursday he flew to Miami and got settled in. He has asked me to update the blog each day with his activities so for the next couple days please look for: The Super Bowl Chronicles. :-)
The girls and I are hanging in there. We sort of hit the wall today where we've done all our regular activities a couple times now and didn't have much else that I wanted to venture to do on my own with them. So we went to the Mall of America (again.). But this time we did something new! First, we were one of ten people in the state of Minnesota who ventured out in this freaking cold weather. Yes, the car thermometer said -11 as I was driving there. UGH! But thankfully since the other 9 people didn't appear to be going to the Mall, we got Rockstar parking! Then ran down the "enclosed" but still unheated and freezing walkway into Macy's. Both Ella and Lily thought this was great fun. We actually made it to the Rainforest Cafe just 10 minutes before 11am and made a reservation for 11am then walked around the gift shop. We were promptly seated near a fish tank (yes! Automatic entertainment for the girls!) and a waterfall. The girls were a little unsure of what was going on until their food arrived. They spotted a butterfly, monkey, dolphins, snake and alligator. And I ate my food in relative peace. It was a very nice meal. Ella also was excited to get a blue icee in an obnoxious glass that flashes a colored light. I showed her how she could turn it on and off and thankfully, she chose to have it off quite a bit of the time.
We of course then visited the Aquarium, which turns out was the destination of the nine other people out that day. We played in the sand, popped bubbles an entertainer was blowing, played in the sting ray pool, then came home. All in all, a nice outing for Saturday.
We had a nice week last weekend with Nana Mary visiting. We went to Adventure Peak at Edinborough Park and IKEA as a couple of our major outings. My mom and I spent a majority of any free time we had (aka naptime) working on a canopy for Ella's room. We/she finished it but I am waiting for Andrew to get home to hang it. I'll post a picture once we have it up. I think its going to be really fun! And thank you Mom for all your cooking and help while you were here! I would be going nuts right now, I think, without that little reprieve. I have pretty much no pictures from her trip because Andrew has our good camera with him. Sorry!
Okay enough about us. And now the first installment of The Super Bowl Chronicles.....
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