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Girl's Weekend!

After a long week of work and school, Scott and G headed up north to spend the weekend with Scott's best friend and his family. G was super excited to hang with the boys, have a bonfire, make s'mores, and do other outdoorsy things.

Maybe he'll see a fox like this!



At the same time, Ava and I were really looking forward to a girl's weekend at home! We went shopping for HOURS yesterday. It was so much fun browsing through shops with her, taking our time, with very little agenda to follow. This finally gave me a chance to take her to Punch Pizza, which I haven't been to in about 10 years. So good!

We had lots of fun looking at holiday decor, and even managed to pick up her Halloween costume (hello, angel!)

I think she actually liked these sparkly, fluffy high heels!



After our shopping extravaganza came to an end, we came home, did a few things around the house, and then walked the 1.5 miles to Central Park in Rosemount. Last night was the 2nd annual Food Truck Festival! We ate mini corn dogs and tator tots, cream cheese wontons and an eggroll, and finished off the meal with cookies the size of our head! About halfway through, I realized that she was eating my cookie (s'mores) and I had hers (sea salt caramel chocolate chip), but she didn't want to trade me! I did tell her we couldn't eat all of them, and I'm planning on sharing some with G when he gets back home.



I ran into a few different friends there and had a chance to catch up with them, so that was a bonus for the evening. As we were finishing up the cookies, the Vikings Skol drum line came through and gave a little performance, just 20' away from us. It was a small portion of the full drum line, but they did a great job of walking through the crowd, as it gave the 1st band a chance to tear down, and the 2nd band a chance to set up on the stage. The weather turned out to be perfect (I was worried it was going to rain, but the clouds cleared up and the sky was lovely.)

We made it back home after 7, and attempted to watch a movie, but Ava ended up putting herself to bed, and I followed soon after.



I truly enjoyed my time with Ava yesterday. She is such a fun person to hang out with, and I look forward to many more opportunities to do so in the future!

Now, we just need those boys to get home so our family is complete again!

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