Tomte and Trumpet

It's clear that things are heading back to normal, based on how busy our schedule was this week. Monday was a great Memorial Day...we planted so many flowers and spent good time together as a family, including a trip to Von Hanson's. Plus, the weather was pleasant, so we were able to be outside for a large portion of the day.

The kids each made a tomte from this month's Swedish Kiwi Crate - cute! They worked so well together...I love seeing that.

Due to our crazy schedule, we needed to move the kids to the Tuesday Taekwondo class for this week, and we even squeezed in a trip to the park before heading out to TKD. Wednesday night was the RMS band concerts (by grade.) The kids hadn't played together since early 2019, so it was wonderful to see them all come together...and the weather even held out and made for a wonderful backdrop to the evening's outdoor event!

Ava is doing a baton duet with another twirler, so she had a 1.5 hour practice OUTSIDE on Thursday early evening. Her cheeks were SO pink when I picked her up. But, I was happy to see that Ava had fun with a friend, and they are looking forward to the competition on June 12. We also finally got our central air reconnected on Thursday night, so we had the first night of cool(ish) sleeping in a few weeks. Whew, I hope we don't have to go again without AC anytime soon! (On that note, the new deck is really coming together nicely!)

While Scott and the kids stayed home on Friday night, I headed out to Hastings with a friend/co-worker who I hadn't seen in about a year. It was so nice to catch up and enjoy a change in scenery. We really liked the Hastings Riverwalk on the Mississippi, as well as the views from the Legion, which was overlooking the river. Great night to be out!

Due to the super hot weather this weekend, I decided to take the kids to the pool on Saturday morning, and we ran into some friends there. So, the kids had a chance to play, and the moms had a chance to chat. PERFECT!

Ava and I are heading to a movie on Saturday afternoon. It'll be her first R-rated movie, and I believe it's mostly because of the violence. It's an anime, so the violence is animated, and not realistic. Not sure that makes it any better, but that's what I'm telling myself. We're looking forward to enjoying a cool theater with some yummy popcorn!

The rest of the weekend will be spent trying to stay cool and get stuff done around the house...it's a busy time, with just one week left of school. Hard to believe we'll have a 2nd and 8th grader next year!

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