Delivery Drawings

We're definitely in Maycember. We stacked multiple activities on top of each other this past week, so by the time we got to Friday night, we mostly just laid around and took it easy. Ava and I binged a series on Netflix for several hours. She eventually said she needed to go to bed!

It's been a quiet day at home for me on this beautiful Saturday morning. Scott took both kids with him on a sod-laying job (which is why Ava wanted to be well-rested!) It's amazing how peaceful and easy it has been to get stuff done today without anyone else here. I know that will be reality in the not-so-far-off-future, so I don't ever want to wish away my days with the kids at home, but man, it was really nice to have that down time.

One of the fun events that we attended this week was the Red Pine Spring Art Night. This is an annual event that was discontinued during COVID, and I'm so happy they brought it back. It's different than it was before (previously there was an auction where you could bid on a basket), but they added some new fun things, like seeing the mascot (Big Red), a photo booth, BINGO with prizes, rock painting for the school's garden, and a magic show to top off the night. And of course, looking at all of the artwork posted throughout the school. 

It was a REALLY popular event, so we only did a few of the things, and decided to leave before the magician. I was getting a little antsy being around that many people, and we instead used that time for G to play on the school playground with some friends who also decided to skip the magic show. Ava had a blast walking around and finding her tile that she painted in 5th grade!

We celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday with the kids hanging out with me, while Scott visited his mom. I spent a great afternoon with my mom last Saturday in Cannon Falls. It reminded me of how lucky we are to have family so close, and how much love we are surrounded with.

I was able to spend some time on Mother's Day working on an embroidery project. I've never done one before so it's a learning process, but it's been a good way to engage my crafty side.

One of the unexpected highlights of the week was the awesome drawings that we had on our takeout boxes on Thursday night. Way to go Tavern Grill in Apple Valley! These brought such joy to us when we saw them.

We've got sunshine in the forecast for the next several days. The temps are perfect, the smoke from the Canadian wildfires has finally cleared so we can see blue skies again, and the flowers are in bloom. Seems like a pretty great start to the warm season!