What a weird week! On Monday we had a LONG drive home from family camp. We got home, unpacked, picked up groceries, ordered pizza, started the laundry and called it a day.
Tuesday we were back to normal. All 3 boys went to school, Nate and I went back to work and Xander had basketball practice in the evening. The news was warning of an impending blizzard. Minneapolis and St. Paul schools cancelled Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in anticipation of a historic blizzard. MPA usually holds off and I was sure we would have school on Wednesday. But nope, even MPA called it.
Wednesday was a snow day, but there was very little snow. I had a dentist appointment (which is near my mom’s house), so I dropped the boys off for the morning and they swam with Grandma while I got my teeth cleaned. By the afternoon, the snow picked up, and while there was a lot of it, it wasn’t extreme historic blizzard level as predicted. It snowed into Thursday. A lot of snow, but this is Minnesota. The boys got a lot of bonus screen time. Nate and I traded off working and entertaining kids.
On Friday, Xander and KT were back to school. Gussie was home with me in the morning. We baked brownies and played our new favorite game Uno. In the afternoon, Nate and Gussie went to a play place. Saturday was Xander’s basketball game, followed by an afternoon of being stir crazy.
Sunday has been a good day. At the dentist office, I flipped through a magazine and found out there is a restaurant called Gus Gus near our house. Obviously we had to go! Xander was very sad there isn’t a Xan Xan restaurant. We started our day with brunch reservations and a VERY foo foo fancy breakfast. $93 later, we went home with a crabby, hungry 5 year old, in case you are wondering how it went. For the record, I loved everything I ate and would definitely go back (without my Gus Gus).
This afternoon/evening, we hung out with our dear friends the Danielson family! Nate was the one who introduced Nate and I (confusing since there are 2 Nates in this story). Our kids and their kids played nicely while we had drinks and caught up. We had dinner and dessert and the time flew by too quickly.
Back to normal this week (hopefully no more snow or days off school!)