What a Weekend!

The weekend was so packed full of fun that it pretty much flew by. Here is a (hopefully quick) synopsis.

Friday
My birthday family dinner surprise turned out to be GREAT! Brian and the girls took me to the Loring Past Bar in DinkyTown. We had wonderful food, the atmosphere was so cool (live blues/jazz!) and the girls were great! What a treat to go to a non-kid restaurant! We then enjoyed a malt at Annie's Parlor for dessert. Well, that was our second dessert. The restaurant had already given us a molten chocolate cake. But come, it was my birthday after all! Thanks B for the fun time!!!

Saturday
Saturday was a fun day for all too! Brian and Annie got up and went out to Watertown. Bri got the chance to get on my step-mom's Harley for the first time this year and went cruising with my dad and great uncle for almost 4 hours. He was in heaven! Annie got to hang with Grandma Nancy and they went to a parade and visited with Bapsi and Aunt Deb. She had a great time! Meanwhile, Kate and I did some cleaning, shopping and then I took her to her first "drop-off" birthday party. It was supposed to be a pool/slip-n-slide party but considering it was 62 in July, that didn't happen! Instead they all played outside on the girl's cool playset and they even had a jumper! The dad took one for the team and got into their above ground pool and gave the girls rides in an inflatable boat. Kate was a little nervous for me to leave at first but when I showed up to pick her up, she had a little problem wanting to leave! My excitement for the day was that I got to spend over an hour sitting in a Caribou relaxing and reading a book...ahhhh, wonderful!

Sunday
Today we decided to enjoy the weather and go to Como Zoo, even though Annie was being a very naughty little girl! She woke up on the wrong side of the bed and unfortunately stayed there until almost 2:00 (BIG issues when she was an inch too short to go on the swings!)! We had a fun little picnic at Como Park, went on some rides, and actually only saw 4 animals while we were there! The rides and the playground took precedence this trip! Annie and Kate were crawling up the ropes and going down slides like crazy! Oh, and doing the zipline! Annie has a grip of steal and kept telling me to get away when I would try and hold onto her! Kate went on the cars you actually drive on a little road path for the first time. You are supposed to be over 38" and 4 yrs old to ride. Since she is almost 42" we figured she was big enough. However, Brian told her to tell them she was 4 in case they asked. So later in the afternoon Kate was talking to someone in the playground and told them she is now 4 years old! Nice what we are teaching our children! ;)
The day rounded out with a stop at Izzy's Ice Cream Parlor in St. Paul. A favorite of mine and Brian's when we lived on Grand Ave.

So overall it was a very nice weekend that went way too fast! As I predicted, this was not a short synopsis! Sorry it got a little long. Have a great week!