MN Thompson's

Grandma T was here and left already. We had a great week – but it went way too fast. She makes me a better person every time she visits – she is a great reminder to enjoy life, to not take things too seriously, to not get worked up over the small stuff, and to not beat my kids. Life gets too stressful and she helps keep me grounded – I just need to stay this way long after she leaves now…which is hard. We had a very busy week…

The Children’s Museum is always fun for the kids.

We had a bad storm one night and it must have been raining toads and frogs…because we found all of these in the window well by Grandma’s bed. I caught several frogs too but they jump way to fast, high, long, far, you name it…no way they were staying in the bag! Grandma woke up to frogs jumping against the screen every morning after this 🙂

Minneapolis Institute of Arts was great. The kids liked it so much better than the Walker Art Center. You’d think the kids would like all of the modern junk at the Walker but they were moderately entertained by the old-time mechanical bank collection, Egyptian artifacts, masks, swords, and armor…as entertained as kids can be in a place like this. It didn’t last for long but it was enjoyable.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is always a fun place and well worth the annual membership – this year’s special exhibit is Treeology (not quite as cool for the kids as treehouse and giant bug themes from past years, but it’ll do).

Getting rocked ever so gently by my loving children…

Big Stone Mini Golf and Sculpture Garden is unlike any other mini golf place I’ve ever seen. It was cool, but not necessarily functional. This was the first time any of the kids have played mini golf – they definitely want to go back…but maybe a place with windmills would be a nice change. Although I couldn’t stop staring at a few of the statues.

Now where could I put this one around my yard?

And of course we can’t forget that this was Megan’s birthday week. We had cupcakes on her actual birthday and then celebrated with friends and neighbors while Grandma was here. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun hanging out with everyone. Beth always plans these events perfectly. Megan had a blast too!

Here’s Sponge-Bob Round Tummy and her birthday glasses and bubble stick…when do these photos get shown next…her graduation 🙂

The kids put on a fashion show while wearing all of their new school clothes – straight out of a Sears catalog, huh? In record time Christopher has already misbehaved and the shoes are on the ‘fridge until school starts. His first pair of Skechers…one of the cool kids.

Chillin’ in the hottub…that no longer leaks…yahoo…

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