It Is All Fun And Games Until Something Gets Broke ...

Today was supposed to be a low-key day at home, relaxing ... the girls started out in the shade of our little maple tree playing games and reading.

Then it progressed to roller blading ...

Then from inside the house while cleaning up from lunch ... I heard the scream ... ran outside to find Alyssa laying on her stomach at the end of the driveway panicking, in a lot of pain and hyperventilating.  I got her up the house and daddy got her gear off of her and just like that I was off to the hospital ER with both girls (one as a patient and one for moral support).  Daddy had to get his glasses repaired and he planned to met up with us at the ER.

The ER at St. Francis is both an ER and an urgent care.  We, however, were sent to the ER because of Alyssa emotional state.  We waited in the waiting room for what seemed like a long time, but really was probably 15 minutes.  She wasn't bleeding and didn't have any bones protruding, so we could wait.  Alyssa just keep repeating while crying, "I think I am going to die."  I reassured her that it was highly unlikely and helped her to calm down her breathing.

She was nice and calm by the time the ER doctor saw us and they ordered x-rays right away which showed a buckle fracture of the distal radius ... in essence a broken wrist ... affecting her right arm of course.

She was treated with some pain meds and then a splint was applied with orders to see an orthopedist in two days for an actual cast ... fun stuff for a kid trying to enjoy the first days of summer ...

Scott County Library Book-A-Wocky (Reading Program)

Today the girls attended the Kitty Kitty Book Club review of Bad Kitty Gets A Bath ... one of their favorite Bad Kitty books.  They had a great time discussing the book and working on a painting project of plaster animals.

After the book club met, the girls turned in their Book-A-Wocky badges that they have earned by reading more than 20 hours each this summer, finishing at least one book review each and attending summer reading programs at the library.  We were here last night with the Hokanson's boys for Elephant and Piggie and Pigeon program and had a great time at that as well!

As rewards for earning 10 badges each, they each received a book and then for earning 20 badges each they both earned library backpacks with goodies inside including coupons for free mini-pizzas as well as a free pass to the local 80's arcade!  We are excited to finally go check out the arcade!!!

Farmor's Last Day

Well, we had a quiet morning at home while Farmor packed and got ready to head back to her home in Sweden.  We had a wonderful visit with her and are sorry it has ended already, two weeks really went by fast!

After daddy and Farmor left for the airport, the girls decided to try out their swimming pool for the first time this year ... it was cold ...

after about five minutes, they thought a better idea was to use Farmor's favorite lawn chair and warm themselves in the sun!!

We hope Farmor has a good flight home and we can't wait for her next visit or maybe even our first visit as a family to Sweden ...

Minneapolis Farmer's Market & Crave Rooftop

We all decided to make the drive back into Minneapolis today and check out the Farmer's Market again during the sunshine rather than the rain like last time.  It was significantly more crowded this time and the air was hot and not moving much in the canopy areas.  Madison got a bit overheated and felt sick, I hurried through the stands and picked up my produce.  We learned that on a nice sunny Saturday morning, it is best to get there more toward opening time rather than mid morning.  I did get the girls each a rose which they loved and made Madison feel better right away!!

After the market, we took Farmor to Crave downtown and had lunch on a rather hot rooftop, but the view was worth the lack of shade.

Summer grilling ...

Today we enjoyed a family trip to Costco to restock our pantry a bit and pick up some necessities.  After we returned back home, we had a yummy dinner of grilled filet cooked by daddy.  We love our family size table now that we are in the new house!

We enjoyed a few drinks after dinner on the front portico ... which is quickly becoming a favorite spot of ours!

Maynard's on Lake Minnetonka

Farmor and daddy spent the morning shopping at the Mall of America while we stayed home and mommy did laundry and the girls played and rollerbladed with the neighbor girls.  After all the shopping was done, we got together and headed over to Excelsior to have an early dinner at Maynard's.

We remembered to bring a big bag of bread to feed the geese, ducks and fishes after we finished dinner.  We were lucky today as there were three geese families in the water with their babies ranging from fuzzy young ones to growing teenagers!

 

Daddy decided to take his "shortcut" home via Wayzata ... (we all know this is NOT a shortcut) ... but we also know that means that a stop at Ben & Jerry's is in our future too ...

I Think She Likes This Book ...

Reading ... Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology ...

Lake Minnetonka Regional Park @ the Beach

Daddy had to work today, so the girls and I took Farmor to the pool at Lake Minnetonka Regional Park.  It was our first trip there this year to use the pool and we had a great time there as always! The weather was perfect and we arrived about 9:30 a.m. and stayed until 1:00 p.m. when the skies darkened a bit and the wind picked up greatly.  We are in for more of the rain we have been dealing with for most of this spring so far.

We were early enough to get an beach umbrella so I was extremely happy that there would be some shade.

Sand castles and tide pools made in the freshly raked sand was a big hit with the girls, especially before the beach area got too full with other people.

The girls love pretending to be dolphins and swimming/jumping through the water as their new way to "swim".

Enjoyed a little lunch on the beach and a little drying off time in the sun.

The girls had a great time playing in the sand and running around the beach area.

 Alyssa even found a large frog in the pool, which Madison immediately adopted.  This picture says it all, Madison took the frog and Alyssa was like ... "but I found him ... "

We are looking forward to many more afternoons spent at this park and pool side/beach side this year!!

Father's Day Fondue & Rollerblading Lessons

The girls spent the morning learning more rollerblading skills with daddy ... later in the day their neighbor friends made big progress with them and they are actually doing pretty great on them now!!

 

We ended the day with a great family fondue in honor of Father's Day.  Grandma and Grandpa B, Granny M and Farmor were all here to help us celebrate the day and enjoy some great food and even better company!!