I’ve been taking my Repressitall & it’s finally kicked in. I think I can blog about our trip without cringing every time I think about Tuesday’s ride home.
We had a great weekend. Friday was fun. The kids enjoyed playing with the cousins. Saturday we headed to St Paul for the State Fair. Jason & I have fond memories of the Fair. When we were first married we lived right across the street from the fairgrounds. We would go a couple times a week eating our way through the fair & collecting fair swag. What we forgot about was taking a stroller to the fair is a huge hinderance. We managed to only hit a few people & I don’t regret it either. Tova took a wonderfully long nap in the stroller & I would have been miserable with her sleeping in the Ergo on my back for that long. The boys weren’t as thrilled with the fair. They weren’t excited about Pronto Pups or Cheese Curds – they only wanted ice cream. Kids these days. They were a little more excited when we arrived at Machinery Hill.
Ethan & Gavin in a Skid steer
After the Fair, we hauled our tired kids across town to Minneapolis for tailgating & the football game. We’ve done a fair amount of tailgating at home with friends & were kind of expecting the same thing (potluck style, lots of kids). Unfortunately there weren’t any kids there unless you count the college kids with the beer bong. Anyway, we made it work. Jason & I were able to visit with friends, some we hadn’t seen in over 10 years. The kids handled themselves pretty well, playing bean bag toss & eating lots of candy. I don’t think they minded there wasn’t anyone else their age in attendance. After tailgating we headed to the Dome to catch the pre-pregame show. I ended up losing Jason & the boys but that worked out great too. If we’d all been together I wouldn’t have run into our Marching Band friend J~, one of the people we both really wanted to see.
The kids did great during the game. They were very excited to see the Marching Band & Ethan hardly blinked during the football game. Gavin didn’t like how noisy it was in the Dome so he had his fingers plugged in his ears. Someday I’ll remember to put earplugs in the diaper bag. Tova did fine too. She was a little squirmy but nothing a little food didn’t fix. After half-time we moved from our seats in the nosebleed section to the lower level to sit with J~ & her husband. I was really apprehensive about taking the kids to the game. I knew our seats were in the rafters & I was worried they’d be so antsy & uninterested we wouldn’t be able to stay for the whole game. I was so wrong. They had fun, Jason & I had fun, it was a great evening.
The highlight for me was watching the band. Even when I was in band, the game was always periphery
Tomorrow’s installment, pictures from our time at my sister’s place.
K~
