Spring Break 2024, Part 1

We're back from Spring Break in beautiful Palm Springs! It was kind of a mixed bag this year! 

We picked up 2 excited kids from school at noon and headed to the airport. We didn't know it at the time but Kasper forgot his Nintendo Switch in the TSA line. We had smooth flights this year which is always nice.

Marlo woke up the first morning with a fever and chills and never really made a full recovery all week. She was able to play when the ibuprofen hit but it was a low energy week for the most excited girl ever. We had a new house this year! It was missing the pickle ball court but had a fun pool with a slide and jumping ledges. 

We finally had rain in Palm Springs. Two half days of it. The pool table got a lot of use.

   

We also had a great outdoor bar/kitchen that got a ton of use.

 

This was the first time we've ever been on Spring Break over Easter! Of course there was an egg hunt.

   

So unwell.

 

Whew. I'm not used to such long posts anymore. I'll finish this up later! 

Spring Fever

Can one get spring fever when there was no winter? It was nice most of this week. Like short sleeves nice. 

Rob throws discs in the backyard. Sometimes the kids like to play too. 

 

 Kasper even played a round with Rob! He did well and I think he liked it! 

 

 We had a family pizza party in the community center in my parents neighborhood. We got some cousin time in, some aunt and uncle time, it was great! I only took this one picture but it's pretty accurate.

  Today Rob and Kappy worked out in the wetland removing buckthorn. They found a buried treasure. (Also you can see Kappy's empty mouth)  

 They found the metal remains of an old bicycle seat from the early 1900's! 

I think our lot was some kind of dumping ground or something because we've also found some old pots and pans and an old wagon wheel. I think Deephaven was part of an old wagon route back in the day. 

And that was our week! Spring Break is getting closer and closer. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Pulled

The only bit of excitement in our week was when Kasper went to the dentist to have 8 teeth pulled! 

The orthodontist wanted the teeth out because they were too attached to the bone to come out on their own and the adult teeth are just waiting. No one wants braces in college (*cough**Robert*) so we needed to urge things along. 8 teeth is a lot all at once but the dentist said he didn't need to be sedated because they were baby teeth. Turns out he was right! We were all nervous but sounds like it went about as well as couple be expected. 1 of 8 gave some trouble and had to be worked on but the rest popped out! Apparently the dentist was delighted with each tooth he pulled out because they had very, very long roots. One molar had 3 roots. But now it's done and we move to phase 2 - waiting for adult teeth to move in. 

 

Kappy was a real rockstar and I know he's happy to have that behind him.

   

Guess we didn't take an after yet but I'll wait until they're not bloody sockets. You're welcome.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

44

I turned the big 44 today! Time flies. 

We've been just bebopping along, enjoying the random 60 degree days. 

 

And the windy days. 

And now here goes another week. A year older this time. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Curl

Man the weeks are FLYING by. SO much going on. Of course nothing that we take pictures of. 

So I'll leave these here. Marlo can curl her tongue. 

Thank you and goodnight. Hope everyone had a great weekend. 

Winter is boring

Apparently winter is boring around here. Especially with no snow. 

The kids have been chugging along at school. Rob and I have been chugging along at work. There's still no snow. It's been in the 50's. 

We had our favorite pastries this weekend. The cinnamon rolls are as big as Marlo's head. 

 

 We also went to the park to play this afternoon before the Super Bowl because it was sunny and seemed warm out! It wasn't actually all that warm but the park was PACKED. Tons of dog walkers, strollers, a drone, kids on bikes and scooters. It really wasn't all that warm but it feels like Spring here. This is not early February in Minnesota.

   

 Hope everyone had a great weekend!