February and March 2020 Hodgepodge

Here is a some of the fun stuff we've been able to do over the last few weeks before the craziness of Coronavirus took over the world.

I went out to dinner with Brianne and Stacy a couple weeks ago.  I saw them both at Pretzeldent's Day, but didn't get much time to really catch up with Brianne.  We met up at D. Michael B's in Albertville.  I got a peach and ginger mule and we shared an order of cheese curds.  The seven layer meatloaf was delicious.

The following Friday we met up for a fish fry with my parents and nephew at the Crystal VFW.  It was crazy busy, but still tasty.

We made a family trip to Nadia Cakes, which both of the kids loved! Strawberry for Esme and chocolate for Parker.

We've had some warmer days in the last few weeks which has allowed for lots of outdoor time.  We  got another Power Wheels via hand-me-down from Jimmy's sister in Two Harbors.  Esme has been loving riding in the back of the Gator with Parker.

Our final big outing happened on Sunday.  We visited my parents for a dip in the hot tub before heading out for dinner and a movie.

It was an earlier dinner, but Culver's was a ghost town!

With the uncertainty of things to come, we wanted to try to get out to see Pixar's latest release, Onward.  It was so cute and made me cry at the end (like they all do).  I am so glad we were able to keep our tradition alive.

I also put up a little magnet board in the kitchen recently as well.  We try to get a magnet from all of our trips and they have taken some abuse from falling off the fridge.  I got a surplus piece of galvanized sheet from work for under $5 and put it up with Command mounting strips.  Now they won't be getting knocked down and broken, but can still be seen in the kitchen.

My favorite local news channel, KARE 11, airs a show at 6:30 called Breaking the News.  The anchor, Jana Shortal, often talks to kids about current events and their world view.  Social distancing has made that nearly impossible, so she asked for pictures of our kids.  Parker and Esme made the cut and were part of the video last night.  Here is a picture of the broadcast and you can click here to view the whole story.

Our planned spring break vacation to Mazatlan was officially cancelled today which really bums us out, but we know it's for the best.  It's going to be a whole new world for the next few weeks and possibly months.