We had a very divide and conquer kind of weekend, which, honestly, is not my favorite.
The boys had an overnight speech tournament. Cooper had a bunch of sporty stuff. Everyone needed hair cuts. Jack had drivers ed that Ben accidentally scheduled in a suburb 25 minutes away. We had tons of stuff to do for Ben and Dorothy's bdays (I ordered 4 dozen cupcakes for Dorothy to take with the dance this weekend to pass out to some of her team TWICE-- gotta fix that hiccup this week). Just LOTS OF STUFF.
Minnie was wild about making orange juice, but we only had cuties. She squeezed MANY CUTIES, and she maintained her enthusiasm through each one.
Harry watched Minnie, and I got this adorbs picture of them heading to the park
Um. my hair is broken in the humidity.
BEST omlet.
We had time to make cookies (
THESE, double the recipe, triple the chips)
The girls and I went to the zoo while the boys were in Eau Claire, and Ben and Coop were busy with Little league baseball tryouts
And Trader Joes, where the check out man gave the girls bouquets. (And I got 3 easy easy dinners-- stuff for sheet pan sausage and root veggies, a bunch of frozen pizzas with breadsticks and bagged salad, and chicken taquitos that I plan to bake in a dish covered with cheese and enchilada sauce)
While Ben had Coop at the barber on the way to diving while Jack did his behind-the-wheel drivers ed lesson (Harry was at work), I took the girls to Ulta for trims. Ulta is actually a GREAT kiddie hair place-- $25 cuts and they're open on Sundays! (Dorothy usually goes to the same Aveda place I go to, but I forgot to book, and her ends were ROUGH-- and she has to wear braids in 3 dances this weekend, and they'd be even cuter with blunt ends).
Minnie was excited, obvi
(When we got home, I trimmed that longest back layer, and I stand by the decision).
Prime park weather-- love it so much.
Minnie, Jack, and I walked to another little gem of a park while Ben, Coop, and Dorothy went to Coop's end-of-season hockey party and Harry golfed with a friend.
We grocery shopped in-person at TJ's AND Ben went to our local coffee and cheese place and also picked up a Target cart that was mostly household stuff but also a few food items the other grocery store was out of AND a Metro Market order-- AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BUY MORE FOOD BEFORE THE WEEKEND. (And! We wil be OOT for Dorothy's bday over the weekend and are going out for Ben's bday eve AND STILL-- 5 kids! EAT SO MUCH FOOOOOOD).