Friday, October 23, 2009

The Minneapolis-Rochester-Nelson Long Weekend

Last Thursday, after we were done with work, we dropped Poogie off with his favorite doggie sitters and took off for Minneapolis.

After getting to Minneapolis we met Zac's parents and sis, Amanda, at TGI Fridays. Ty wasn't super cooperative and we weren't able to get a good picture of him and Amanda, but here's one of them anyway!



We stayed at hotel with Zac's parents Thursday night. Ty had never stayed at a hotel before and was very interested in the massive pile of pillows on the bed. (Let me add that while he slept pretty good that night, considering his cold, Zac and I hardly slept at all!)



The next morning we walked over to the Burger King for breakfast. Ty pretty much ignored his french toast sticks when he saw the hash browns.



We didn't have the camera for Ty's favorite part of the hotel stay...the swimming pool! He loves to swim!

For the first time EVER Ty decided he loves sunglasses! (I no longer have a pair!)



After Zac and Ty had a nap, we left for Rochester.



After picking Allie up from daycare, we went to the mall so the kids could play in the play area for awhile. They had a GREAT time!




Saturday was a busy day for us! We went to Tweite's Pumpkin Patch from 11-4. Zac wasn't feeling well so he wasn't with us for the first half of the adventure. Ty had a lot of fun with Jeremy during that time!










Puppet Show





There was a huge slide that Ty and Allie had fun on with their Daddy's. In this picture, Allie is with Jeremy, but she did go down by herself.



Zac and Ty at the top of the slide.








Ty's favorite part was the pumpkin feild! He got filthy crawling around in the pumpkins.



Kara and Allie found a pumpkin with a bird next inside!




We hurried to get ready for the birthday party on Saturday night at Con and Al's house in Nelson. Ty started out the party sleeping in his chicken suit!



Con had costumes for EVERYONE!!!!! I wasn't able to get all the pictures, but maybe Shana will post them on her blog soon.

Allie: Butterfly Princess & Olivia: Dorothy



Morgan: Witch & Corrine: Little Red Riding Hood



Abby: Clown & Zac: Con's Version of Brett Favre



Grandma Pat: Mouse & Sheri: Cheetah



Ty: Baby Bumble Bee & Bon: Amish Woman
(Ty loved Bon and went to her a couple of times that night!)



Gram: Daisy (that frequently got watered by two little girls) & Shana: Cow



Con: Miss Piggy (Al was Kermit)



We all received a package and then rolled the dice for the chance to trade packages with someone else. Zac ended up with a stamp, Ty a popcorn hand, and I got a jar of pickles.



The October birthday bunch!



One of the few times Ty let Kara snuggle him all weekend!



Ty loves Allie's toy piggy bank and spent a long time playing with it before we left for home on Sunday.



It was a fun weekend!

1 comment:

Pat said...

We are all happy that you made the long weekend trip! We didn't see you very long, but we all had a great time.