I took the kids to Minnesota this weekend to see my grandma and we also got to see Gary, Elaine, Dave, Paula, Piper, John, and Grandma Adele; and we we stayed with Bonnie & Neil (best hosts ever!!).
The kids were great on the flight. This was my first flight with all three on my own. It was a little plane so Henry & I sat in front of Anna & Sarah and it was perfect. I told the kids that they had to be on their best behavior this weekend or I wouldn't take them on my own somewhere again and I think they really took that to heart.
Neil picked us up at the airport (Anna & Neil skipped toward each other in the terminal!) and he had monster cookies for the kids to eat while I installed the carseats. We drove over to Gary & Elaine's to see everyone and then back to Bonnie & Neil's for the evening.
Saturday morning, Neil & I went on a 10-mile run (I'm thinking I should have just done 8 but Neil is a machine and human metronome and we stuck with the original 10-mile plan). Bonnie, meanwhile, fed the kids breakfast and took them on a walk to watch a local obstacle run. The kids had a fantastic time playing in Bonnie & Neils giant yard in the lovely Minnesota weather (so much nicer than the weather we left behind in Texas!).
Sunday we met up with my friends from elementary school, Jenna & Chris. We went out to Stillwater for a play at the park and some ice cream. The kids were a little grumpy though so the visit was a little shorter than I would have liked.
On Monday, Neil loaded up the canoe and we drove over to the lake so I could get some open-water swim practice (I have another tri coming up in August). The kids rode in the canoe with Bonnie & Neil (I am still surprised that Henry got in with them) and I swam as well as I could. I think I was out there for about 40 minutes but am not sure of the distance. It was really great practice and I feel so much better about swimming in a lake than I did after that tri last month!
Tuesday it was time to head back to Texas so the kids & I went to visit Great-Grandma one more time (Anna & Sarah prepared a song list to perform for her) and then we went to Carbone's for lunch (wasn't as good as I remembered) and heard some really thick Minnesota accents. The kids were great on the flight home, too, and they were super excited to see Craig waiting for us at the airport.
