Minneapolis Week Four

Our fourth week in Minneapolis was pretty uneventful.  The kids didn't seem to be feeling well all week and we were coming down from our week of spoiling by Grandma and Grandpa.

The kids slept A LOT that week.  Emilee had several days in a row where she slept in until 10 am and then took a nap.  The kids went to bed very easily all week too.  I will admit it was quite nice.

Emilee fell asleep on the floor by the door during one quiet time.

One of the times that Emilee slept in until 10. I woke her up on this morning.

When they weren't sleeping we were playing on the deck, going to the park and swimming.

Ben loves to watch the world from the deck.  He especially likes the dogs that walk by.

Blowing bubbles.

 We usually go swimming with one of the other LDS intern's family.  Stela is 2 1/2 and she and Emilee enjoy playing together at the park and the pool.

Relaxing after a swim in the pool.

 One of the nice parts about living in Uptown is the proximity to restaurants and stores.  Our grocery store is literally right next door and I find myself shopping every day or every few days, instead of doing big shopping trips.  It gives us an outing and it is easier to bring the groceries home this way.  Plus since we are here for a short time I don't have a lot of basic supplies and so we eat more packaged meals instead of made from scratch.  We are also within a mile of many restaurants.  A lot of them are trendy bar like restaurants and not great for hauling children to, but there are also many other chains.  On Saturday night we walked with the kids down the street several blocks to Chipotle for dinner.

Emilee and Dad walking down Hennepin to dinner.

This is one of the restaurants that Emilee enjoys.

It was just a really low key week and we didn't get out much, but that is honestly how real life works.