Linnea and Mommy's First week of summer fun!

Linnea's last day of preschool til the end of August was this past Friday since it was my last day of working summer school. We know Linnea will miss her preschool friends and the routine she has there, but our wallets cannot afford to send her there while I am not working, plus I LOVE finding fun things to do together, soooo that means I get her to myself for just over a month! We had a great first week and are looking forward to the upcoming weeks as well! There is so much fun to be had! Monday started out with an attempt to see a Juggler at the Maplewood Library...well we got there right on time but that was still too late for a spot. Bill the Juggler is a popular man. Linnea tried to squeeze in and watch but only lasted about 5 minutes cuz she really couldn't see that well. So we just played in the library a bit, checked out some books and then headed to the Maplewood Community Center. I had some passes from Living Social that were going to expire the end of July so we decided we better use two of them, I hope to use the last one this weekend and get a swim workout in. They have a nice low depth swim area there with a splashing submarine and little slide so we spent most of our time there. Again, with swim lessons I think someone would have enjoyed this more. She did finally go on the slide with right before it was time to go. 

Monday night we went to our usual family storytime at the Roseville Library with some neighbors so that was also very fun. Tuesday was raining so we headed to a discounted movie theater where Chipwrecked just happened to be playing! One of our favs! We met some friends there too. We then had lunch with my mom at her house before heading home for nap. 

Wednesday we went to a puppet show at the Sun Ray Library near Woodbury and afterwards visited GG for lunch and visiting. Linnea was so sweet to ask her how her foot was doing. You may remember she had fractured it and has been in a cast for almost 6 weeks I think. Linnea has such a good memory. When I told her we would be visiting GG, she right away said, "Oh I will ask her how her foot is." GG was going in to hopefully get the cast off right after we left. Wednesday night we celebrated Chris bday with his fav meal and a trip to the choo choo park with the neighbors. 

Thursday we took advantage of the library program again and saw a magician. It was a very good show! Linnea was definitely surprised and amazed at some of the tricks! Since it was finally not 100 degrees we played at a playground before heading home.

 Thursday night we went to DQ with daddy to get Blizzards and donate money to Gillette Childrens Hospital. This hospital helps so many of the students I work with and our nephew so we couldnt pass it up!

Friday we finally checked out the new Como Pool/Waterpark! Linnea and I took a quick trip to the Como Zoo first since Linnea was dying to see the lions, polar bear and zebra. 

 Both were fantastic! The kids slides were so much more gradual than others we have been to so Linnea wasn't as intimidated by them. There is also a lazy river which we LOVED! We met up with my friend Brooke from High School with her baby Annabelle who just turned 1. We saw her when she was just a few weeks old so it was nice to see her again. We definitely should not wait so long in between our visits. Everyone had a ball! It was too hard to get many waterpark pics since we both needed to be so hands on with our kids so we will try harder next time.

time for an ice cream treat break!

getting sleepy.

watching the lazy river.

We will be going back for sure!