Since we just watched "Elf" (as is our family tradition every Christmas Eve), Buddy's schedule of what to do with his Dad on his first day home was stuck in my head. I'm not as good as Buddy at writing out my agenda on an Etch-A-Sketch so I played her the clip instead. This cracks me up every time!
I planned out our whole day:
First we'll make snow angles for 2 hours
Then we'll go ice skating
Then we'll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can
And then, when we're finished, we'll snuggle.
And then, when we're finished, we'll snuggle.
Our day began at the Mall of America. We shopped till we could no longer walk. We made our way to a fantastic crepe stand for lunch. This will definitely be one of our new favorite places.
From there we went to get a manicure; Chloe's first. I usually do her nails all the time at home, but it was a special treat to sit at her own station and have somebody fuss over her in true grown up fashion.
Next, we headed over to the Double Tree Hotel to check in and hang out for a bit. It was cold -but sunny. We can always handle the cold better when it comes with the sun!
Once we surveyed the room, we sat down to read this fun, informative book together about what to expect as you grow up. It's all in celebration of being a girl.
After that we were starving for dinner, even though it was only 3:30pm. We headed out to a new pizza place called Mozza Mia. We had the joint to ourselves. Our plan was to go ice skating which opened at 4pm and still have a little day-light left to skate in. Unfortunately, when we got to the outdoor rink, it was closed due to the weather having been so warm. Crazy, huh?! Too warm in Minnesota?! Actually, we had quite a warm spell of above freezing temps for the past 2 weeks, so it was pretty obvious the ice probably wasn't thick enough on the lake to hold us. I'm super thankful for their protectiveness of our hypothermia, but sad that we didn't get to skate.
That just meant we got more time to check out the pool and hot tub at the hotel. Also, we didn't have to subject ourselves to sub-zero freezing temps outside as we were trying to ice skate. Even though it's been pretty warm lately, Monday was definitely not warm. It was 8 when we were outside with a windchill of -5. The hot tub was awesome.
We rounded out our evening with a fun game of Square Off and watching tv in bed. The next morning we hit a fun French bistro for breakfast before heading off to doctors appointments. What an awesome gift - uninterrupted time with my favorite girl! I'm the luckiest mom in the whole world!
