We took my Mom out for a dinner in Minneapolis. Just the girls!
Laughs and wine!
The next day my boys took me out to a fancy brunch and movie!
I couldn't resist taking one of each of the chocolate desserts! Cake pops, mini eclairs, tiramisu in a cjhocolate cup, cream puffs, and something something with its own chocolate spoon. Heaven!
I felt loved!
And then a movie! Avengers!
Happy Mother's Day!
April's date night was a brewery tour, all set up by Jimmy!
This Bitter bus took us to three different breweries to tour and sample. It was a great idea, Jimmy!
There were only three couples on this tour, plus the couple that owns/runs the tour. We all kinda stuck together the whole night.
We received these wooden tokens at each stop, good for a pint of beer/drink each.
Mine is the IPA, Jim's is the dark bitter beer, of course.
Selfie at the first location- Harriet Brewing Co. in Minneapolis.
We had a behind the scenes tour of the brewing process. Pitchers of beer offered. Very generous :)
The second stop was Dangerous Man Brewing Company, also in Minneapolis. It's a pretty busy place normally but the rain kept people away, we think. Good for us!
We did NOT get a tour here.
Beers.
Finally, the third location was Sociable Cider Werks.
Jim liked the tables, made from drums?
Three are the owners/hosts. They were very friendly, probably part of the job but it felt sincere. I think they love what they do.
My handsome guy.
Another behind the scenes tour, explaining the cider making process.
Obviously geeks are in charge..
The breweries do not serve food but local food trucks hang out in the parking lots. At the first stop I had some Cajun food. At the last stop, even though I wasn't hungry, I HAD TO try the goat cheese curds with maple bacon. How could you not? They were delicious.
The entire tour was only three hours or so. It was just enough time to get a feel for the breweries.. I hope we can go back to some of them, and others. Minneapolis has so many possibilities.
My school hosted a family night for the staff and their spouses, kids, etc to celebrate the opening of our newly constructed cafenasium (dual purpose space for cafeteria and gymnasium). I didn't take many pictures of my teacher friends and their families- only catching a few moments when Jim and James enjoyed some hoops.
That's the Principal in the center. Good guy.
It was nice to see all the kids running around and to meet friends' spouses!
After the family night James couldn't wait to do some math homework, just because! What a great kid!
As the weather improved we tried to get James outside more. This meant working on his bike skills again!
Jim determined James' current bike to be too small so they picked out a new one. It is the right size but since james isn't quite confident yet we're still practicing on the smaller bike.
We need to keep at it!
We decided to go to the Science Museum at the last minute after hearing it was Star Wars Day on one Saturday! There was also a Space special exhibit that we really wanted to see.
Teamwork!
At the Space exhibit some of the displays were in Spanish. James easily read through most of the Spanish, to my delight.
Neil Armstrong's gloves!
More teamwork. The boys had to manuever a robotic arm to drop a metal ball through a target, but using only cameras to see what they were doing. It was very difficult!
James found astronaut people to look like us on this play set. Ha!
Throughout the museum there were Star Wars/space crafts and activities. It didn't feel like Star Wars until we saw the 'troopers!!
There were so many of them!
Good photo opp
James hesitated but he ended up taking a picture when the trooper asked. And when they let him hold the weapon!
Fun day!
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