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Friday, July 5, 2013

MN, day eight

The heat and humidity were rising so we decided to cash in a Groupon of Heather's and head to an indoor bowling alley with plenty of A/C. It was called the Mermaid and Molly was stoked to see the mermaid statue on top of the building.

However, she refused to pose for a picture next to the Mermaid sign...

Daddy's girl

Norah's shoes were so small...

The girls had an assist, but I think it let them enjoy the game more. The only other time Molly bowled it took forever for the ball to get all the way down the lane. This definitely sped things up for all three girls.

I think Norah was the most into it...

Groupon came with pizza and drinks.

Molly's bowling shoes on the disco-fantastic stairs!

Careful!

All three girls had a great time...

Phew! I broke 100. I believe the order was Molly, Emma, Norah, me, and Heather.

Ice cream stop at the DQ.

Norah enjoyed every bite...

Olivia

There's that tongue again... cuteness!

Thursday, July 4, 2013

4th of July fireworks

Since it stays light so late in MN most of the official firework shows didn't even start until 10:00 pm. Some were as late as 10:30 pm. Adam picked up some poppers, sparklers, and a few small fireworks to set off in the back yard. It worked out perfectly... minus some smoke.

MN, day seven

The lake (it's very hard to get a panoramic with all the foot traffic):

Oh yeah, they were tired from all that swimming...

Molly keeping Olivia entertained...

The kids LOVED the little poppers...

Root beer floats for Emma and Norah...

Ice cream for Molly...

And a very patriotic dish for me...

Sparklers!!!

Last of the poppers...

Soooo... Molly picked up some tights...

There was a sock store that had an entire wall of tights at the Mall of America and Molly begged me to buy her some. I know I mentioned the weather in MN was lovely the first few days we were there, but by now the humidity and heat were going up. Still, she insisted on wearing them... crazy monkey child!