St. Paul Night Out at Cosetta and Backyard Rink Build Year 3

Another smiley breakfast for Theo.

I guess Theo and I are predictable when it comes to breakfast.

Yes, yes they are.

While Scott was working on the east coast I was making dinner one night. Theo was playing with the alphabet magnets on the fridge. Theo then admitted to losing one of the magnets in the fridge. He had set it on the vent and it fell in. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal until the next morning when I noticed the fridge wasn't as cold.

Turns out his magnet had jammed the cooling fan.

I bought every strong magnet that Ace Hardware and Menards had. Nothing was working.

I then attempted to taking the panel off. After failing I texted with Samsung asking for advice. They could only offer sending a technician out.

Thankfully the temps had dropped so I could store all our food on the porch.

Before Scott comes back from a trip I tell the kids to make sure they get rid of any why's. I guess Theo thought he needed to clean his room.

I often ask why the kids stuff is everywhere when I get back from work trips. It's a habit of mine.

Nice work Theo.

Our three peanuts I grew in our garden were ready to be eaten.

And of course 5 minutes after Scott gets home he gets the panel off.

Fridge fixed.

Back in the cities I thought we should be tourists for the night. Or the neighboring twin. We hadn't been to to Cosetta in a while, so why not make it a night out in St. Paul.

We got in a long line alongside all the suburbanites in town for some kind of state sports tournament at the X/Grand Casino Arena.

The line went all the way to the back of the market.

The main restaurant is cafeteria style, which was confusing the first time around.

I was worried with the long line that we wouldn't find a table, but there were plenty of tables available.

Meadow had been asking to go to Cosetta again.

Despite Brooke's protestations, we got some yummy sweets. Meadow got a tiny key lime pie.

By the time we had finished eating and got dessert, there was no line. Note to self, don't go to Cosetta on a Saturday night until 7:30.

Saturday and Sunday were spent cleaning up the middle garden and starting to build out the backyard rink.

Can I beat the first snow?

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