A Solo Visit to Fergus Falls' Dairlyand and Back Home with the Fam

I had to travel to St. Croix Falls over in Wisconsin and then all the way across Minnesota in Fergus Falls to shoot a couple of hotels. After my second hotel shoot I stopped by Dairyland before heading home.

This was the correct choice.

I even got a little tour of the place from the owner. Pretty cool to see the old radio switch board from when they were a proper drive-in.

I guess the rest of the family was busy playing Animal Crossing back home.

Scott gets jealous when he rolls out of bed and sees I only made breakfast for the children. This time he got waffles too.

Like why wouldn't I want waffles? Waffles rule. She also oddly makes her own breakfast: hash and an omelette every weekend. Then she complains about all the dishes.

I only complain when no one does their dishes all day and then after dinner there's a million to do. 

Every once and a while the kids remember they have legos.

The kids both needed to get gifts for their teachers at Barnes and Noble.

Theo's new book obsession is Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Teacher appreciation is coming up so I asked Theo to pick out a card for his teacher. He couldn't pick out a more accurate card.

Biking with Theo is always nerve wracking. I'm so thankful for all the protected bike lanes and trails we have around Minneapolis.

He's still figuring things out, especially around stop signs.

When they got back I was weeding out front. I would've come along, but I was busy sanding off the painted edges of our laundry chute door.

Meadow had some gift card money leftover and spent the last of it on more mangas. She was pretty excited to have more books.

It was nice enough to eat lunch and read outside.

Theo and I took some breaks from weeding the gardens.

He also helped me put down some more mulch and water some plants.

For dinner we had some kind of beef and cabbage stir fry straight out of Japan. Japonica rice of course. You may just call it sushi rice but it's served with everything over in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Then back to weeding.

Theo and I have also been throwing the old foam pigskin around.

Good times.