Biking Southwest Minneapolis and the Mayday Parade 2026

Hey it's the weekend of the year in Minneapolis! It's Mayday weekend.

Another smiley breakfast to start the day. I think it's obvious who uses the living room the most in this family.

Since we are replacing our sink with a pedestal sink I found us a cabinet to go over our toilet. Our bathroom is really looking good.

It's not perfect, but it's a definite improvement from how it looked a month ago.

Theo always tries to get a swing in before we go anywhere.

Always fun to see a bike traffic jam on Blaisdell.

Theo graduated to a bigger bike this year.

He's still a little hesitant on his bike and unsure what to do with the gears. I'm pretty sure I had a simple single speed, back peddle braking bike at his age. In fact I was in second grade when I learned to bike.  

Meadow with her new helmet. I've wanted to get one of these helmets (well not in pink), but now Brooke and Meadow have them. I guess I waited too long.

Meadow is part of a girls group at school. 

Think Girl Scouts, but not a part of the official group.

They were having a bake sale this weekend for mutual aid for those affected by ICE.

We dropped her off and continued on Minnehaha Parkway.

I wanted to check out the (de)construction over at the Nicollet Avenue bridge over the parkway.

Then we biked back to the park and waited for Meadow.

Then we thought we'd bike over to go to "Boblokin" Woods, except we forgot our keys to lock our bikes.

So, instead we hung out at the Japanese garden.

They love climbing these trees.

I changed the front gear on Theo's bike and he cruised home.

Meadow really wants a bike basket on her bike. I took off the one from my old bike and gave it to her.

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

Coolest 12 year old out there.

I didn't take my morning walk thinking that I'd walk while Meadow did her bake sale. Since I didn't get my steps in I forced asked Scott and Theo to go with me.

I commented on all the yards I'd like to copy for our front slope.  

One of these years we'll convert a bigger chunk of the yard to gardens.

Extra smiley breakfast for Theo today.

Then we biked over to the Mayday Parade.

This year we sat near the beginning of the parade.

Meadow even helped shade her little brother.  

Waiting for the parade to start, Meadow read books while Theo and I played games.

The parade led off with the Mexican dancers which seemed fitting. It was great having the community out after a winter hiding from ICE.

I knew this year would be extra with everything that's happened the last few months.

Gotta love Minneapolis.

The battletrain is always the highlight.

There's not much to say other than Minneapolis rules.

We left the parade a little early to head over to Mercado Central for lunch. It was already packed when we got there.

Once we got back, Meadow and I took a quick trip to the library.

Has to read all her new books in one day.

Theo brought his favorite pillow outside and ripped it.

Theo helped met patch it. I see this pillow being full of patches some day.

Theo and I got in one more round of our football competition. Don't tell him, I'm just trying to improve his accuracy. Plus it's fun.