Well, we just wrapped up Summer 2017 and Ella is back to school today - Third grade - WHAT?!?!
NOTE: This post has loads of pictures
Anyway, we squeezed in all kinds of fun stuff this last weekend of summer.
We lost our minds.
Thursday before Labor Day - Bring Ella to work day and Vikings game
Ella has requested multiple times this summer that she come to work with me to see what I do all day. I figured this was a good opportunity to show her all about the fascinating world of commercial real estate and banking. LOL!
She LOVED the day, but hasn't changed her mind about her career choice:
Doctor (and dance teacher) HA!
To make it an authentic experience, we took the bus together
Workin' girls on the way to work!
Super star friend Valerie made a fun welcome sign....can you tell Ella was THRILLED?!
And once we entered my humble cubicle, we found she also made Ella a paralegal in training kit! Inside Ella found candy, notebook, post-its, flags, $1 for treats, and other fun stuff she could use!
Ella made this note so she would remember what we were doing for lunch that day - so cute!
I put her to work though! I showed her how to work the copy/scan machine and she spent time scanning in a bunch of loan documents for me!
We spent some time outside on our balcony to see the views too!
Then, Jay met us downtown after work and we headed to the Vikings game at US Bank Stadium.
Lots of fun pregame festivities
It was all fun and games until we actually headed to our seats. Jay got tickets via a work program, and I didn't think to ask about the location of the seats. Well friends, they were the 2nd row from the top of the damn stadium! OH MY WORD!! I struggled. I survived the first quarter and then I had to get down off the roof! LOL! I didn't realize how much the heights would affect me, but I was freaking out. Sweaty palms and white knuckles on the arm rests the entire time I was in there!! Ella was freaking out because I was freaking out and then the fireworks were going and it was LOUD! So, we all exited to the safety of the lower level concourse. We watched until halftime from there and then headed home! It was an experience for sure, but I won't be attending any future events in the upper level!
Friday - Let's go to the State Fair!
Sadly, my selfie taking skills are not improving....
Saturday was our "off" day that we spent at home doing the boring stuff - laundry, cleaning, mowing, etc. But, I did snap a few pictures of Ms. Ella
Trying on the new Empire gold shades we scored at the Fox 9 booth at the fair
She got fancy for dinner
Sunday - Let's go to Valley Fair!
(Notice: Both Ella and Jay had a Snoopy kid's meal - HA!)
Whew! We did it. We fit in all the things before back to school!
It was an exhausting but fun-filled weekend of events!
