Sometimes I forget how nice it is to leave the house and go on little excursions. It is really hard to leave the house sometimes when I'm not working. I get stuck in a rut and think that I have to do "this" or "that" first before I leave and then
if I finish "this" and "that" then I'm too tired to go anywhere.
But somehow today, Jim and I left the house. 50% of the children we coerced into going with us didn't really want to go, but in the end, the child was pleasant and didn't fuss too much. It helped that we promised ice cream.
We went to a little gem of a park in Minneapolis--Minnehaha Falls. With all the rain, it is greener than I have ever seen it into late June, and the creek was running at high capacity.
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| Minnehaha Creek |
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| I've never seen it this full. I've been here a couple times, both during drought years when there has been but a trickle and a stinky smell. Not this year--it was lovely and refreshing. |
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| A pretty smile from Hayley |
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| And a handsome Jimmy-like smile from Matt |
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| One always has to make a face |
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| It's either one or the other. Sigh |
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| The falls from the lower bridge |
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| Hayley and Matt are standing on the rock. See what their poses are? |
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| Hayley has to read a book for AP English over the summer called The Color of Water, and she remarked, "The color of water is apparently brown." |
After walking around the falls, and going up a totally unreasonable stone staircase (I nearly figuratively died), we went for blizzards at a nearby DQ, except for Matt who got the DQ equivalent of a Slushie. Good times. Remind me to leave the house more often, even if it means missing important work phone calls (which I made up for later).
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