the bucket list

so, i've never seen the movie the bucket list, but i'm pretty sure it has to do with things you want to do before you die. well, rae had her own bucket list to complete before the big move.



but 1st things 1st. when daddy left, we had to stay busy. so, we started making a countdown chain (just like i used to make to count down to christmas!)



rae helped me decorate the rings.


beast just goofed around. he wanted no part of the craft project.

i handled the top. this is what we are counting down to!!!

here are some of the finished rings (leaving on a jetplane has special meaning to mattie & me)

and here are the goobers with our finished project!! (fyi, we're now so close to the top that rae can't reach the rings to take them off!)

being touristy in minneapolis wasn't on rae's bucket list, but we did it anyway!!! we hung out at the sculpture gardens one sunday with some of our bestest buds! ok, here we go with the bucket list. the list looked a little something like this: milaca parade, twins game, moa, zoo, ptown friday night races.

we tackled the milaca parade first.

here's beast waiting patiently.

and rae waiting patiently.
and here are the 5 freaking firetrucks we saw. they were coming down the street to tell us the parade had been canceled.....

because the sky looked like this!!

so we headed to our friends' house (that would be the ulms!!) & hung out for the evening.

the rain lasted less than an hour & then it was lovely outside. too bad they canceled the parade & devastated princess rae!! they have since rescheduled it for this coming monday and we will, once again, be hanging out there with the ulms!!!

when friday rolled around, we headed down to the princeton races. my sister joined us & helped me wrestle beast!!!

i decided i want this job.....

here's rae with her hot pink ear protection!

and beast with his green!! he kept pulling them away from ears & saying "mommy that's too loud!" (but when he says it, it's more like "mommy that's too wowed!!") he took them off eventually anyway. so when he can't hear in 3 years, we'll know what to blame!

he did A LOT of yelling, "GO, GO, GO!!!" mostly at the pink hornet. that's right....his favorite was PINK. sometimes i worry about him. :)

i'd also really enjoy this job!

we did a VERY special father's day project, but i can't post it because mattie hasn't seen it yet. nor does he have any clue as to what it is!! promise to post info when i can!!!

we headed to moa with our friend nancy. we just road 2 rides, & the carousel was definitely the fave. rae & beast both LOVED it. after many tears & tantrums we left. i promised that we'd go back in august when they come to visit me. but we'll go on a weekday then!!!

so, in case you're keeping track, we've taken care of the ptown races & moa.

today, we did the zoo (separate post on that coming later. too exhausted now.)

monday we'll take care of the milaca parade.

the twins game won't be happening. but we'll do it in august for sure!!

i think that's her whole bucket list. beast didn't have one that i know of. i do, of course. but i've got a little more time to complete mine!!!

(in house news, the house is FINALLY on the market!!! it went on yesterday. fingers crossed that it sells quickly or else i get a job in PA so we can all be a family together very soon.)