Tuesday, June 3 The Long Awaited Promise

Several months ago in one of my cleaning frenzies, I slowly watched my Hungarian tablecloth slip from the edge of the table taking my favorite Red Wing bowl with it. The dull thunk was sickening. I lifted the corner and sure enough, it was a goner. I felt terrible.

The only thing left to do was confess my stupidity and promise the first time we traveled to Minnesota, we would visit our favorite pottery store and replace the broken masterpiece. Holding true to my word, the entire family set off for Red Wing, Minnesota today.

There were no bowls in Red Wing to match what I wanted.

So....we ordered one to be made by this heavily-accented artist, to be deliever by the UPS man in a month.

More Highlights of today's trip:

THE DOLLAR STORE SPREE

Jeff bought the kids a toy from the dollar store. Of course the little princess was THRILLED with her new pink necklace, earrings, and bracelets. I must admit it is difficult for me to recognize a girlie girl in this family. It is amazing.

But Jeff, com'on! Handcuffs for Tommy!!!! YIKES!!! We have all had the pleasure of being constrained to a chair or both hands shackled. I think it may lose it's entertainment value very quickly. I do enjoy Tommy's cackle when successfully walking away from his victim. I only saw true fear and panic when his mom was calling for him and he had lost the key. What a kid.

BALD EAGLES

We saw two flying in the air and one in a field while driving north. The best was yet to come.

While Jeff was cornered on a dock along the Mississippi River listening to another of Jon's story sprees, I took Anna for a little walk down a path in Wabasha (straight out of Grumpier Old Men). As I turned the corner, there it was. The camera came out!

When I showed the picture to the men, Jon said, "What did you do? Take a picture of a plastic bird?"

I took the rude man right down to the bird where he got a first hand look at Baldy (If one looks very hard, the bald eagle is in the center of the picture.)

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