Veda's First Choir Performance

Veda's cherub choir sings at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN.

Sweet Adelie

Ask Adele what her name is and she will tell you it's Adel - ie. Not sure where she picked it up but she is consistant;) Here she is playing with her valentine's day lip gloss. LOVE LOVE her.

Stats

Winston had his 1 year check-up a few weeks ago. he weighed in at 24lbs (75 -90%), 31 inches (90%), and 18.5 in head circ (75%).

Boomer

You never know what/who you will find in the Minneapolis skywalks. We stopped and had a conversation with Boomer and he sang us a song;)

Edinborough Park

First thing I did when we got to MN was google "indoor playgrounds". I found a fabulous one near our place. Although I think it's only "fabulous" when there aren't 2,000 other kids there.

Roar

When we were in IC in Dec we met Emily, Evy and Charlie at Tot Lot for a playdate. This house was the "lions' den". The girls would growl at anyone who tried to enter.

Not so bad

Veda had her first Dentist appointment at River City Dental in Iowa City. I thought we were going to have a major meltdown but the staff was awesome and even got her to smile through the cleaning. 

Buddies

Found the pic I hadn't posted from our trip to Madison in Dec. Just waiting for Hudson to outgrow Winston. He is 6 months younger! These two will be big trouble in a few years;)

Minnesota Children's Museum

We've toured our fair share of Children's Museums. I think we are becoming experts. Auntie Kel and Uncle Kiss gave us a family membership which is simply the perfect gift. Hours of fun for everyone. I told Veda that we can come anytime we want now that we have a membership - this didn't translate well with a four year old who doesn't understand why we can't go ALL the time now.

Corner Table

 

Our friends invited us to celebrate their birthdays with them at the Corner Table (farm to table restaurant) in Minneapolis. We reserved the back table - In the Kitchen!!! The chef presented us with each of the 12 courses followed by a pairing presentation by the owner. We got to watch him prepare everything and we were encouraged to ask questions. This was a night - and meal - to remember.

Mexico!!

 Someone (Dave) thought it would be a good idea to order one of everything off the room service menu at 1 in the morning.

 The groomsmen

 The happy couple

Heather won two free nights at the hotel by sweeping the "Idol" singing contest in the lobby bar. We were all drinking by the pool and missed it. boo.

Thanks to Didi and Nana we were able to travel to Rivera Maya to the wedding of our friends Keegan and Jill. We stayed at our timeshare down the road with our friends Heather, Joe, Dave, and Ben. We had just enough sunshine to send us home with a tan and the rest of the time we had cards and happy hour in the rain by the pool. Great friends. Good times.

It NEVER stops snowing here!

Power tools are cool

Practice makes perfect

 

Veda and Adele have had way too much fun with the dollar store make-up Didi put in their stockings. At this rate they should be pros by the time they turn 25 and Dad allows them to start wearing real make-up;)

Snow snow and more and more snow!

Last week while Todd and I were sunning next to the pool in Mexico, Diane and my Mom were doing everything they could to not go stir crazy with three kids in the house all week. Success. The good thing about Minnesota is that "Frosty" should be with us for quite some time;)