The Family Bean

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Veda's First Choir Performance

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

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

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;)

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.

Friday, February 15, 2013

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.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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;)

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Don't Worry, My Dad is a Doctor

The other day, Kathy comes downstairs and says "I don't think I can take Veda to her class at 2pm today." Why, I say..."because she just got a papercut on her eye and she says she can't see." OK, let me handle this.

OK Veda, I'm going to make a really big patch and put it over your eye. This will keep it really dark and it won't hurt anymore. "OK Dad." So, I proceed to patch her eye. Kathy walks in and says "I am not taking her to class looking like that."

Kid Translation: I tell Veda that her eye patch can only stay on for 30 min, at which point, her eye needs get fresh air for 2 hrs and at the end of 2 hrs, you can put it back on for the rest of the night.

Parent Translation: It will take mom 30 min to get to your class, at that point, you have to take the patch off so your mom isn't embarrassed. After class, when you get back in the car, you are free to look however ridiculous you want. Success!

First Big Snow of 2013

Mostly eating snow and making snow angels. Winston didn't even mind that he couldn't walk...it just meant he was that much closer to the snow (to eat it).