Sunday, October 15, 2006

First Snow Flakes, First Play & First Birthday!


As promised by our beloved meteorologists, we received our first snow flakes of fall here off and on for the past several days. That also means that it has been unseasonably cold, but still festive all the same! A few pics of our front yard are below.

Another first - Taylor had her first play, Bubble Gum At The Bus Stop, at her new school last week. The whole class did a great job! Apparently, they had to put the play on four times that day in order to let everyone see it! Taylor played a secretary who sat on a piece of bubble gum, thus making her stick to the bus stop bench, and forcing her to miss her bus! She really did a great job! Ian and I are looking forward to future works from Taylor's class! The pictures of the play are in the same album as the first snow pictures.



Yesterday, we got to help our little nephew celebrate his first birthday! What a blast! He was such a great sport - from the greeting of the guests, to the all-mighty face smeared cake, the inevitable bath that followed, and finally the presents, he really put on that charming four-toothed smile that just seems to make us all smile right back at him! We really enjoyed the food, and the company. Thanks guys for having us over!! Hope you enjoy the pictures!



Finally, we had Grandpa Bob stop by for some brunch this morning. He and Gunner were making the rounds down here in the cities, and we were lucky enough to be one of their stops. The kids also got to see his new truck, which is always fun. It was a short trip, but it was great to see them!

Monday, October 09, 2006

Full of Fall Activities

Como Lake starting to get some color


Well, the MN Twins lost that game in the last post - along with two other games in a row. We are now out of the playoffs, and as depressing as it may be for those of us who jumped on the band wagon late in the season, I have read that the Twins will likely be favored as a team that will likely go into the World Series next season. That has helped ease the pain of watching them lose those last couple of games last week.

Friday night was a big night for our sci-fi loving family! Not only was Dr. Who on and we had our neighbors over, and we all shared some great pizza - but it was also the season's first Battlestar Galactica! Oh my, my! This one was about as tasty and mind-blowing as they get. If anyone out there ever needs to chat it up about a little BSG, we are always game!

We've also really been getting into the season of fall this week. Taylor and Ian made Halloween shirts that turned out really well. They also made shirts for a parade they were in on Saturday! St. Paul Public Schools celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a parade that included all of the district's schools, and a party in Central High's stadium. Since our family has two kids in two separate schools, we had to split up and march in separate parts of the parade. We had a blast that morning, and the children really enjoyed representing their schools!

Sunday was busy enough as well - Taylor and Grandma went out for some "girl time." They hit the Walker, had some lunch, and did the Barnes & Noble thing for a bit. Afterwards, both Taylor and Ian had to go and get haircuts since their school pictures are coming up this week. Ian is never one to express a deep love for the barber shop, but this time there was no screaming or crying, so there is clearly some progress being made there.

I can't wait to see if our forecasters are right about the weather later on this week -- they are talking _SNOW_! I'll be sure to post some pics if that really does happen!

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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Go Twins!




As I type this, Ian and I are watching the Twins play their first post-season game, after clinching the division title. All four of us have enjoyed watching the games over the past couple of weeks, and the kids are learning a lot about the game of baseball. Ian and I even got the honor of going to a Twins game a couple of weeks ago, after I won a ten-pack of tickets from Cities 97! Things are going well for the Twins -- let's hope their skill continues into the post-season.

As for going-ons right now, it looks like we've got some severe storms headed our way this afternoon. It is odd to have strong storms this time of the year, but I suppose that mother nature needs to even things out from giving us such a quiet spring and summer. Taylor had a birthday party on Saturday that she really enjoyed. It involved art and an ice cream cake, so it was a hit in Taylorland. And poor little Ian -- he came down with an ear infection on Friday and missed a day of school. He's taking his antibiotics and feeling much better now.

I hope to have some pictures of the leaves up here in the next couple of days. The trees are peeking in their color now and we would love to share them!!