Happy Birthday, Ian!
We had a small party with just the four of us on Monday to celebrate Ian's 5th birthday. He opened a few presents and we all enjoyed some cupcakes in honor of his big day. He'll be having a larger party with some of his little friends from school this weekend. We'll be sure to post those pictures in the coming days.
Today was beautiful and warm (nearly 40 degrees!), and the kids & I had the day off of school. We decided to go for a walk around Como Lake before lunch, and then we hit the Winter Carnival this afternoon on Harriet Island. The walk was a blast - even Toby came! We found a tree that someone had decorated with Christmas ornaments, a squirrel that was waaaaay up in a tree, and the kids searched for the second medallion since there were so many other people out there today digging for it, too. After heading home and warming up with some soup for lunch, we hit the road again to Harriet Island for the Winter Carnival. There were snow & ice sculptures to see, and a frozen playground to play on. The snow slide was fun, but kids under eight had to ride with an adult. There was also a large warming tent that served up some Minnesota hot dish, hot cocoa and samples of an excellent soup from Bruggers Bagels.
If you plan on going to the winter carnival:
* Use the park and ride! There is NO WHERE to park anywhere within a one mile radius of the island and there are no sidewalks to walk on.
* Buy the buttons. They come with coupon books that allowed us to ride the slide and the go through the ice maze for free.
* Bring a sled to pull behind you for the kids, not a stroller. For most people, the deep snow on the island made strollers next to impossible to navigate through most of the snow and ice sculptures.
* Cover up! The wind was fierce down on the river!
Quick updates:
* Still no news on Taylor's science project, or the grade she got.
* Taylor read the 497-page book, Eragon, in less than three weeks!
* My first two weeks at school have gone smoothly and I've already had to take a test in Medical Terminology. I got 28/30!
* Panod now knows most of the Med. Term. words since he helped me study all week.
* Ian insists that he's still 4.
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