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Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Blog Avalanche; Or What We Did This Summer Part II


Fiddle camp was a blast!  I've never seen Solomon happier than he was at the finale performance!  Here we are dancing as the teachers fiddled on.  As you can tell, there was a lot of movement.  Hopefully we will have audio on here one of these days, so I can share the sounds too. 

A visit to Zumbrota!  We had lunch with GG John and GG Rose, then went on to the county fair with GG Rose showing us all the highlights.   It was a delightful afternoon. 


Camping...at least we still call it camping.  We opted for a cabin this year because of the wee babe.  Our original plan was to go to Glendalough State Park out in western Minnesota, and then perhaps on to Canada.  Due to a very unhappy little traveler, we opted for William O'Brian State Park, just 45 minutes from home.  We plan to go to Canada next June.  


A last hurrah of summer at Como Town, a pint sized amusement park that proved to be just right for our family.  


Charlotte and Dad at the amusement park.

Solomon 8, Nova 5 1/2, Charlotte Magdalen 6 months 3 weeks

If technology allows, there may be a video of Charlotte, pre and post crawling, posted here some day.  At present she is 8 months and has been crawling for six weeks.  She taught herself to stand two or three weeks ago and is extremely proud of herself.  She just looks ecstatic every time she stands without holding on to anything.  Her brother and sister clap and cheer wildly. It's a lot of fun.  

Monday, September 7, 2009

The Blog Avalanche; Or What We Did This Summer Part I

Hello All,
I know the idea with a blog is to post things bit by bit, even day by day, giving everyone following said blog a window into the author's thoughts and/or life.  It didn't work that way for me for this season.  Here comes a big long list of everything we've done since June.  In one night.  


Frog Dissecting!


Nova wanted to get the most out of this as possible (the whole endevor was her idea).  She insisted that we get at the brain.  There were no instructions for this, and the skull was harder to crack than a nut, but we got it.  Frog brains are VERY small.  

The Minnesota Zoo
 



The kids did see some animals too.  The Grizzly Coast exhibit was our favorite place to hang out.  We have fond memories of many trips to the zoo this summer.

Charlotte Finds her Feet!



Here is Charlotte at five months.  Grabbing her feet was one of her favorite activities.  She also liked sticking out her tongue at this age.


As it turns out there is too much for one night.   This takes us through about mid July.  Be on the lookout for a second installment.