Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Fishing trip to Lake Kabetogama

An annual tradition is our trip up north to Grandpa Bob's cabin near Lake Kabetogama.  This year, my sister Katie and her family joined us, which was extra special because we hadn't seen them since Christmas.  My dad was really nervous about me being out in the boat on the rocky water (for fear of kicking me into labor or something), so Katie and I tended to stay back at the cabin and play with the kids.  That was great though.  The boys had a great time fishing and the girls got to catch up.  So, I don't have any pictures on the lake, but lots of cute pics of the kids!  It was a great trip and always something fun we look forward to each year.

1.  Henry and Landon digging in the sand.  (Landon is almost 3 and Henry is 2.5.) They sometimes have a tough time getting along, but they really did a great job of sharing this trip.  They were obsessed with Landon's collection of Cars movie matchbox cars.  I think Henry has a Cars collection in his future....
2.  When not playing with Cars, the three older kids constantly were wrestling. 

3.  Look at my sweet, adorable little 1-year old nephew, Andrew.  I hadn't seen him since Christmas, when he was 6 months old, so it was so special to see how much he's grown.  He looks SO MUCH like my sister Katie when she was this age.  Check out the picture of my sister in red to see for yourself!

4.  The kids have a very cool fascination with the fish cleaning process, so they always had to be out there with grandpa Bob when they brought the fish back.


Twins game

We took Nathan to a Twins game for his father's day gift.  It was the first ever baseball game for Madeline and Henry, and also my first visit to the new stadium.  The kids were probably too young to understand everything, but it was still a fun little family outing.  Unfortunately, it was raining the first 2 hours we were there, but we survived!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Preschool graduation

Big week for Madeline... turned 5 on Wednesday and had Preschool graduation on Thursday.  Her class did a cute little program - singing a few songs for us.  It's so hard to believe that she is going to Kindergarten in the fall!

Camping trip gone awry

We've had bad luck as far as rain goes so far this spring.  Even though we don't have a ton of plans, rain does seem to interfere with the dates we do have set ....  our garage sale, Madeline's birthday party, and our recent camping trip.  Nathan got our tent all set up and bought some firewood, and then it proceeded to rain for the next 5 hours straight.  Since the campground was 20 minutes away and our tent was wicking in water all over, we made the decision to go home for the night.  We had a BBQ at our fellow camper's house that night and then tried again on Sunday to make the most of the trip.  Fortunately Sunday was much better and we enjoyed a few hours on the beach.  Well, we tried! 


Madeline's birthday party

Over Memorial Day weekend, we celebrated Madeline's 5th birthday!  She wanted Disney princesses (yet again!) and we rented a huge princess castle inflatable.  I am so impressed with how well everyone knows Madeline - she got the PERFECT gifts.  Lots of fun arts and craft projects, Fancy Nancy books, cute outfits, and a Tinkerbell music box with a secret key!  Her favorite seems to be these Hello Kitty fake nails from uncle Erik and aunt Chelsea!!

Disney World

In mid-May, the 4 of us headed down to Orlando for a quick 4-night / 3-day trip to Disney World.  With our family members spread around the country, we usually travel in a big pack with our families, so it was a treat to go as just the 4 of us!  We went to Magic Kingdom on the 1st day, had a pool day at the hotel on the 2nd day, and then on the last day we went to Animal Kingdom.  I think Nathan and I did a decent job of setting fair expectations considering that I was 30 weeks pregnant and we had an almost 5 year old and a 2.5 y.o., but realistically the kids far exceeded any expectations I had....  There was one minor breakdown after 6 hours in the hot sun, and that was about it.  It was a great time!

Friday, May 28, 2010

Ramping up for a big summer!

Whew.... went through a slow winter into a busy summer!  Knutson schedule at a glance....

May

  • Held our first (and only?) garage sale
  • Disney World
  • Wrapped up Madeline's gymnastics class
  • Madeline's birthday party - fit for a princess!
  • Visit from Grandma Rita
June
  • Camping trip with Lapes to Baker Park
  • Madeline's preschool graduation
  • Madeline's birthday on June 9th
  • First Twins game in new stadium / first Twins game ever for Madeline and Henry
  • Month of the "minivan" - can't wait to buy one!
July
  • Family trip to Lake Kabetogama during 4th of July weekend
  • Move Madeline and Henry into same bedroom
  • Get nursery set up!!