We ended up having preschool at our house last-minute this week because of sick friends, and had a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday!  We took a mini-field trip to storytime, and had friends for lunch with feet sandwiches, pink ink drink, and cat cupcakes that I made with Emma the day before.  Not super…

There are 2 zoos in the Cities – one that is free, and one that is decidedly not.  We have been to the free one lots of times, and the non-free one once (with free passes.  ha.)  Some generous donors paid for all the 3rd graders in Rochester to go to the expensive zoo, have…

Infinitely better than science fair 2011.  Why? The game LIFE on the ipad We didn't show up an hour early to set up (screeched in at the last minute, which worked out just fine) Extra snacks for the littles during the snack break made them super excited Zach had lots of fun showing off his…

Carter made me suit him up in all his snow gear to go out and play in the "snow".  At least it was something!  This has been a crazy winter!

and they have flown by.  She climbed up three stairs today – time for the gate at the bottom!  

The cake theme for the blue and gold banquet this year was "Night at the Movies" – and Zach and Nate had a great time decorating their cake.  As you can tell, everyone else had a pretty good time too (this may have had a lot to do with the leftover frosting…) Zach's cake award,…

Meg gets super excited about 2 things:  baths, and going outside.  Since she is so crazy in the tub, it is easier to take pictures of outside.  So here you go. (trying to crawl out the open back door into the freezing afternoon)  

Luckily, it was a grown-up's birthday.  But the truth of it is, being sick, having to work, being sick enough to come home from work, taking a nap, and getting woken up to have to go back to work until 10pm isn't that great for a grown-up's birthday either.  The kids helped him open presents…

       plus heart cinnamon rolls and family fondue night.  I LOVE this holiday!  (I woke up to Emma headed outside to shovel the deck for my valentine.  So sweet! – although I had her promise to wake me up first next time.)

We went downtown to get Zach's glasses adjusted after a full-contact basketball game at school on Friday left them a bit (or a lot) crooked – and had no idea it was the ice sculpture day of Winterfest.  The funny thing is that for most of winterfest the ice would have been melting, but this…