Edinborough Park

Tonight we spent the evening at Edinborough Park in Edina.  We have never been there before- for some reason I thought Wyatt was too small.  Was I wrong!  Wyatt and I went with our friends/neighbors, Debbie and Luca.  The boys had a blast and we'll be going back very soon.  It was well worth the $6 admission fee!

Go Vikings!

Rained In!

We spent Saturday indoors due to the wonderful rain that wouldn't stop.  But it was all in good fun with a lot of laughs.  Dan and I say this all the time but we're so blessed to have Wyatt in our life- he is constantly putting smiles on our face.

Eggs...finally!

Wyatt's preferred breakfast is either Papa's pancakes (the first time he ever had pancakes was with my dad so they will forever be called as such), waffles, cereal or toast.  We've offered scrambled eggs to him on numerous occasions but he never wanted anything to do with them.  I asked him if he wanted to try an egg for breakfast and he finally agreed to it.  Now, we have one more option with a little more protein :)

Snow!

Wyatt loves the snow- it's so nice that we're able to get out and play in it now that the weather is above 20 degrees.  Unfortunately, when we get home from work and "school" there isn't a whole lot of time to enjoy the outdoors in daylight.  Wyatt LOVES to shovel and knows when it snows he might get to help daddy, "daddy shovel too" he says.  And if only we can get him to wear his mittens...

Girls Night Out!

My good friend Jenny Boisseau moved to Atlanta almost two years ago.  Her and Cole (their 1-1/2 year old son) decided to join her husband, Chad, for a business trip to Minneapolis.  It was so fun to see her last night.  Four of us got together for many great laughs and good wine at Beaujo's. 

Me, Caroline, Koren and Jenny

Jenny, Koren and Me with a corked bottle of leftover wine :)

Wrestle Mania!

It wouldn't be a normal day in our house without Wyatt getting out the special blanket that acts as his wrestling mat and says, "Daddy wrestle."  The two of them get so silly and Wyatt just loves every minute of it.  I love my boys!

Happy Birthday, Mom/Grandma!

Today we helped my mom celebrate her birthday.  Wyatt couldn't wait to get home from lunch to help his mana (a.k.a. Grandma) blow out her candles.  Since he just had a birthday himself he couldn't stop saying Happy Birthday and wanted to blow out the candles again and again and again.  Mom, sorry that your age is revealed on the cake- you don't look a day over 30 :)

Happy New Year!

We celebrated New Years in Northfield with my family and the Smith family from Kansas stopped by for a visit.  It's always great to see Jenny and crew but we missed Hunter and Evan.  Happy New Year!

Jenny, Sean, BJ and Sedona Smith

Belated Birthday Celebration With The Nelson Family

We had the honor of having Andy, Koren, Zach and Molly Nelson over for dinner to celebrate Wyatt's birthday tonight.  Though it was a quick little get together we sure enjoyed their company.

Miss Molly walking all over the place

The guys playing hoops

Andy couldn't get enough of the helicopter

Wyatt's birthday present- thank you!

Christmas Day with the Defries Family

From left to right:  Pat, Micah, Kim, Kevin and Aidan.

Wyatt and cousin Micah playing with their new toys.

It's time to go sledding!

It's been Christmas Day tradition to go sledding at Old Main hill at St. Olaf College.  Dan's parents live not even a block away so we are fortunate to just walk over.

Cousin Jemma.

Dan and Wyatt ready to go.  Wyatt wasn't too sure and of course he rolled off half way down the hill. 

The Montgomery Family (sans Micah who stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa).

Dan and Jemma

Getting ready for bed with Nana Pat counting cars in my new Dr. Seuss jammies.

Christmas Eve with the Suess Family

We woke up Christmas Eve morning at my parent's house to 12" or more snow.  Wyatt helped Papa blow out the driveway and sidewalks.  Yes, I know he has no mittens on- he insisted!

The best part about the snow fall was watching the snow plow come up the court.  Wyatt was glued to the window.

I missed it but Wyatt just gave Uncle Scott a big smooch.

Giving his Cousin Johnny a kiss.

The snow was so pretty and the weather was beautiful Christmas Eve night.  After opening gifts we went out to my parent's patio and started a fire. 

Wyatt needed to shovel again.

Saying goodnight to Uncle Scott before going to bed.

The evening festivites begin:  Wii Resort!