Halloween 2010

This year the kids both decided to dress up as Penguins...maybe since we moved to a colder climate! Ironically, it was a pretty warm Halloween. Of course, they were not just penguins....Isaac was a Kung Fu Penguin and Olivia was a Princess Penguin!



In the morning we went to MyGYM, where the kids were able to run around and play in their costumes.
Later in the evening we went to the Dunbar's to kick off a great night of trick-or-treating. The kids (and adults) had a great time and ate a lot of candy!


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!


Of course, there are more pictures and a video.

Pumpkin Carving - 2010 - Skull 2

Finally, after much procrastination, on my part we made it to Pumpkin Carving Night. Isaac's friend, Grant, came over to help. This year the kids did almost all of it by themselves.


After carving the pumpkin Miriam and I played Cranium against the boys while Olivia and Lita hung out. The boys beat us!
Click here for some more pictures and a short video.

FLASHBACK to prior year pumpkin carvings.

Flying a Kite and Olivia's Photography Debut

Olivia took the camera around the house and took some pictures...

Later in the day after Isaac's Kung Fu class, we headed to the park to fly a kite. It was a perfect day, nice and warm and windy!!

Check out a few more of Olivia's fall photos and a video of Isaac flying the kite.

A great Fall Day!

Wow, what a day! It was a nice fall afternoon in Minnesota, your typical October day, 85 degrees and sunny!

We took a scenic drive to the town of Stillwater, MN, which is about 45 minutes away just past St. Paul. Along the way we saw some great fall foliage and crossed the Mississippi River.

Our first stop was Aamodt's Apple Farm. Here we stopped and had some Pumpkin Muffins and fresh apple cider. Then we took some hot air balloon rides and the kids rode the tractor-train.

After that we headed downtown. We stumbled upon, the ever allusive "Teddy bear Park"...Isaac and Olivia have heard about this several times from their friends and we could not find it, until today.

We had lunch at Nacho Mama's. We sat outside and relaxed for a bit before walking the streets of downtown. Then we took a walk down to the river where we saw the Stillwater Lift Bridge, which was pretty amazing!!

Click on this link for quite a few pictures of the day (and some of yesterday in the back yard)and a short video.

Catching Up for September

It has been a month since I have had a chance to post some pictures, so I am going to summarize things quite a bit....

• 9/11 - We took the kids to Minehaha Falls; hiked a bit, rode a four wheel bike around the park and over a bridge which crossed the Mississippi and played in the stream. We also took some picture of Olivia at MyGym. See the pictures....



• 9/13 - Olivia's First day of Spanish Immersion Pre-School in MN - see a few pictures.

• 9/19 - David's Birthday - I was sick so we kept things pretty tame, the kids made cinnamon rolls!....see the short video

• 9/30 - Make sure to check out the pictures Grandma Hillary took while we were in St. Louis for Gabriel's 2nd Birthday!!