Our Greatest Blessings: May 2013

Ol' McDonald Had a Farm

Yesterday, I chaperoned Jacob's class trip to the MN Zoo.

If you're thinking, "Gosh, I thought she just went there with Jacob's class", you'd be right!

Last trip was all about aquatic creatures, this trip was all about the farm.

It was fun to watch Jacob interact with his good friends and enjoy the little things that I, as a grown-up, take for granted.

Like, seeing a cement wall as a jungle gym, instead of just a cement wall.

Or finding the humor in a goat eating your clothes.

Or cramming your head into a pea-sized hole, just so you can look like a chicken.

It was a great day!

Our good family friends, the Green's, have season tickets to the Twins. Now I've never been a big fan of baseball, so when they offered them to my parents and us, I thought it'd be a fun way to get some grown-up time in and be outside, not to mention experience Target Field for the 1st time.

But I had no idea that baseball could be so fun to watch when you have AMAZING seats!

We were right above the Red Sox dugout, about 5 rows back, along the 3rd base line.

And with about a 2x zoom on my iPhone camera, I got a shot like this of Joe Mauer.

With seats like these, I think I could become a Twins fan!

Last Day of Preschool

Last Thursday, we said goodbye to Sophia's preschool...

...for the summer.

It's still hard to believe that our little girl has already completed her 2nd year of preschool.

Because of her late summer birthday, she will return for one more year.

And we are so excited that she will be back with 2 of the greatest teachers, Mrs. Johnson & Mrs. Guenther!

Sophia with Mrs. Johnson

Sophia with Mrs. Guenther

A Nature Center

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to chaperone Sophia's class field trip to a local nature center.

I chaperoned this same trip last year with Jacob's class.

Man! What a difference between overseeing a group of boys vs. girls!

Last year, it was all about the mud, the worms, and the bugs.

This year, it was all about the butterflies, the rope swing, and the squeals when they saw a worm or bug.

But it was a fun experience and a great way to get out into nature with my little love bug!

A Little Bit Of Sunshine

When we booked our family trip to California, we had no idea that we would be still experiencing winter in MN. Last year, we left temperatures that rivaled with those in LA, but this year, we had a winter storm that dropped 10 inches of snow the night before our flight. Needless to say, we were all anxious to get our trip underway.

Jack's first plane ride

(well, the 1st that he could remember)

Jacob excited to see the sun from his window seat

(the 1st time we'd seen the sun in 14 days!)

Sophia was content coloring and watching "Tangled" on her iPod

Ready for the warm, sunny weather!

Our first evening in CA was spent in the Urgent Care with Jack.

Shortly after arriving at our hotel, he spiked a high fever, which turned out to be a case of strep.

But with a dose of some good antibiotics and the sunshine, our little Honey Badger was back to his old self, just in time to head down to Balboa Island.