We spent this last weekend nuzzled in the house while it snowed like crazy outside. We had somewhere between 16-20 inches of snow and blizzard conditions. Thankfully Dave just bought a new snow blower…so it saved us from HOURS of brutal shoveling.
After the storm…….
This was a drift out Allicia’s window. She thought it was pretty cool.
She isn’t even two yet but she sure does act much older than she is. She seems to be talking like crazy and putting together longer sentences everyday. Some of the things that come out of her mouth we are all so surprised with.
The other night Kyle said…”Sure dat” at the supper table….sure enough the next thing out of her mouth was…sure, dat! I tell you, nothing gets past that girl.
That same night she was stomping her foot (which is something she does when she isn’t getting her way) because she wanted Dave to turn on her TV show (Sprout). He told her she had to say please. Well, our stubborn little girl refused to say it. She ended up in her room in a time out…45 minutes later after checking on her numerous times. She still refused to say it. We continued to just leave her in her room to “think” and before we knew it she was singing and screaming (as if she wanted us to know she was having fun) in her room. The little stinker knew full well what she was doing and was just pushing out buttons. We definitely have our hands full already and I am not looking forward to her teenage years.
Last year downtown Rochester started hosting their version of the German Christmas market. I was never able to get down there last year, but this year we made a point to get down there before the weather turned too bad. Below are some pictures of Rochester’s Christmas market….complete with Gluhwein. This is for you Martin!
And here I am at a REAL German Christmas Market, back in 2005, drinking Gluhwein with my dear friend Martin.
And here we are decorating the tree and putting lights on the house.
I can’t believe it is Christmas time already…and another year is coming to a close.
A few weeks back when the Vikings played the Packers (and lost for the 2nd time this season). My sister and her family (Packer fans) came up to watch the game with our family (Vikings fans). Despite the horrible game….we had a lot of fun making a HUGE mess of the house and playing Phase 10.
Since we were unable to do many fun trips during the summer because of my leg, we decided to take the kids and a few of their friends to a water park in the Dells. We stayed at Hotel Rome which is attached to the Mt. Olympus Indoor Water and Theme park. The kids had a great time hanging out at the pool and riding rides.
Ava wasn't too excited about the pool to begin with but started enjoying it more by the end of our stay. Allicia and her girlfriends couldn't get enough of the pool, arcade, and rides. And Kyle...well he enjoyed himself as well. He even managed to get hit on by an older girl with a really lame pick up line. It went something like this...."Hey, are there 21 letters in the alphabet?" He responded...."Ummm, no." And she said, "Oh well I must have forgot U-R-A-Q-T." Nice, huh???
With that....here are a few pics from our stay.
