Skip to main content

Theo's Birthday, Sushi, Ice Skating and Breweries

By
Our little dude turned two.

He currently loves oranges so I made him an orange pound cake.

Just look at those eyes! So excited.

He even blew out his candles.

Meadow was excited to wrap his birthday present by herself.



Just like Meadow he loves Richard Scarry books. So, we got him a bundle of 10 of the classic Busy Town books.

For his birthday dinner we went to Sushi Train.



As you can see we ate plate after plate.

We love sushi.

We stick mostly to the vegetarian options, but once in a while I get brave and get some raw fish.


I love that the kids go read books when they wake up.

They were excited to read all the books Theo got.
Theo's hair is getting long enough that I can braid it now.

We had to take a trip to the fabric store to make something for Marina's upcoming birthday.

These kids aren't quite as easy to handle at stores as they used to be.


 I actually find SR Harris Fabrics to be pretty entertaining. It's someones job to come up with these crazy prints.

We found more fabric to make clothes for Meadow too.

And the kiddos got into a few scuffles.

So many choices. Sometimes it's overwhelming. 

We finally settled on the perfect prints.

Since we were up this way I suggested we go ice skating at Maple Groves Skating Loop.

Theo will skate, but only for a short while.

We took turns going around the loop with Meadow.

Theo mostly just stayed along the edge of the ice.

It was in the 40's today.


Brooke and Meadow ended going around many more times than me.

But I got to watch this charmer.

He'd rather eat the snow.


Meadows a pretty good skater.


Girl could skate all day.

Eventually we were kicked off so they could resurface the ice.

Next we drove over to Omni Brewing. Since they were pretty busy we decided to grab lunch at nearby Maple Tavern first.

We'd come here years ago for our friend Jose's birthday. They still have some great burgers.




We tried Omni Brewing again, but it got even busier. So, we made our way back to Minneapolis to go to Lakes and Legends.

The kids kept entertained with our magna tiles.

Actually Picasso Tiles (they're a bit cheaper).
One of the beers here is called St. Gail. We'll have to take my parents here when the visit next month.

Since we were nearby we decided to go ice skating again. This time at Loring Park.

The ice wasn't as nice here.


It had been pretty warm and the rink hadn't been resurfaced for a while.

After skating we were hungry again and it was late. Meadow suggested her favorite restaurant, Black Sheep. 

Not a bad mild winter day.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Campervan Vacation: San Francsicso, Northern California and the Great Redwoods Forests

By
Day 1 Minneapolis - San Fransisco  And we're off again. This time on an actual planned vacation. Somehow we managed to all get up and eat breakfast despite a relatively early flight to San Jose.   Travel Theo is so cute.  He didn't remember the last time we took a flight back in 2020 , so we let him sit at the window. He was interested for about 5 seconds. He was more into the movie choices on the back of his seat.  Brooke, Meadow and Theo sat on one side and I got to sit with strangers. Unfair. Meadow coordinating as usual.  We flew into San Jose despite wanting to start our journey in San Francisco. After debating Caltrain, BART or renting a car, we just took an uber. Not cheap for one person, but basically the same price as our other options with the four of us. An hour or so later we arrived at the Hotel Triton in what I guess is simply called Downtown. Fortunately for us our hotel was right at the gateway to Chinatown. Perfect as we were hungry for lunch. I...
Post a Comment
Read more

Backcountry Camping with Kids in Theodore Roosevelt National Park

By
Day 1  Back in May I stumbled upon Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I had no idea there was a National Park in North Dakota and that it was the northern end of the Badlands. Usually our summer vacations coincide with Scott's work trips. Since he didn't have any this summer I thought we should take advantage of actually taking a vacation. What, my workcations are always classics? I suppose a second real vacation this year wouldn't hurt. We definitely have more time than normal. As long as we took Covid-19  precautions and avoided people. We finally settled on a time to go. Blake joined us so we borrowed our dad's van so we could ride together. Scott had just driven from Michigan the day before. Blake had met my parents in Wisconsin to get the van and then drove from Duluth to pick us up. I offered to drive since I literally only drive twice a month.  I was still pretty tired from a long drive home. Since we were near Fergus Falls we had to stop by the abandoned state ho...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Sunday Circular

By
 We stayed out late the night before for our friend Jose's birthday party. This time Scott had more to drink than me. So we slept in. Apparently Peanut also had to much too drink. I woke up to this mess. Of course he's licking the plastic bag in this picture. He loves licking bags -- reminds him of his alley cat days.    Scott's hangover comfort food is pancakes and syrup, that would be last thing for me. I tried to cheer him up with emoticon mini pancakes.    My stomach was just not having it. This might be the first time I've left pancakes on my plate. Ever.  Off to work I went, hungover. Damn you Best Buy! While he went to his job, I worked on getting the chile-braised pork shoulder ( from the latest Bon Appetit ) ready for our epic meal .  I got a strawberry plant from the back of someone's pickup truck while Scott was in California. Thanks to Emma for finding it on freecycle . He planted it for me...
6 comments
Read more