It's ice skating season, but that doesn't mean we spent the whole weekend out on the backyard rink. During the week Meadow and I got a chance to rollerblade at the Vikings stadium. She's way faster than me. I thought it would be like ice skating, it is but also not. I thought I didn't do too bad having not skated in 20 years.  The kids are back into doing crafts again. Theo claimed the potholder loom too hard so Meadow took over. 

 Since my horrible cartwheel attempt a few weeks ago I realized I'm not as flexible as I used to be so I've started doing stretches every morning to help with that. If Meadow is around she usually copies me or climbs on me. I thought you just wanted to stretch more?  I was out of ideas for breakfast so I made Scott take over. Maple Syrup caramelized apples with crepes it was.  We couldn't feed them to Meadow fast enough. She was trying to skip the apples, but eventually caved in. She's so picky sometimes.  I did finally end up canning a few days ago. Strawberry Rhubarb Jam. Out of the three jars 2 actually sealed.  Meadow runs to our mudroom whenever she can and stands on our cooler. She loves looking outside at the yard. I sometimes walk in on her and Peanut fighting over who gets to stand on it.   While driving back from our Illinois trip I spotted a park off Hwy 61 in St. Paul. Since it was actua...

I never would have guessed that two years ago today we would already have a child.  Life. Morning snuggles with my babe.  Our wedding breakfast tradition is crepes.  We stayed at the Westin in downtown on our wedding night thanks to my sister and her now husband. The next morning I brought back some La Belle Crepe for us to nosh on. I've really been in to making crepes for a few years now. It's much easier than pancakes and what I grew up on.  I can't say we made maple caramel apple filling. One egg to one cup flour to one cup milk. Much easier than pie. Our new favorite drink is chai latte. I made some to go with our breakfast.  Meadow kept watch on us.  Last year we didn't "do gifts" except I ended up getting Scott a crepe pan. This year he got me an inflatable mattress for backpack camping. I wasn't expecting such a pricey gift. It will totally be worth it. Now I just need one. I got him ove...