We had one last week of summer so Meadow and I went swimming one last time this year. It was unseasonably warm for early October in Minneapolis.    Good morning sleepy bear. It's Open Streets day on Lyndale!    Meadow had been asking for Swedish pancakes so that is what I made today. Hmmm... I wonder if she remembers when we had Swedish pancakes up on the Gunflint Trail  at Loon Lake Lodge . Man, do we have to go back there. I think that's what gave her the idea.  These were awfully delicious. Where can folks get the recipe? I think I just used the first result in Google.  We didn't realize until today that Meadow's bike is much too small for her. Sorry kiddo. Looks like we'll be on the hunt for a new one for her. We biked on our wonderful front yard bike lanes and then over to Lyndale.    We ended up parking our bikes since the street was so crowded. They really should split it so bikes are on one side and pedestrians on the other. This migh...

I dropped my family off in Rhinelander for a few days. I haven't been without them since Meadow was two.  I had a car to pick up over in Lower Michigan. Lowell to be exact. And a sister and mom to go visit. So, we rented a car in Rhinelander after staying the weekend at the cottage in Three Lakes.

Hey Theo ready to go to the best place in the world? Cottage! Cottage! We made it just across the border before needing to stop for Theo. Meadow and I played at some churches playground while he got fed. We did hav to make a detour in Anoka to pick up some boat parts for my dad.  I caught Theo looking over at Meadow and smiling once in awhile. Brooke's been making us wait until we get to the cottage to eat. So, when we arrived frozen pizza was the de facto choice. We already stop enough times with Theo and we eat out too much.  The next morning we said hello to the lake. Quite the difference from the last time we were here just a few weeks ago. It was set to be in the upper 80s and even 90s all weekend. Miss Meadow got some new glasses recently. Silly kid spent hours splashing water on and around the dock. We made some pancakes from the box doctored with instant oatmeal. They weren't all that great. Then it wa...