What We've Been Up To

It's been one week since I have been on a computer. I hardly remember what it is I used to do on the computer for several hours at a time. So what have we been up to? Not much actually.

Last Sunday Jason and I went to the final Wild game of the season against the Dallas Stars. Jason really wanted to attend that particular game because the Stars were originally the Minnesota North Stars before the club moved to Texas.


The Wild won by two and it was an exciting game to attend! Nordy ran around the whole night with his end of the season sign:


We had a really good night and even came close to winning the night's raffle! We were 200 numbers off. I should have let Jason grab a couple more tickets when he asked! Oh well. Half the proceeds benefited Minnesota Hockey and the other half went to the raffle winner. Maybe next year!

Not too much else has been happening with us. Just Amelia and her usual shenanigans. Here are some pictures:

Choosing bedtime snacks:


Sleeping with rugs:


Being twice as cool with shades inside:


Multi-tasking in the bathroom:


We're never bored - that is for sure!

Silly Girl

I looked over at Amelia while she was watching Dora the other day and saw a funny sight:


She was having a hard time getting comfortable on her car. Did you see why?


She seemed to think it was pretty funny too!

No Peanuts :(

It is official - Amelia cannot eat peanuts. We have tried and tried and every single time she looks like this within minutes of ingesting peanut butter:


It's not the best picture but if you enlarge it you can see a little better.

We love peanut butter so this is going to be a challenge for us! There is still the hope that maybe she'll grow out of it. For now though we will steer clear of peanuts :(

A Visitor

This weekend Jason, Amelia and I had a special visitor! Amelia's birthday buddy! S was the first friend I made in Milwaukee and she is now in MN for grad school so she took a break from school to visit us for a couple of days!

Friday evening she and I went for a drive around the area because she had never been here before. We had dinner in downtown Hudson and while we waited for a table we stopped in on an artist reception at a local gallery. She and I were art history majors together so it was fun to be able to do that!

We spent so much time trying to get Amelia to sit still for a picture that this is the only good one I ended up with:


S headed back to school this morning when I got home from work. It was great to be able to visit with her and catch up!

Wild Game

Last Thursday evening Jason and I had a night out! We received free tickets to a Minnesota Wild game! I had never been to a professional hockey game or an event at our Xcel Center so it was a night of firsts for me!

We got there early and had dinner at a nearby Italian place that is a family favorite of us all. I hadn't had a sense of smell or taste all week (I thought it was a cold but in reality it turns out to be my allergies) and Thursday was the first time I tasted all week!

We had great seats and had a good night. Our team even won!


Funny story about the evening: Event parking is insane and I decided that we were not going to spend $15 to park our car. We headed up onto Cathedral Hill to park (for free) because 6-ish blocks is not big deal to walk. We got parked, checked signs and curbs and decided we were in fact legally parked. Guess again! We got back to a parking ticket that was over twice the amount of the event parking across the street from the venue! What lesson did we learn? Just pay for event parking!

We are headed to the season's final game against Dallas next Sunday evening and you better believe I will have and extra twenty in my purse for parking!

Dropping In

Hey everyone!

We are still here :) Sickness has been moving through our family the past week. First Amelia got it, then Jason and as of this morning I have it. It's just a cold but it has been kicking our butts this past week!

A lot has been going on for us and I will share more soon!

For now, here is Amelia in her new bike helmet:


Spring is coming!

Shutterfly Books

A couple of months ago I got a coupon at the Target checkout for a FREE 8x8 photo book from Shutterfly. I held onto it because I thought maybe I'd check it out. I figured there was some catch because nothing is really free these days, is it? Well, there was a small catch - I had to pay shipping and handling (which was minimal.) That was it though. I was able to make an 8x8, 20-page color photo book for eight dollars. I hope I come across another coupon like this...soon!

Hopefully the window below works and you can view the book about the trip we took to the North Shore last fall!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Zoo Day

This afternoon the sun was out (a rarity the past few months) and the temperature was in the mid-30s...so we went to the zoo! We decided to go to Como Zoo over the MN Zoo (where we a have a membership) because it was a little chilly out still and most of the animals would be inside anyways. So, for a quick zoo trip Como made more sense today.

We saw polar bears in the newly renovated exhibit:


We chuckled at this lion:


Native to a warmer climate, he has embraced the snow surrounding his rock.

Amelia liked to monkeys and apes the best. They were the most active. She had a great time and we can't wait to take her to the MN Zoo this summer!

St. Patty's Parade

Yesterday our friend Lisa invited to a local St. Patrick's Day parade! It was such a nice afternoon out that we couldn't turn her down. Amelia watched so intently the whole time:


Some of our favorite parts were the unicyclists:


The really tall man:


And the "Irish" camels:


Lisa grabbed a few pieces of candy, a sticker and beads for Amelia. We are looking forward to more parades as the weather warms up!

Here is about the best picture of Amelia that I could get in her St. Patrick's Day outfit:


She is far too busy to stop for a minute or two to take a picture!

Playing Outside

Today if was almost forty degrees (which felt very warm to us here) so we went outside after dinner to play! Amelia got to use her cozy coupe outside for the first time and she was loving it!


She had to bring her ball with her. We told her that she and her ball wouldn't fit into the car together but she was determined and she found a way!


I am looking forward to some warmer weather coming so we can play outside often! Amelia has so much energy and playing outside is a great way to burn it off and get to bed on time!*

*We're a little messed up here because of daylight savings but we'll get back on track...eventually.