Crystal Lake

Last weekend, Nate, Jen, and Daniel spent a couple of hours on Crystal Lake in Burnsville, while Andie hung out with Grammy, Grandpa, and Katie. Daniel and Daddy have been practicing fishing in his bedroom, and it was time to put our skills to the test. Daniel was the skipper of the boat, of course, and the most successful fisherman of the day.

Here's a video of Daniel reeling in a whopper

Picture Time

Posting some pictures. Mom was bored today!

Our Cuties

Mother's Day at Como Zoo.

Shirts say, "Love your Mother" and "Mom's Little Romeo"

Daniel's songs.

Most of you know that little D loves to sing. Here's proof of his love. It's a long video, but it's cute.

How to make cookies...

While Daddy played softball on Monday night, Daniel and I made cookies. Daniel turned the mixer on 'high' instead of 'low.' We had a blast getting covered in flour and looking at our mess. (Well, he did anyway)

Daniel taking a picture of me. What a good photographer! (he he he-and Andie in the background in her bouncer.)

Happy Golden Birthday Nate!

Nate woke up today to this delightful display of flamingos. Daniel almost blew it last night. He told daddy "we got flamingos." That's what I get for bringing a 3 year old with! So, I repeated, "Yeah, we saw some flamingos in someone's yard, didn't we?" Then, this morning we were all sitting on our bed when I said, "Let's go downstairs and show daddy a little surprise." Daniel said, "Flamingos!" So, I'm pretty sure Nate figured it out before he saw them.

Nate, I'm sure you're feeling a little like the way the bird looks above, but you are the best in the world. I know I've only known you for 26.67% of your 30 years, but I can't wait to know you for the next 30. Sure, you might wake up with a gray hair or two tomorrow, but it'll look good on you. And, every gray hair has a great meaning. I LOVE you. Have a great day.

Daniel LOVES horses!

This weekend was great! Yesterday, Jen and Andie went to the MOA to see her mom and aunties. Nate and Daniel went to one of Nate's aunt's birthday party. Then, we met up at a hotel to go swimming. We forgot the camera, but it was a great time. It sure was great seeing all of you!

Then, on Sunday, Jen took Daniel to the MN horse expo. We weren't sure if he'd like being up close to the horses, but he loved it. He wanted to keep riding the pony named Black Jack because he was nice. And, he even wanted to ride the 'big' horses! We saw a lot of different horses and even took a carriage ride. It was a lot of fun!

Daniel on Chester Black Jack

Sox

Sox again!

Tacoma

A little movie of him riding Black Jack.

Here's Herbie the pony. The kids could pick up brushes and give him a quick brush. Daniel thought that was fun.

Fun Stuff

We've been busy! Last weekend, Nate made Daniel a sandbox.

Getting started...
Ready for sand!

Look at the finished product (with toys too!)

We also fill up our time with fun games. Here's one of Daniel's favorites right now. We sit on the chair and put all of the stuffed animals we can find all around us, then we take a picture and throw all of the animals on the ground. It's great fun.

Andie's turn.