Kids! Exercise! Yay!

We've got the exercise equipment back up, and the kids are happy about that! Here is Milena on the ladder, swinging away.

Kelson, zipping around in the swing.

Eli, getting ready to spin on the rings.

It's time to switch!

Static electricity! Yay!

"Daddy, take a picture of me!"

Milena upside-down.

Eli upside-down.

Kelson as upside-down as he gets.

OK, let's see if I remember how to embed videos. Here is Kelson using the swing, but not swinging on the swing:

And here is Eli on rings and Milena on the ladder:

And finally, Eli doing something odd:

And here's a final picture of the kids exercising.

Projects!

Here are the preschoolers showing off art projects. Milena and Eli made scarecrows. They were given a block of wood and various supplies, and we were told to make scarecrows. Eli liked the straw, and wanted to just glue the straw to the wood, but that didn't stick very well, so I convinced him that the scarecrow could wear a belt. Eli definitely wanted his naked. Milena put clothes, hair, eyebrows, arms and legs (pipe cleaners) on hers. They are very goofy scarecrows. Kelson made a turkey. We're not going to eat his turkey.

Pictures!

Apparently, I have been delinquent. I have received numerous complaints about my lack of photo blogging. However, I am now reformed. I will revert back to my frequent blogging self. So, to honor all the requests, here are pictures of our kitchen.

Here is our new wood floor.

Here is our island.

Our countertop by the range.

New cabinets.

We're back to having a gas stove. Love it!

And we needed a new toaster oven, too. There, I hope you are all happy, now!

Halloween!

Here are three little animals, ready to go Trick or Treating. Michelle was very smart when she found these costumes a month ago. She knew that it was going to be a cold night and that a warm, furry costume would be best.

And now the animals are joined by a giant wizard. Hmmm... where have I seen that wizard before? Oh, I know, last year! Why mess with a good thing?

Larry's Work

Since Larry can't blog about his work anymore, I decided to take a trip up to Eagan to do it for him. We had a lovely lunch at Don Pablo's, with an incredibly incompetent (but in a good way) waiter. He was on his second day, so Larry cut him some slack. Larry's nicer than I am.

After that, we went to Thomson-West, where I used to work, although I can't remember why. At West we saw Scooter, who is just itching to touch something inappropriately. He'll just have to photoshop something.

At Larry's cube we found this - a crappy piece of plastic that commemorates a crappy project. I tried to take a better picture of this, but then realized that it is impossible to take a good picture of any Unity related item. Wierd.

This used to be mine. Now it's not.

And, in case the terrorists can't find Larry now, here's the message he left to them in his old cube.

All and all, a wonderful day in Eagan. I laughed, I cried, I got two fajita plates at Don Pablo's. As I left, I couldn't help but think, "Thank God I'm in St. Peter now."

On a related note, Larry thinks it's cool that his wife has a Yaris, but I have a Grand Caravan that gets 70.8 mpg. So there.

Minnesota Vikings 31, Seattle Seahawks 13