A day in Duluth!

Mama decided for her birthday she wanted to take a day trip from the cabin to Duluth, which meant we got to go along and experience the city for our first time. We started out at the Great Lakes Aquarium where we were able to come up close and personal with fish found in Lake Superior.There also was a water play area and a pretend tree house, both of which we found to be a great deal of fun!



After our time inside we worked up an appetite and decided to dine out on the deck at Grandma's where we overlooked Lake Superior and saw the bridge go up to let boats come through...exciting as you can imagine.


We even got a chance to walk around Canal Park, enjoy some ice cream, and ended the day playing on the shores of Lake Superior.

We, especially Mama, were blessed with a very special day! Love, ME

Happy 18-months to ME!!!

Yipee, we are 1 1/2!!! Where does time go??? We are having a blast this summer and love to be on the go, especially when it involves the outdoors (we are constantly requesting "outside"). We love, love the water whether it be the lake, our water table or baby pool on the deck, or the Kasson baby pool. We float on our backs, put our face in the water and blow bubbles, splash, kick, jump off the side...you name it, we will try it.

Parks are also of great fun this summer being we now can climb up things, go down small slides, and swing by ourselves.

We have the most fun playing with each other though there definitely are times when pushing and hitting occur along with verbalizations of "no," "mine," and eventual crying.

On our actual 1 1/2 birthday we spent the day doing what every girl loves to do, especially when it is rainy outside...shop! We started our adventure by turning our carseats forward facing and completely enjoyed the new view. The best purchase of the day was our new sunglasses, which we think look very stylish, don't you? Sorry for the long post...we have been busy and had a lot to share!

Love always, ME

Rain or shine, the 4th was fine!

Mother nature decided to bless us with lovely rain on and off on America's birthday, but in typical ME fashion we still had fun. We stayed home from the cabin in hopes of partaking in an event in downtown Rochester which Papa helped organize, but because of the weather you guessed it, it was cancelled. However, we still needed to wear our spirited outfits in celebration of the day! We did our best to celebrate inside...

A break in the rain allowed us to get some outdoor time...



We didn't see any firecrackers, but we naturally are both little firecrackers and likely dreamt about them...

and one of us needed to come back downstairs to hang out with Papa and Mama a bit longer, likely thinking she was missing out on something...

Hugs for Independence Day!

Love, ME