March 2009
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Rock climbing
We spent much of the weekend looking at bicycles for Gretchen which took us out to REI for long afternoons. To be fair, most of the time spent was due to the understaffing at all the bicycle shops around town and because the warm spring weather brought out all the bicycle purchasers in the Twin Cities.
While we were waiting, Lars and Brita decided they wanted to do some rock climbing.
Brita...
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“I worked very hard. And I did have a lot of erasements.”
– Brita describing the work she did on her ‘Welcome Home’ sign. It’s hard to describe how how happy I felt in seeing the sign and hearing her describe the work.
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Mill City Adventure
The weather was warm today and the kids were anxious to do something fun today. So we organized an ‘adventure’ which was taking the city bus downtown, walking around, visiting the Mill City Museum and then going out for lunch at our favorite Minneapolis riverside restaurant, Pracna.
We started our trip by riding the bus to the new Minneapolis Public Library. We spent some time...
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Brita 2009 LHCS Science and Learning Project →
Brita’s first science and learning project was programming a web page. Her page contains pictures of her favorite animals and foods.
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Lars 2009 LHCS Science and Learning Project →
Lar’s first page is live on the internet. For his project, Lars programmed links to his favorite sports teams and put pictures of his favorite animals on his page.
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4 birthday parties this weekend
There are 4 birthday parties this weekend between all of my children. One was Friday night for Lars, one was Saturday for Brita and Leif (separate). Lars also attended Brita’s because he knows the daughter’s big brother. And Brita has another party today.
Luckily for me, I only had to attend one of them. I was put on Leif duty, which meant a trip to the Minneapolis Fire Hall and...
