This is Olive next to her carry-on liner from her trip to Cali for T-Day! She is a bit bigger now. She carries it off to chew on in her kennel - then I took away so we can give the carrier to someone else.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Olive
This is Olive next to her carry-on liner from her trip to Cali for T-Day! She is a bit bigger now. She carries it off to chew on in her kennel - then I took away so we can give the carrier to someone else.
it's a new day!
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I highly recommend that you read my Mom's recent post for the inauguration (1/18/09).
I highly recommend that you read my Mom's recent post for the inauguration (1/18/09).
Thursday, January 15, 2009
-19 this morning!
These pics are from the lake house.
yikes. i actually haven't left the house, so i really don't know what it feels like outside. erika is driving seby & zane to school and cody & graham take the bus.
cody really didn't want to bring his ski gear, thinking his race today will get cancelled. but it hasn't been, yet. it was cancelled on tuesday due to cold (with warmer temps) - but who knows how quickly it might warm up today. Ops, I just checked and now it is -21. not a good sign.
yesterday i drove the suburban and it was odd how freezer like it felt when i started it. there are really strange noises when you start a car in this kind of cold - especially if the vent fans are left on high. the leather seats felt really weird, and there was a slight frost to the dashboard. i'm glad i recently heard CAR TALK and was reminded that a car doesn't need to be warmed up more than a minute or two in this kind of cold. i need it warmed up a bit more.
but i do love being in the snow. i feel like i live somewhere else though with the amount of snow we have had on the ground. we have had snow ever since the first day - the sunday after Thanksgiving. We flew home from California to a new blanket of snow. I remember looking out the window and being amazed at how fresh it looked. 6am on a Sunday and it was so untouched.
yikes. i actually haven't left the house, so i really don't know what it feels like outside. erika is driving seby & zane to school and cody & graham take the bus.
cody really didn't want to bring his ski gear, thinking his race today will get cancelled. but it hasn't been, yet. it was cancelled on tuesday due to cold (with warmer temps) - but who knows how quickly it might warm up today. Ops, I just checked and now it is -21. not a good sign.
yesterday i drove the suburban and it was odd how freezer like it felt when i started it. there are really strange noises when you start a car in this kind of cold - especially if the vent fans are left on high. the leather seats felt really weird, and there was a slight frost to the dashboard. i'm glad i recently heard CAR TALK and was reminded that a car doesn't need to be warmed up more than a minute or two in this kind of cold. i need it warmed up a bit more.
but i do love being in the snow. i feel like i live somewhere else though with the amount of snow we have had on the ground. we have had snow ever since the first day - the sunday after Thanksgiving. We flew home from California to a new blanket of snow. I remember looking out the window and being amazed at how fresh it looked. 6am on a Sunday and it was so untouched.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
isn't she the cutest?
olive is a sweet dog. she is so trainable, it is wonderful.
i don't think the kids realized how much they would like her. they all thought i was crazy when i was researching this breed. now she has won all their hearts.
she and zane have been having fun playing in the yard when he gets home from school. you can see the low temps don't keep the kids inside. zane spends about 20 minutes and then has to bring in olive because "she is bugging him". then he stays out longer. one of his favorites is to bring outside hot chocolate in a coffee travel mug. olive just watches him from the door. we will see how quickly she learns if she stops biting at him she can stay outside longer.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Snow!
We had a big snow yesterday and Zane & Olive LOVED it! Olive went out a bunch during the blizzard and was even more happy to have Zane come home from school wanting to play outside with her.
Yikes, it's cold!
Yep, -16 air temp here. I had the kids all bundle up and warn them about not staying outside very long, covering any exposed skin, etc. Maybe I freaked them out, or maybe they just nodded and thru all their layers into their backpacks? Olive has never been quicker to run outside for a potty break. No walk today!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
January Walk
We went for a walk to the Lake of the Isles (our closest lake) this weekend. Cody was on a Cross Country Ski trip, and Graham was home preparing for his final exams this week. We made a mistake of only giving ourselves just 1 1/2 hours to do this walk. Olive was thrilled to walk with the boys - she just wants to follow them and bite at them. And Zane only laughs when she bites at him - so she is never going to stop. Oh well.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
New Years
We went up to the lake house for New Year's.
We brought Ann and met O'd and family from Chi-Town. Ann went back with them to spend a few days before flying home to D.C. Of course Olive came as well. She was not sure about this new environment - but felt better once we got her kennel set up. She also loved being out in the snow.
Cody was on a Cross Country Ski team trip for the first few days and Slade and I actually had to go and pick him up from Duluth, MN - it was a solid 11 hours of driving that day. But, he had a great trip and has really gotten into being on the team and doing the races. He is learning classic and skate skiing.
It was really fun to have the older college-bound cousins with us for a few days (Alex and Wes). It is amazing to watch them mature into such amazing adults.
We had many poker games, much board game playing, one day we went to Pine Mountain for skiing - except Ann, O'd, Olive and I hung out in the Lodge. We had a good taste off of the different Old Fashioned drinks - the Wisconsin version (sweet) and the Michigan version (sour). The sweet won out.
Here are some pics from Pine Mountain:
Cody, Wes, Graham
Zane
Seby & Liam
Seby and Liam had a great time skiing together. Liam usually tries to do snowboarding - and this year I think realized he didn't like it and ended up trying downhill. He was amazing. First time and he and Seby were going up the lift and down the hill on their own (well after many runs with adults or older siblings/cousins) - but by the end of the day it was just the two of them going up and down. It was awesome!
Back at the lake house Seby was really getting into Cross Country skiing. He was a trail blazer on a few trips out. Graham spent a lot of time trying to help Zane figure out the skiing - more work is required for both of them!
The day we left Minneapolis we also dropped in the mail our closing documents for purchasing the lot next to us. We are very excited about getting this property, as our driveway has an easement on it. Here is the lake view from this new parcel.
Zane and I observed several times a little bird coming into the front porch (the screen door was stuck in a slightly open fashion). We were able to get a photo of it sitting on one of the many stones brought up during the summer.
We also had a few amazing sunsets while up there. One night I also saw a touch of the Northern Lights (but I was going to bed and didn't go out to photo it!).
We are excited about going back up to the lake for Martin Luther King weekend - and doing more skiing!
We brought Ann and met O'd and family from Chi-Town. Ann went back with them to spend a few days before flying home to D.C. Of course Olive came as well. She was not sure about this new environment - but felt better once we got her kennel set up. She also loved being out in the snow.
Cody was on a Cross Country Ski team trip for the first few days and Slade and I actually had to go and pick him up from Duluth, MN - it was a solid 11 hours of driving that day. But, he had a great trip and has really gotten into being on the team and doing the races. He is learning classic and skate skiing.
It was really fun to have the older college-bound cousins with us for a few days (Alex and Wes). It is amazing to watch them mature into such amazing adults.
We had many poker games, much board game playing, one day we went to Pine Mountain for skiing - except Ann, O'd, Olive and I hung out in the Lodge. We had a good taste off of the different Old Fashioned drinks - the Wisconsin version (sweet) and the Michigan version (sour). The sweet won out.
Here are some pics from Pine Mountain:
Cody, Wes, Graham
Zane
Seby & Liam
Seby and Liam had a great time skiing together. Liam usually tries to do snowboarding - and this year I think realized he didn't like it and ended up trying downhill. He was amazing. First time and he and Seby were going up the lift and down the hill on their own (well after many runs with adults or older siblings/cousins) - but by the end of the day it was just the two of them going up and down. It was awesome!
Back at the lake house Seby was really getting into Cross Country skiing. He was a trail blazer on a few trips out. Graham spent a lot of time trying to help Zane figure out the skiing - more work is required for both of them!
The day we left Minneapolis we also dropped in the mail our closing documents for purchasing the lot next to us. We are very excited about getting this property, as our driveway has an easement on it. Here is the lake view from this new parcel.
Zane and I observed several times a little bird coming into the front porch (the screen door was stuck in a slightly open fashion). We were able to get a photo of it sitting on one of the many stones brought up during the summer.
We also had a few amazing sunsets while up there. One night I also saw a touch of the Northern Lights (but I was going to bed and didn't go out to photo it!).
We are excited about going back up to the lake for Martin Luther King weekend - and doing more skiing!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Christmas
Christmas was such a blast - and it zoomed by.
We had Ann, Slade's Mom, and Maud, Lucas, Livia & Rose (Slade's sister and family) here for Christmas. It was so fun to spend the holidays with them. Lucas taught us how to celebrate Hanukkah (which maybe Sebastian & Zane knew more about) - they loved lighting the Menorah every night.
Slade and I went to High School together, we knew a twins - Ken & Dave Greenhouse. Ken & Dave are musicians and in 1991 when they were on a Midwest tour they stayed with us in Chicago. That was the last time we saw them. The day after Christmas, Dave and his family came over for dinner. It was so fun to see him again, to meet his lovely wife Michelle, and their 3 year-old Zachary. I actually got connected to Ken thru facebook and he told me about Dave coming to the Twin Cities for the holidays. They are due with their 2nd baby this spring. I plan on going on one of Slade's New York business trips and catching up with both of them. It is amazing to not see someone for 17 years and slip right into that place of such familiarity.
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