We love the W*ii

My sister and family got a W*ii for Christmas for their kids, I wonder who is going to be using it more, my sis and brother-in-law or the kids?

They brought it to our house for all of us to experience. Muskie Man loves this system and I have a feeling we will be saving our pennies to purchase one, if we can find one somewhere. Everyone got in on the fun--even Grandma and Grandpa! Minnow was cheering everyone on.

Grandpa getting ready to bowl with Minnow cheering him on:


Even Grandma got in on the bowling action:

Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Minnow is so fun at this age. She enjoyed opening her presents: ripping the wrapping paper (with a little help from Muskie Man), playing with the boxes and looking at the toys. We did not get out the wire cutters to cut all the little twisty wires on the toys until Christmas morning, there was enough going with opening presents.




Minnow got all dressed up Christmas Eve for church. She enjoyed listening to the kids sing in church. Christmas Day she listened to Muskie Man do a reading during the service.



Christmas Day we had dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Muskie and Aunt Stein and Uncle Moff. We then went for a walk around town and pulled Minnow in a sled around the yard. She laughed and then she cried while on the sled (she was getting cold).



We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Day and the celebrating will continue with more family coming for the next few days.

Winter Band Concert

So we went to the "Winter" Band Concert at Muskie Man's school last night. It was essentially a "Christmas" concert, but one wouldn't want to offend the politically correct.

Minnow LOVED the music. She danced and jumped around and was so well-behaved. She behaved better than she does in church, no wrestling math for Muskie Man! Minnow's favorite group was the Concert Band, they played more Christmas Music and more upbeat music. The groups did a great job and Minnow had a fun night.

My Last First Date

18 years ago yesterday I went on my last first date. Muskie Man took me out, and the rest is history, we were just babes in high school. We became best friends and married after graduating college. We have literally grown up together.

We've been through alot, had some fun adventures, endured some difficult days, and now this is our wonderful little family.


Thanks for asking me out, Muskie Man!

Go Packers!

We cheered our Packers on to a victory today! Minnow was all dressed up, ready to watch and cheer with a rousing, "Go, go!"

She fell asleep a half hour before the game started and took a marathon nap--she slept during the whole game. She will have to watch the highlights on the news!

Playing in the Snow

Minnow and I have gone outside to play in the snow a couple times. One of those times, I was shoveling the driveway and Minnow was hanging out in the snowy yard. I was shoveling away and I heard Minnow start to screech. I ran over to her and she had lost her balance, falling face-first into the snow. She couldn't get up and got her first face wash of snow. Cute!

Minnow still isn't too sure what to think of the snow:


After playing and shoveling, Minnow checked out the Christmas decorations. She declared them beautiful by saying, " Oh, Wow!"

Observant Little Minnow

Minnow is very observant, she doesn’t miss a thing. Any time there is something out of place in our home, she finds it and shows us. The remote is left within her reach—it’s like she has a radar and goes right to and grabs it. We try to avoid this, as we don’t know what buttons she will push and mess up the TV—remember the Friends episode when the TV got stuck in Spanish? That is my fear!

If we leave the cabinet locks off by chance, she notices immediately and goes right for the cabinet that is unlocked. If the bathroom door is accidentally left open and the toilet cover is accidentally left up, she is up to her elbows in toilet water before we know it! YUCK! This is making me keep the toilets extra clean these days.

We love you observant little toilet-water-drenched Minnow!

Ready, Set, Snow!

Last week when the wind chill was below zero I realized that Minnow was not properly prepared for winter. So we ventured to the Osh Kosh B'Gosh outlet and found a snowpants/coat combo for 60% off! YEAH! (this week it's probably 70% off, but we'll keep what we got)

We got the coat just in time for a big storm that came through this weekend. Now we just have to find Minnow some boots and then she's ready to head outside into the snow.

Minnow just had to model her new gear: