Up North

We were invited to spend some time at the Johnson family cabin in Moose Lake, MN, about 100 miles north of St. Paul. How could we say no to a chance to visit these cutie pies (even if it would be well below zero every day we were there)???

Most of us spent our time enjoying the great indoors... 

We did have one very brief outdoor adventure. We walked around the lake and Evelyn sampled the Minnesota snow. We were back inside well within 10 minutes.

Auntie Tessa even showed Evelyn how to make her own play doh! (Excuse the evil eye!)

We had a great time, and we thank the Johnsons for hosting us!

Sledding & Snow Park

We have a park with a great hill right in our neighborhood. Kids love sledding, right? 

Well, maybe not so much. It sure looked fun, but apparently the tears started partway down the hill. We couldn't convince her into trying a smaller hill, so we went to the "snow park" instead. 

That's better!

Merry Christmas!

Ok, this may be a little belated, but here is our Christmas post!

We spent Christmas Eve with the Almquists. Evelyn greatly enjoyed playing with necklaces, but wasn't too interested in opening gifts.

She did love the Buche de Noel though! My high school French teacher would be tres heureuse :)

We had a relaxing Christmas morning at home. Evelyn was very concerned about why the stockings were no longer hanging, but she quickly caught on. She enjoyed her monkey bread muffin, and some of her favorite gifts were her new tools, Minnie, toy stroller, and trampoline!

We spent Christmas evening with the Nelsons. Once again, convincing Evelyn to open her gifts kind of felt like talking her into eating vegetables! She just wanted to run and play with everyone. 

The Saturday after Christmas we celebrated with our extended family. Evelyn loved playing with her cousins Stella and Morgan. Getting all 3 little ladies in one picture proved to be nearly impossible, however!

Here is the only one with them all in the same frame!

We also took a post-Christmas trip to Minnesota... stay tuned :)