Funny Faces

The Wind Huffed, and Puffed, And Blew That Tree Down

It has been a hectic 36 hours since the tornado decided to swing through Minneapolis. It first dropped down not far from Gramma Anne's, causing major winds that knocked down tree's like toothpicks. Luckily no one in that area got hurt, though a big tree crashed into the roof of Gramma's house. Her neighborhood luckily is intact, but our hearts go out to those in North Minneapolis who lost roofs and much more. Soren has been pretty shaken up over it all. Seeing a tree on a roof and more strewn across streets and yards leaves a strong visual impact for a little one. Sevi on the other hand has just been happy picking up sticks and throwing them into piles. Gramma is perhaps the most shaken up, but we have been happy to help and bring the needed smiles and stress release laughter that only little grandson's can bring.

Sevi's First Haircut

The time had come to get the hair out of Sevi's eyes and bring him in for his first haircut. Soren also went in, since he hadn't had a haircut since the last super short butcher job done last October. We went to a neighborhood shop that I was really pleased with and will certainly return to. Now the two boys can see clearly without brushing hair out of their eyes. Don't they look handsome!

The Things They Say #3

The Scene: Sevi digging through the dirty laundry basket, finding his mama's bra, then marching around the house with it.
Soren yelling out to all: "Sevi has mommies boobies"

Dare I Say...... Spring is Here

Soren and his block buddies Nick, Max & Amanda playing with the stomp rocket.


Max's little sister Amanda has had a major crush on Sevi since he was born and as you can see, it still holds strong.

For the Love of Nature Based Learning

Soren adding sticks to the forts they are making on the school grounds.

I will let yesterday's e-mail from Soren's teacher speak for itself to why we love Dodge Nature Preschool.

Today we were able to spend the whole day outside! We did some exploring in the fields. We were finding various items, some of which we placed in a bag to recycle back at the school! We found some tires on the ground close to the farm that were great to try to walk on. We were interested in checking out our community garden. We are looking forward to planting in the garden this year. Our class will be focusing on potatoes and wheat at the community garden! Some children have already begun the planting process with lettuce, herbs, and sunflowers in our classroom!

We decided that since we were having apples for snack that we should enjoy our snack under the apple trees near the garden. Our snack was apples and crackers. After snack we continued back to the school and found a large puddle to explore with some sticks on our way.

We look forward to continuing to explore the spring setting around us!