Finally, Spring

Winter Swim Classes

The boys have been taking swimming classes this winter at the Great River Water Park in St. Paul. They have three different size/depth pools, so it has been fun to watch how they each have been challenged, though it is hard to tell how much their swimming skill set has improved.

Sevi in his class.

Soren jumping (getting pushed?!) off the diving board.

Take Your Child To Work Day

Out of necessity last week I had to take Soren to my St. Kate photo class while he was on Spring Break. He was very excited to come, as I was as well to have him there. It brought me back to the days when at the same age, I went to my fathers Anthropology class at the U of MN. My father retired when I was 10 years old, so I don't have to many memories other then I knew I liked being on campus. Soren liked all aspects of the college class, from my visual slide lecture to working in the wet darkroom. We had a backpack full of toys for him to make photograms with and the students loved having him in class. I was very proud of how well behaved he was and to see his creative excitement.

Working in the wet darkroom lab. This print is of his space men and a moon rover.

The final photogram prints.

Easter 2013

Easter this year started off with a grand start. We went to a easter hunt party, visited with the easter bunny, dyed our eggs and set up a well thought out egg hunt for the boys for Easter morning. The hunt went off with a bang, but by clue #6 of 8 we had a frustrated, teary eyed 6 year old. Soren was so upset about having to read his clues this year, along with keeping count of who found more of the eggs, that a full fledge melt-down occurred and a temporary halt to the hunt was called. Sevi during all this could have cared less about the whole Easter hunt affair. At this point I was mad too, taking it personally that all our hard work (that the Easter Bunny was getting all the credit for) was for not. I reached a low, stating that why would the Easter Bunny want to come back next year if this is how one ungracious child acts. I really was ready to call off all future Easter hunts, but then Soren calmed down, and I did too. The hunt was called back on, Soren finished reading the clues and the boys loved the Easter baskets. And wouldn't you know it, at the end of the day Soren announced that the hunt was his favorite part of his day. 

The Official Easter Bunny Photo.

Dying the Eggs.

Sevi more enthralled with the wire egg dipper.

The finished eggs. We tried an all natural egg dye this year and really liked the way they turned out. Note to self for next year, don't bother with brown eggs!

Reading the clues for the Easter basket hunt (before the big melt down).

Finding the egg behind the mirror clue.

The basket prize!