Chicken Antics and First Eggs

A couple chicken milestones to record: 1. Their new hobby is getting up on higher up things (without much interest in the roost in their c...

Science Museum Field Trip

Today we went over to St Paul to visit the Science Museum of Minnesota. We hadn't been there for a number of months, and wanted to see ...

Wolsfeld Woods

While Katie and Lauren went to the corn maze with youth group, Jim and I took Gloria, Natalie and Jamie to Wolsfeld Woods. This place is alm...

GTCYS Retreat

Lauren had a retreat at Camp St. Croix for a second year in a row. I volunteered to be a chaperone this year and was treated to a chance to ...

Expert Level Applesauce

Our friend Dan McCarthy gave us a couple bushels of Honeycrisp apples and I knew they would be a big task to process. That's why I call...

Walker Sculpture Garden and Loring Park

Today's requested field trip was the Walker Art Center (Gloria's choice). It was a last minute GO because we were watching the weath...

Purgatory Sunset

A quick post to remind myself some day of the nice quiet walk that Jim and I had around Purgatory Park at sunset...without kiddos. He spends...

Richard T Anderson Conservation Area

I keep a file in Evernote of activities that I'm considering with the kids - field trips, classes, places to visit. This location made i...

MN State Fair

We went to the State Fair for the first time in at least 10 years (perhaps more.) We didn't go in with much of a plan except that we kne...