Snow Day!

We finally got our first 'real' snow of the season. Gesh it took long enough! I was afraid we were going to have another mild winter like last year.

This was Isaac's first time getting to be out in the snow so we got him all bundled up in his snow suit!




He seemed to like it. He hasn't been feeling too well today. We think he may be teething or getting over a little bug. I think he would have had more fun if he was feeling good, but he still seemed to enjoy the snow and was trying to crawl around in it. Walking was a little difficult in all the snow gear and boots, he fell over a few times; which reminded me of that scene in A Christmas Story



The above pictures were taken about 10am -ish, our first round of shoveling. It continued to snow heavily all day, and we ended up shoveling three separate times trying to keep up. Luckily we don't have much to shovel and it only takes us less than 15 minutes. I think we got about a foot today and they are still calling for about 3" overnight. Winter has arrived!

Isaac's Birthday

We started out the day with some fun decorations...


He wasn't quite a fan, the balloons were a little scary. We had eggs and toast for breakfast snapped some of our monthly photos and headed out the door for his 1 year check-up appointment.




Isaac weighed in at 23 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 31.75" long! Tall and lean! Just a check up, hearing he looks great. He did get his finger poked for some lab tests (hemaglobin, iron levels) and two shots (third and final round of pneumococcal and his first dose of Hep B.

After the doctors visit we headed to Sweet Retreat on 50th & France to pick up Isaac's birthday cupcake. Came home, Isaac fell asleep in the car, so Kyle stayed outside with him while he caught some zzz's and I came in to start lunch. We had some fried rice then celebrated by singing happy birthday and digging into our cup cakes!!! YUM!






Happy Birthday video:








Cake eating videos:




Here he is dancing to the Happy Birthday song:


Then we wanted to do something fun, so we went to the Eden Prairie Center (just an indoor mall) that had a play place. Isaac had fun watching the other kids run around, trying to run around himself, and just exploring the climbing structures. He wore himself out then we came home.






Everybody took an afternoon nap, then we had tacos for dinner and headed to the basement to open presents. (not until we tried to capture a family photo, but Harpo would NOT cooperate! Oh well!)


We opened presents, skyped/facetimed with the family, and got all tuckered out for bed.








It was a fun day, I think Isaac had a good time and was finally catching on that it was a special day for him by the end of the day.

Minnesota Children's Museum

Friday we went to the Children's Museum with a friend of ours, Lesa & Parker. It was Parker's birthday!!!
Lesa had off work so she called to see if we could do a playdate. In an effort to get out of the house and do something fun, we decided to go to the chilren's museum.  Isaac loved it, of course since he's an exploring fool right now :-P

First we stopped into the ball/bounce exhibit.






Then we went across the hall to the toddler area, lots to explore in here


Attempt at a photo of Parker and Isaac:


Isaac was going nuts in this area trying to get his hands on EVERYTHING at once, it was funny.


Another attempt to photograph them both


Then we went down a level to the water area, they both had a blast playing in the water tables!!






Here's a little video of Isaac playing in the water:


We only lasted about 2 hours then they boys were exhausted. Debating on a good time to buy a membership, maybe when we have another kiddo - then it'll be really worth it.

And to add.... look what I found!


And I added him to my list (Twin Cities Peanuts) which is a little out of date since I've found a few more I need to add but I will get to that another day.

Dancing

Isaac's new thing is dancing the past few weeks. He seems to love music! I've been trying to capture it on video but every time I get it out while he's dancing he runs over to me to see what I'm doing. But here he is dancing to his magnet toy in the kitchen. He usually really gets into this but he was holding on to the cabinet so you don't get to see his full routine (clapping and foot stomping) lol.



I had to giggle when he did his little butt shake, haha.

Black Friday Santa Visit

We've been talking about Black Friday most of the week, although we are not big shoppers we were hoping to be able to find a pre-lit tree for the basement. Heard of a place called Gertens which is a florist-y place. When looking up their website to see if they were having Black Friday sales I saw that Santa would be there. We wanted to take Isaac at some point but were really dreading the line. The Santa at Gertens was a 'bring your own camera' which was appealing, so I figured we take a look; if there was a big line we'd do it another time, if not then there's our chance. And luckily there was no line at all!!! Which was great because he got to warm up a little.




Then came the lap sit.... Okay at first but then a typical response.







We even got a family picture, although mom and dad were not prepared (I had no makeup on and hadn't even brushed my hair and Kyle is due for a haircut)


Turns out we didn't get a tree there, but spent the rest of the day searching for one and shopping a little. And of course ended up at Mall of America of all places on BLACK FRIDAY! lol, but it actually wasn't too bad. Parking was a breeze and Isaac loved people watching and dancing in the stroller everytime we went into a new store :-P His new thing is dancing and it's so cute! I'll have to try and capture a good one on video soon.