On our way to Sesame Street Live

We went to Sesame Street Live last night with our friends the Sershon's. It was really fun for Jude, and I would say fun for Burke and I too. Fun watching Jude's reaction to the Sesame Street gang that is. Jude would scream their name when ever they came on stage. You thought Hanna Montana was cool, go to a Sesame Street preformance and watch a couple hundred kids loose their minds when Elmo comes on stage.

Painting

So, I bought Jude some water color paints for "projects". Jude has been getting into projects lately so I have been trying to be as encouraging as possible. It has been fun, shrot lived but fun. So painting on paper only lasted so long...like I said short lived. Oh well.....at least it was not his face.

Hanging out with Nana

Jude and Liesl's Nana was here last weekend and we were lucky enough to have a couple of nice days where we could play outside.

Getting Ready for baby no name

Just a quick update. We are pretty much ready for baby no name to make his entry in to the world. Burke and I were talking and came to the realization that if this birth was the same as Jude's birth, baby no name would be here in 2 to 3 weeks. So we better be ready. We will keep you posted as to when baby no name comes...hopefully, not for a while!

Cooking Helper

Jude's idea of helping cooking is emptying out all of the pots and pans and then usually putting them on his head or standing in them. Nothing like having more dishes to wash....my favorite. He really does like helping in the kitchen, stiring and tasteing seem to be his strong traits.

Transplant Picnic

Jude was having a blast running around and playing at the picnic, which was held at the park at the end of Park Point. Talk about an easy location for us. I hope it is there every year!

Transplant Picinc

Here we are at the Transplant Pinic on Saturday. It was nice to see some familiar faces from previous Transplant events. If you get a chance to....pick up next month's Living North magazine. At the picnic we took a group photo and it is giong to be on the cover of next months magazine. Pretty cool. Our family should be in the left back corner of the photo.

Serious game of T-ball

Friday was a beautiful warm day in Duluth. Jude and Liesl played all afternoon in the yard on the play set and also a very serious game of t-bal.

Nice Boots

Jude really likes to wear costumes and dig in our closets and wear things that don't belong to him. Today it was Mom's boots.

Jude likes the rain

Crawling in a Puddle

Fun in the Rain

It was getting cool outside but yet warm enough to play with out actually getting too cold. Jude had a blast playing in the rain. It is not often that we let him go all out and crawl, stomp and run through the puddles. Of course he found the biggest puddle in the neighborhood.

Saturday at the Kalkbrenner's

Jude is praticing surfing. Getting ready for the big waves...someday.

Playing with Garrett Olek

Jon and Erin's twins, Cooper and Rylee...they are getting so big.

On Saturday the Kalkbrenner's invited a bunch of friends out to their beautiful home on Island Lake. The kids had a great time swimming and running around the yard playing together. The adults had a great time too! As you can see Jude especially enjoyed the cupcakes with blue frosting.

Doug and Catina wedding reception

Our friends Doug and Catina were married in Key West this winter. Sadly, we did not make it, however, we were able to attend their reception on Sunday. We all took a four hour train ride up the shore and back. It was fun! Good food, lot's of adult beverages for those who could and great friends.

Labor Day Dip in Lake Superior

Labor Day was a beautiful day, warm actually hot for Duluth. We went into the lake, yep that's right Lake Superior. Jodie even dove under. I wanted too but was afraid that I might go into labor from the shock of the cold water. It did feel good walking in the lake and cooling off.

Who needs toys?

Who needs toys when you have a toybox that you can empty out and play in.

Future Tennis Star...maybe

Action Shot

Anyone who knows Burke can imagine how excited he was when Jude wanted a tennis racket one day while shopping at a sporting goods store. So, off to the tennis court we went, lucky for us there is one just down the street. I was suprised how well Jude did. I think he liked chasing the balls around the court as much as he enjoyed hitting them, oh well, he had fun. The start to Jude's super star tennis career.

Play Time

Tennis can only last so long when there is a junglegym/playset near by.

1st Annual Bean Bag Tournament

Jude and Phil take a break from bean bags to enjoy a bite to eat.

Jodie and Liesl came over for the bean bag tournament....ok ok we went to the beach and went swimming, it was hot outside

Jude and Steve for go bean bags for a little WWF

Burke and Milan in fierce game of rock paper siccors to see who goes first.

The guys deep in bean bag competition.

Weekend at Nelson's Resort

It took a week but here are pictures from our weekend at Nelsond Resort. We had sooooo much fun. Jude was beside himself every day with joy, playing with his cousins, Nana and Papa and Anuts and Uncles. There was never a shortage of people to play with and things to do. Burke got out on the lakes and caught a lot of fish and big one's too. We were abe to have a shore lunch on Friday and chow down on the morning catch. Jude loves walleye, I am so glad because we have a bunch. Woohoo, fish fry!
Every day was action packed, boating, listening to the piano man in the evenings, campfires at night and even getting pulled behind the boat. Jude thought he was water skiing.
We hope to do the same thing next summer. It was a great time!