it is actually planet-tickle, but if you’ve ever received a cd from me, you’ve seen planetickle before. it just looks better. feels right. so we went with that.
in an effort to keep our friends and family up to date with what is going on in the north pole, we’ve decided to enter the interweb nation and start a blog. we also figured it’d be a great way to keep up with lydia’s formative months. we’ll see how long it lasts…….. we’ll also start a glossary so you can keep up with some of the lingo and cast of characters. like seinfeld, it’s kinda a story about nothing. they’ll be lots of talk about eating out, cute baby pictures, music, pop culture, poopie diapers, etc….doesn’t that sound rad?
On Sunday night, we learned that sitter heather was sick, as were her two daughters. Stomach virus. Not fun. So we had to scramble to watch lydi-bug. One morning, I tried working in the office while I had Lydia in her high chair playing with playdough. That worked great, for about 20 minutes. Then she wanted a new color every 5-10 minutes. After going through each color a couple of times, she wanted OUT. Tough to get anything done with the little munchkin. Sweetie sweets took off around lunch and brought mini-sweets to the mall of america for a butterfly show. started off like underwater adventures, but after a few minutes she dug it. and liked having lunch @ the moa Also this week, I started back on my p90x home workouts. Lydia likes to watch me while she eats dinner. Thankfully, heather & fam got a clean bill of health and were ready to resume regular duties on Thursday. With all the paper I threw out and with the recent birthday bash, check out our recycling day layout. Looks like Sanford and son. saturday lydia went to spend the night w/ auntie lisa (thanks!) and we headed out w/ sara to see local musician Chris Koza @ cafe maude. great food, great music and great company On Sunday, I was able to get playoff tix for the Vikings v. cowboys game at the dome. Dave and I were pumped. Abriel came over and we went out for brunch at the new loring kitchen & bar in loring park. Very cool space and fantastic food. I got a prosuitto eggs benedict thingee and lara had a fru-fru omelet. Awesome. Dave treated. Not necessary, but thanks! We also put in a $5 wager on the golden globes. I felt rushed with my picks and the other 3 tied for the top spot (I came in 2nd). Are you watching dexter yet? He won best actor…..here is a video for another taste
The girls dropped us off at huberts, across from the dome, for a quick drink before heading in. it was packed. Love this pack showing how jammed up it is You could feel the energy outside the dome. Favre banner was getting me pumped. How can you not love the guy? Here’s me & dave. We TROUNCED the ‘boys (34-3). It was AWESOME. Check out these pics. Here is the skol Vikings song that was played many times on this day.
can’t believe our lydi-bug is turning TWO. it’s true. jan 7. wow is that possible? whe was born at 12:02 am, so we had to get a shot of her at that exact moment. since her true b-day was during the week, we had a smaller celebration with just us on Thursday. she started with some gifts in the morning. She is still rocking the super-short hair, but lara can finally put it into pig-tails… sort of….
kinda looks like coolio. More gifts to open in the afternoon. Lara and I took of work a little early and we headed to the mall of america’s underwaterworld. Good idea….we thought. It was not very crowded, which is always a plus. The “world” starts off kinda tame, just walking along a dark faux-wooded trail and checking out small fish. Lydia was only slightly afraid. I was digging the woods theme. Pretty cool. She was still afraid of the shark mascot. Which we should have viewed as foreshadowing. We finally made our way to the meat & potatoes of underwaterworld- the aquarium. She FREAKED out and had lara in a choke hold It was actually rad…..for adults. Being 6’ 5”, my head was very close to the top of the small tunnel that you have to walk through. The large fish swim completely over you, and it is a little freaky. They had a nice assortment and variety of fishies. Some were huge. And then there were the sharks. She was really bugging out at this point, so we hustled through quickly. Hello mr. stingray. She was still scared on the outside, but not as bad. On to smaller fish….perhaps starfish and ‘lil seahorsies would calm her down….no. How about wacky pics in play ship? a shark cage? She wasn’t feelin it. So we dropped about $40 to skip through that puppy in 20 minutes. Note for child #2- wait until maybe 4 years old before going to underwater world. Time to shop. Found some shoes. We picked one of our favorites- crave for lydia’s birthday dinner. We had been to the one in Edina, but this one was relatively new to the MOA. They have a huge menu, crafty pizzas, sandwhiches, steak and sushi- take your pick….it’s all good. We split some sliders and a pizza and sat on the terrace overlooking the nickelodeon amusement park.
She loved it, as did we. She even got a free dessert that we could all split. Nice touch.
Lydia made an extra b-day wish in the wishing fountain on the way out. Here our her “rocking chair” b-day shots. and last year On Saturday, we had a full-fledge party. Family and friends, we celebrated with a lady bug theme. As usual, sweetie sweets out did her self and had the place decked out and made delicious food for everyone. lydia helped put together goodie bags in the morning We had some help blowing up balloons, while lydi-bug finished her nap. We hung a pic of the 12 lydias- one from each month over the past year. Everyone brought some great dishes as well, check out the appetizer table. Oh, and way too many presents. Lara was putting the finishing touches on in the kitchen. Lydia awoke and started opening up gifts. Gonna take quite some time to open all of these. The chicken wild rice soup was almost ready. Lara bought some fancy-pants chocolates, put them in a glass container and had everyone guess how many were inside….the winner got the candy. Morgan nailed it. After dinner, it was time to take a picture w/ each guest (lydia wasn't feeling it). Can you ever have too many potato heads? She got everything- girly stuff, A lady bug bean bag, And a lady bug blanket, just to name a few. I hit dish duty. Cake time (ladybug of course- attention to detail). And lady bug brownies. Lara made some gift bags for the guests. Time for Lydia to say her goodbyes. she was sad to see everyone go Thanks everyone for the kind gifts! On Sunday, I finally got around to going through old work files downstairs (about 6 years worth). Check out this pile. Sunday, we headed to matt’s for our favorite juicy lucy. You know it is a good burger joint when there are other people taking pics out front (notice couple standing in the front, posing for a picture). Sunday night and the place was packed. What is a juicy lucy? Two burger patties with molten hot cheese melted in-between. This is a dive-bar’s dive bar. Awesome. No frills. No plates- all paper and thin napkins. Here’s Lydia being a goof ball while waiting for the food. And a pose with me. Food’s here. Lara had story time with mini-sweets before putting her in bed. We opened a few more gifts and called ma & pa tickle on skype so she could open their gift. Here is the video.
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