MN Thompson's

Yesterday was the FAMILY FUN RUN for Colleen’s school (1 mile around Round Lake). Well…they got the ‘family’ part right, but does this look like FUN???

Despite the cold and wind and sleety snow, it was actually a pretty day in the woods. It all went toward a good cause and got us out moving around – purpose served.

She looks so cute with her number on.

I put the good pump back in the pond Friday night, thinking that the warm weather was here to stay. So now the waterfalls and stream are running again, but I was a bit surprised to see snow covering the ground Saturday morning (can you tell how much news I watch?). Megan and I were feeding the ducks – here she is throwing some food to them (action shot).

Quack, quack (thanks for the food Megan)

The run around the lake wore the kids out which kept them still enough to take a few pictures…

Here’s Megan with her ducks (look close – there are two). She often flings open the sliding door to yell at the squirrels (“Go away! Have a nice day!”), which of course completely scares the ducks – but they obviously are getting less and less worked up by her.

And here she is relaxing…

Last night we were reading the Berenstain Bear’s “C” book and I asked Megan what body part the cows were using to balance the cake. The correct answer is “nose”, but she went with “beak”. I then asked her what the (udder) was called. She guessed “butt” which cracked me up. So we talked about milk coming out of the udder, and that this is what you make cream and butter with. So she started guessing other things that come out of the udder. “Mustard come out of udder?”, “Eggs come out of udder?”, “Beer come out of udder?”. Hee hee.

I’m not sure which of these is the craziest…

1) That a company would even make and market these two products for kids
2) That a neighbor and relative would buy these two products for Christopher
3) Or, that a neighbor would buy one of these products for Christopher knowing that he is going to their daughter’s birthday party in one week? Payback is a @?#%! 🙂

Christopher had his birthday party today. He has been fascinated with space ever since they studied it in preschool this year. This is really the first time he has been excited to tell us about something that he has learned in school. So…he chose an alien theme for his party…and we managed to catch one…

Luckily, we had the first really nice day of the year today so the kids got to enjoy being outside in our backyard. He invited a mix of kids from preschool, star talkers, church, and the neighborhood. They got to play “astronauts and aliens” (our version of sharks and minnows) and even searched for alien eggs in our yard before they hatched. As always, Beth does a great job thinking up all these crazy games for the kids!

It’s hard to believe Beth’s parents sold the bakery with the talent that Beth and I have, huh?

Today was the big day.  Christopher turned five.

Here he is with his preschool teacher who he absolutely loves! She has been so great to him this year and it has made all the difference.

Christopher got to pick the menu tonight for dinner. We had…

Appetizer – McDonalds French Fries

Main Course – Dino Nuggets

Dessert – Ice Cream Sandwiches

Yummy 🙂