Paul dug out Ellen's old bike Saturday and even managed to find the training wheels for it. Carly took a 3+ hour nap yesterday afternoon, so she didn't get to try it out then. We took it out today and she did well. She was used to her smaller bike, so she had to get the feel for the bigger bike. I think I'm going to do it like we did with Ellen - put the bike in the back of the car and drive over to the bike path, so she can just ride without having to worry about traffic. I'm pretty sure Ellen did not master riding without training wheels until after kindergarten, so I don't expect we'll be taking the training wheels off this summer.
Paul is upstairs watching the Twins game. Ellen went to this game with her class as part of the DARE program. She was really excited to go. About 400 k ids from our area were going and sitting together. They left around 6:45 this morning. We now know that Ellen can get ready in less than 15 minutes when she really wants to go someplace. That doesn't happen on school mornings. They were grilling hot dogs before the game outside of the Metrodome. Then they were going to go onto the field to watch batting practice and to take part in a "parade" on the field. We've seen the cameras zoom into the Dare section - all of the kids were wearing their red shirts. We haven't seen any of the N-K kids. I regret not making a sign for her that said, "I DARE you to circle me, Bert!" I know she would have gotten on camera. I could have made one that rolled up and wouldn't have been a big deal to take with them. Oh well.
Paul was feeling rather nervous about sending her to downtown Mpls, but when the main chaperon is the chief of police you feel better about it. We sent her with a cell phone and she called us a couple of times - once while on the bus and another time when they were about to go onto the field - she was really excited about that part. We're really looking forward to hearing about her day. They just went into extra innings.
I'm making spaghetti tonight using a recipe from Oprah magazine from a few years ago. I used to make it often and haven't made it in a few years. I had to call Nancy to get the directions since I didn't have the original recipe or have it written down on a card. Thanks, Nancy! We also bought the ingredients to make fish tacos with mango salsa. I had fish tacos at a restaurant on Sanibel a couple years ago and they were really good. A recipe was in the Hibbing paper today, so that prompted us to finally try making them at home. I'll let you know how they turn out.
Not much else to report here. The sun finally came out!
Paul is upstairs watching the Twins game. Ellen went to this game with her class as part of the DARE program. She was really excited to go. About 400 k ids from our area were going and sitting together. They left around 6:45 this morning. We now know that Ellen can get ready in less than 15 minutes when she really wants to go someplace. That doesn't happen on school mornings. They were grilling hot dogs before the game outside of the Metrodome. Then they were going to go onto the field to watch batting practice and to take part in a "parade" on the field. We've seen the cameras zoom into the Dare section - all of the kids were wearing their red shirts. We haven't seen any of the N-K kids. I regret not making a sign for her that said, "I DARE you to circle me, Bert!" I know she would have gotten on camera. I could have made one that rolled up and wouldn't have been a big deal to take with them. Oh well.
Paul was feeling rather nervous about sending her to downtown Mpls, but when the main chaperon is the chief of police you feel better about it. We sent her with a cell phone and she called us a couple of times - once while on the bus and another time when they were about to go onto the field - she was really excited about that part. We're really looking forward to hearing about her day. They just went into extra innings.
I'm making spaghetti tonight using a recipe from Oprah magazine from a few years ago. I used to make it often and haven't made it in a few years. I had to call Nancy to get the directions since I didn't have the original recipe or have it written down on a card. Thanks, Nancy! We also bought the ingredients to make fish tacos with mango salsa. I had fish tacos at a restaurant on Sanibel a couple years ago and they were really good. A recipe was in the Hibbing paper today, so that prompted us to finally try making them at home. I'll let you know how they turn out.
Not much else to report here. The sun finally came out!
eta - The Twins won!
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We saw them zoom into the DARE group too. A couple of times actually and it was really hard to try to pick out Ellen!! All those red shirts made it easy to see them. The DARE sign would have been perfect....oh well. What a fun day for her.
Carly looks like a pro already on her new bike! Looks like she was really enjoying it, cute picture!
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