Some Christmas day fun was in store for the Bakke family today. We are up at my parent's house where they have over two feet of snow to play in. The girls have been loving their sledding adventures- their giggles are awesome. Today we almost had a disaster, we can laugh about it now, but I wasn't laughing when it happened. Daddy and Grandpa thought that the sledding was more fun (fast and slippery) on the driveway. For those of you who don't know, my parents live on the only highway that leads from Duluth to Canada along the north shore of Minnesota. It is a very busy highway. Well.... Annika was on her way down the "hill" and Grandpa was supposed to catch her...well after first trying to stop her with his boots, then failing with his hands, he finally went diving for the sled with Kate in his hands and saved her. They were still a good distance from the actual highway, but I was scared! Thank goodness no cars were coming! So.....Momma has decided there will be no more sledding down the driveway. Later in the afternoon Jason and I and Marc and Tina went snowshoeing on my parents 40 acres. It was amazing!! For those who don't know Marc and Tina are getting married on January 9, 2009. How exciting! Enjoy the videos, pictures and giggles. Merry Christmas!
The girls LOVE swimming in the pool! We are staying at the Country Inn and Suite in Grand Forks and they have a large pool, two hot tubs and a kid pool with a huge polar bear slide and umbrella. Annika and Kate were jumping for joy as we walked to the pool last night and this morning. They had a great time kicking, splashing and "swimming".
I know that this picture is a little late- but I wanted to show everyone our first Holidazzle Parade picture. For those who don't know, the Holidazzle is a parade that takes place on Nicolet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. It takes place in the evenings and the floats and people are all lit up with Christmas lights. The girls really enjoyed the twinkle lights and Christmas songs. Santa and his reindeer even finished up the parade. We went for the first time this year with our good friends Kati and Jeff and their children Natalie and Leah. We got a parking spot just as the parade was starting, so we sort of had to hurry. Sadly the drive out of the parking garage took longer than the entire parade. Somehow we got lucky and only waited 20-25 minutes to get out of downtown Minneapolis, Kati and Jeff had to sit for 45 minutes. Yuck! Next year we will head up super early and camp out on the sidewalk so we don't have to hold the kids on our shoulders the whole time. Annika had the best view of all, atop Daddy's shoulders.
Hi everyone! Yippee.....we are now home in Lakeville after a great week up north in Two Harbors. It was so much fun playing in all of the snow and hanging out with family. But as always, it's nice to be back in our own home. The mountain of laundry is shrinking and the pile of snow clothes is packed away- now on to the rest of winter break! We are excited because we get another whole week of family fun. First we are going to spend a couple of days hanging at home and then I will head off to school for a few hours to get ready for the next two weeks- a teacher's work is never done! I am sure we will sneak in a trip to the Minnesota Zoo as well as maybe the Children's Museum in St. Paul. Then on Wednesday Grandma Bakke, Jason's mom, is coming up to the Twin Cities to celebrate a late Christmas with us and Uncle Chad and Aunt Jenny. We will spend New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in New Prague at Chad and Jenny's house. I am going to head over to our local party store and pick up some hats and noise makers to help the girls ring in the new year. I'll be sure to post some pictures, too.
