Today is Grandpa Nyhlen's 60th birthday!
We want to wish him a happy one!
I had a tech class late tonight and learned how to
do a wordle. Our homework was to figure out a way to use it.
When I got home Zoey was still awake (big surprise!),
so I asked her to tell me about grandpa and what makes him special.
If you click on the picture below, you will see her words.
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Monday, November 02, 2009
A Wordle for Grandpa
Halloween Weekend
We ventured up north to spend Halloween with Grandma and Grandpa Nyhlen. The main purpose of the trip was to spend the weekend with Grandpa in honor of his 60th birthday (which is today). That was accomplished. Zoey was able to hand deliver the card and all the money that she made for Grandpa. She was very excited for Grandpa to get his Zoey bucks for his piggy bank. She wants Grandpa to be rich.
The other goal of the trip was to go trick-or-treating with the cousins. So a witch, a pirate, Tinkerbell, and a bunny rabbit all went around the neighborhood and did a little trick-or-treating.
Zoey was sick on Sunday which threw a wrench into our travel plans, but I am happy to report that we made it home late Sunday night and she spent the day today recovering.
Zoey and the rest of the kids had a blast messing
up all of the leaves that were piled up in the back.
One of the newest additions to our home--a Dalmatian Molly.
Zoey named one of them Sally--maybe this is her.

The other goal of the trip was to go trick-or-treating with the cousins. So a witch, a pirate, Tinkerbell, and a bunny rabbit all went around the neighborhood and did a little trick-or-treating.
Zoey was sick on Sunday which threw a wrench into our travel plans, but I am happy to report that we made it home late Sunday night and she spent the day today recovering.
Here is Grandma passing out candy to a few of the only trick-or-treaters that came to the door. (And in my humble opinion, the cutest trick-or-treaters ever!)
Zoey got creative with carrying all her loot!
Zoey and the rest of the kids had a blast messing
up all of the leaves that were piled up in the back.
One of the newest additions to our home--a Dalmatian Molly.
Zoey named one of them Sally--maybe this is her.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The LivingZs Weekend
On Sunday, it was a beautiful day. We spent most of it outside doing yard work. Tyler took out all the bushes in our yard to make way for my patio project next spring. We cleared out the garage a bit and we carved our pumpkins. The kids had fun. Zander wasn't too thrilled about getting his hands messy, but he helped design his pumpkin. Zoey designed her pumpkin all by herself--it is an alien pumpkin (lots of eyes!). Tyler cleaned our pumpkin out and I designed and cut it. It was oprignally going say The Livingstons, but that is a long name. I got bored about half way through and changed it to say The LivingZs, in honor of the two little terrors that live in our house!
Enjoy the pictures. . .
Zander's favorite part of the pumpkin experience was watching the slimy seeds slip from daddy's and Zoey's hands.
Friday, October 16, 2009
"Just Plasticing for Halloween"
Zoey has been working around the house for commission. She is saving her money up to buy things like toys for her dog and a doll. But today she wanted to buy something for the fish tank. This is what she picked. It is the first thing that she has spent her own money on. She was very proud to hand money over to the cashier at Pets-Mart.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Bonfire 2009
Tonight we went to our 4th annual daycare bonfire. Complete with food, friends, and tractor rides. Zander was not feeling his bravest, so he declined. Zoey, however, was brave and went for a few rides.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Summer is Over
And just for the record, I went to Nickle Dickle Days in Waconia to run a 5k race with Roz and Kevin. It was my personal best! I ran the first 2 miles with no stopping and finished the race in 31 mins. 45 sec. (50th place in my age range). Props to Roz and Kevin who also fared very well--Roz took 2nd in our age range and Kevin finished 10th! There were A LOT of people running this race--so way to go guys! It was blast and hopefully we can do this more often!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Mommy's Birthday and Labor Day
I was thinking over the weekend that I haven't put together a list lately of things the kids are doing/saying. So here is a start:
Zander
- knows most of his colors
- can count to 3
- can repeat almost any word you want him to
- can climb out of his pack-n-play (at daycare)
- does his chore of putting his dirty clothes down the laundry shoot
- still loves baseball--plays it every night in the family room with his little baseball and inflatable bat
- is an outdoor boy
- "Hehwo. . .I dalk on the bone. . .g'bye" (Hello, I talk on the phone, goodbye)
- hates getting his hair washed in the bathtub
- is getting a little better at eating more at dinner time
- drinks about 10 gallons of liquid each day. Ok, maybe not that much, but he always is asking for a dink of dada juice (Crystal Light), ahda (water), apple shooce (apple juice), or mook (milk), peeaz!
- still wants to do everything that Zoey does
- loves to read and look at books--his favorites are Z is for Zander, his Twins board book, and Richard Scarry's Things that Go--he loves to look for Goldbug!
- can obviously hoola-hoop pretty darn well
- loves to play house (almost to a fault)
- wants to be a mommy when she grows up
- loves to wear dresses, fancy shoes
- is finally letting mommy do her hair in pigtails
- has her imaginary friend Robin (Hood) who she is going to marry some day
- can navigate the internet very well
- loves to play on the computer and watch movies
- Favorite Movies at this time: Kung Fu Panda, Robin Hood, Horton Hears a Who
- Says her favorite color is every color in the rainbow
- very compassionate--draws pictures for other people and loves to give gifts
- plays the birthday game--she is the mommy and she throws a birthday party for her kid. She wraps her toys in all her blankets and has hijacked many of mommy's gift bags and then the kid (usually Tyler of myself) gets to open all our presents.
- loves sweets
- doesn't go to bed well. . .I just don't think she needs as much sleep as normal people. We won't give up trying though. . .
- likes going to the park
- likes tracing shadows with sidewalk chalk
- is just starting to figure out how to ride a bike
- sings the best lullaby's--just makes up words as she goes along
- has an amazing memory--knows many many songs
- will be starting swimming lessons again next week--she is so excited!
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Hoola Hoop-la
Tyler called me outside today and told me that I had to watch this. I was amazed and went straight for my camera. She has played with the hoola-hoop over the summer, but I have never seen her like this. So I asked her how she learned to be such a good hoola-hooper. She said, "I just watched the big girls at Mary's and I did what they did!"
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