Now and Then

A year ago, almost to the day, that we said goodbye..



.. and a year later we are together again!



Our boys sure have changed in the last year! I am so excited to have our friends Janet and Dion here and to spend a few days with them. Monday they came and helped celebrate Chris' birthday with us eating meat and hanging out at Lake Calhoun. Tomorrow.. the Fair!!

 
(Chris can't wait to have a baby in overalls again)

Coming Up

As I am sure you are aware, it is now August. This month brings our one year anniversary of leaving Brooklyn and moving back to Minneapolis. I can't believe it's been a year. The anniversary sure comes with mixed feelings. I miss New York and our friends there, but I have also loved being close to our friends and family again here. It's crazy to think how much has changed in one year and looking at Charles and how much he has grown really puts it into perspective.


last day in Brooklyn


last week

To be honest though, I have not been looking forward to our moving-date anniversary. However, there are a lot of things that are coming up this month, (and next month!) that I am very excited about.

Yesterday some of our Brooklyn friends arrived in Minnesota and we will be seeing them soon. They will be here for a few weeks and are staying for the Fair- which is of course another thing to be excited about in August! (I have already made my preliminary list of Fair foods to eat.. have you??) I think it's really cool that a little piece of Brooklyn will be here over our one year anniversary.

What else is coming up that is exciting? Well, my husband turns 30 this month! woohoo! The beginning of September will bring another NY friend to MN for a little reunion with some more of our fellow former 5209 residents who now live in Iowa. And, of course, next month our family will grow from three to four!!

Mystery on Lynn Ave

This happened last week.

When Chris came home from work he showed me something he had noticed that morning when he was ironing his shirt for work. THIS is what I saw..



SomeTHING had crawled into the iron and had gotten stuck, and presumably died.
Gross.



We think it was a centipede.

Chris said that that morning when he had noticed it he had poured some water in there and the legs had twitched but when we looked together that afternoon it didn't move at all. We couldn't get it out either. It looked as though our iron would forever have those nasty legs.. and body, stuck in it's water chamber.. or so we thought.

The next day when I looked at the iron.. it was gone.