4th Birthday Parties and Memorial Weekend and the Lake

It has been a while since my last post. We have had a pretty busy spring and are excited for an action packed summer.

Isabelle turned 4 yesterday and we have had a couple of birthday celebrations for her. She had a big party at home a couple of weeks ago. The gigantic princess jump house was reallyexciting but a chilly rainy day made it a little less fun than it should have been.

Mommy made some fancy schmancy cupcakes for the birthday party.

So many kids and presents...

Birthday celebration #2 was at the cabin on Tuesday morning, her actual birthday. Mom was able to find a Merida dress for her. Isabelle was very excited. Merida is the new Disney Princess, the movie isnt out yet but Isabelle cant wait to see it.

More amazing cup cakes from Mommy.

Cousins Kaylee and Blayne helped Isabelle open her presents...

Soccer! Isabelle is having fun playing soccer so far this year. So far we have only had one game and she got kicked in the face during that game. The black eye is gone and she doesnt seem discouraged at all.

Memorial weekend was our first family trip to our cabin on Lake Osakis. Isabelle started things off with a big sunfish off the dock. We put a live box in the water and were able to keep some fish for hte kids to look at and play with. She also caught several little bass and a pile of smaller perch and sunnies off the dock.

Cousin Blayne caught his own big old sunfish...

Making delicious cupcakes with Mommy.

Our little princesses on a boat ride...

Back to the dock for more fishing...



Soccer!

Isabelle started soccer this week. This her first organized sports experience and I am really hoping that she enjoys it. She is on a team with 2 girls that she goes to daycare with. I get to be the assistant coach so hopefully I can help them all have a fun time.

A week at home and Easter!

Isabelle and I stayed home all last week and enjoyed some pretty nice spring weather. We had a lot of fun and managed to get a bunch of work done around the house. We went to Weaver Lake in Maple Grove and were able to catch a few sunfish right from the dock. Isabelle had a blast catching the fish.

Isabelle had a fun time hunting for Easter eggs in Grandma's back yard. She and her cousins had so much fun that we put the eggs out and let them hunt for them a second time

We had some friends over for the Twins season opener so Isabelle got dressed up in her Twins jersey. As we were waiting for the game to start she decided she wanted to be a baseball ballerina...

We also found time to go sit down by the river and try to catch some carp or catfish. We had one bite but didnt manage to catch anything. Isabelle was really patient...for about 20 minutes. After that we had to use candy, mostly licorice, to keep her interested.

We went to the Otsego city hall for a huge community Easter egg hunt. I was shocked by the huge number of families that attended. Isabelle and was able to find a bunch of eggs and trade them in for some candy.

almost 4 year pictures

Isabelle will be 4 in May and we had some pictures taken in March...a little early but close enough.

Princesses on Ice

We took Isabelle downtown to see the Disney Princesses on Ice. It was a very good show and Isabelle loved it.

We got dowtown early and had Pizza Luce for lunch. They have fantastic pizza.

We got into Target Center a little early and Isabelle killed the time with a new crown, some lemonade and reading the program. She was pretty excited for the start.

When the lights went out and the show came on Isabelle was mesmorized. The size of the production and volume on the music was like nothing she had ever seen. After every song she would look at Gina and ask if there was more. It was pretty adorable.

Isabelle spent most of the show standing up in front of her seat dancing her butt off. Watching her sign and dance was so much fun. I couldnt believe how much fun she had.

We got one more treat at the intermission and that was it. All together a very action packed few hours and Isabelle loved every minute of it.

snowlady

We finally got enough snow to make a snowman...or snowlady as Isabelle pointed out. Being stuck at home all day due to terrible snow plow service has its advantages. Isabelle had a blast playing in the snow.

We also got to do a little sledding down the side hill.

Sophie is a very big fan of carrots. We feed her carrots as treats all the time. They are healthy for dogs and have helped sophie lose some weight. Unfortunately sophie didnt understand that the carrot in the snowlady's face was actually her nose and not a snack...Sophie attacked the snowlady, leaving some permanant scars and ripping of her nose.

Tubing!

Today we made our first trip to the Elm Creek tubing hill today. This place was way more fun than I anticipated. The tracks are really fast, much faster than I anticipated. Isabelle absoutely ate it up. On some of the runs I was a little scared that she was maybe in danger for falling out or gettting knocked into the wall too hard...she thought it was the greatest thing ever. It was a little chilly but not too bad, Isabelle did want to spend a little time in the warming house but not that much. I wish I would have taken more pictures but is was too much fun!

Finally some snow!

We didnt get much snow this week but it was enough for Isabelle to get outside and play around in the snow. She was really excited to play in the snow.

unfortunately it was windy and quite cold...

The only pile of snow instantly became a "snow fort"

turns out Isabelle is quite the shoveler

She actually pushed a pretty big pile of snow around the driveway, I was impressed.

Our little snow angel....

Swimming Lessons

Isabelle started her winter swimming lessons last week. This is her third swimming lesson and the first one where she will be in the water by herself. She did a really good job and I think it really helped that it is only her and one other girl in the class.