Sesame Street Live

Cale, Maren, Grandma Olson, and I went to Sesame Street Live - Elmo Ready for Action last week with the L-O ECFE. What a great show! Cale's favorite character was Captain Fuzzy - Elmo. Maren did pretty good with the show, too - it ended up being about 30 min. too long for her, but I just got up with her and walked around. I don't think we interrupted too many people. :) The show was in Rochester at the Mayo Civic Center so it was nice that it was close and not such a large venue.
After the show, we treated ourselves to Red Lobster for lunch - yummm! The kids clonked out in the car ride home. We had a great day!
We're looking forward to our next trip with the ECFE in October, to the Pumpkin Patch! I'll remember my camera for that one!

Updates

So, it's been awhile, again. We've been busy. The Gopher Football season has started so our weekends revolve around their schedule. They're 3-0 so far, Woo-Hoo! Cale gets to go this weekend. It might be a tough one, but hopefully another win.

We've been celebrating a couple of birthdays recently, too. Grandpa Olson's was on the 6th and Grandma Wehrenberg's was on the 11th. Happy Birthday to cousin Emily in AZ on the 13th, too! We hope you all had Fabulous Birthdays!

Here's the latest on the little ones:

Maren
She's now 15 months, 15.5 actually!
She started walking early this month and is nearly at a run now.
She says, Mama, Dada, dog (bow-wow), done - as she hands you her plate and sippy cup, ball, hi, and I think she has a word for Cale, but I don't quite know how to spell it! :)
She's understanding most conversations. If you ask her a question, she'll shake her head yes or no. If you ask her to do something, most of the time, she'll do it. She's pointing out things in her board books when asked, especially her animal book. She loves when Cale and Mommy make the gorilla and monkey sounds.
She's sleeping well, however had a rough time last week with teeth coming in - She has a mouth full of teeth!
Her favorite toys of the moment are: books, babies, & building blocks.
She loves to pray at mealtimes and is our reminder when we forget! We often pray a couple of times during our meals, too. :)
She is a true toddler now, throwing tantrums and screams around like a drama queen should. :)

Cale
He is nearly 4 - November 12.
He's ALL boy. A sports fanatic. He makes us laugh every day with at least one of his statements, enthusiasm, his belly laughs, or inquisitive questions. Last night we were reading "Caps For Sale" - his animation was priceless.
He's also a very loving little boy. He loves spending time with his Grandparents. Last Saturday he went to watch his cousin Jay play football with G'ma and G'pa Wehrenberg. He was so excited the days before and had a blast! He really LOVES his cousin, Jay, too.
On Sunday, Cale had his first day of Sunday School! He was pretty clingly at first. Once we got to his classroom and the teacher brought out the play-doh, he was ready to go! He said he had fun and looks forward to this Sunday.
Sunday afternoon he spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa Olson. He went over there after lunch for nap and then to make chocolate chippers with Grandma. On the way there he kept asking me if he could stay for a long time. Right before I left, he said he wanted to stay there forever! We're so lucky to have everyone so close!
I can't believe I've left this out until now - we got a Nintendo wii a few weeks ago. Cale is a bowling master! He also likes baseball, golf and boxing. I didn't want to introduce the boxing to him yet, but so far it's been harmless. He did knock Daddy out his first time boxing so that was pretty funny! The wii has been a great purchase if any of you are contemplating it! It's so enjoyable for all ages!

That's all for now. Love and Hugs!