Birthday Parties, Cast Parties, Tea Parties and Plays

We have had quite a busy past few days! Andy and I had a really fun weekend. Frank was left out of a good deal of it, because most of the fun happened way past his bedtime in the form of Birthday and Cast parties on Friday and Saturday nights. The rest of the fun happened while Frank was napping, and consisted of geeking out (I think that's a great term, Emeric, so I'm going to copy you) and a tea party on Sunday. The tea party was at my friend Dawn's house and it was Lovely. We had scones and lemon curd, cream and preserves, followed by dainty chicken salad and cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches and then cunning little desserts: tiny strawberry tarts and heart shaped lemon bars. And of course we had tea, mostly iced. So Yummy! It was so nice to sit in Dawn's gazebo and chat about pretty much everything, from babies and weddings to pirates and ninjas.
Another highlight of the weekend was the puppet show and the singing at Kieran's birthday party. We are Totally going to have a puppet show at Frank's party! And the singing almost inspired me to learn how to play the guitar. I think playing and singing adds so much to a party, I wish everyone would do it all the time.
As for Frank's recent adventures, he attended his second theatrical performance (Andy's play) and enjoyed it until halfway through the first act. Then he started yelling at the actors and had be to taken away for a long walk. He hasn't had an Adventure since then, we will have to make it a point to go on one soon.

Cottage Cheese

Little Frank tried cottage cheese for the first time today and he does not like it. At all!

Fort Snelling

The disorganized Clump


In formation to march


Andy's hat is too big for Little Frank

On Tuesday we took Andy's lunch to him at the Fort and stayed for a little. It was a beautiful day. Bright sunshine and brisk wind, it felt like we were really on the prairie (except for all the trees). Frank was very interested in Andy's musket and all its equipment. He wanted to fire it, but it was too heavy for him, so we just watched the drill and tried to march in formation. We were good at it, but nobody else was and it turned into an unorganized clump. I think the soldiers should be stricter with the visitors.Then we went with Andy to the HQ, where he drew a Treasure Map to the Fort. Next time we visit him, we'll look for all that treasure.

A somewhat Yucky adventure in which Little Frank was not involved

Last night after Frank was in bed, Andy and I were watching 12 Angry Men, when something black fell out of the ceiling and landed behind the TV. We couldn't see what it was, but after a while, we saw a little black mouse trying to climb up the wall. I think I'm generally a pretty brave person, but I'm totally afraid of mice! Except when they're in cages or outside where they belong, then they're kind of cute. Anyway, it was really creepy to have a mouse in the house, so Andy tried to catch it in various ways involving some mousetraps and a bowl, while I curled my feet up under me on the couch so it couldn't get my toes. The mouse was too smart or scared to be caught like that though. Eventually, Andy had to hit it with a shoe. Poor mouse! I wish we could've caught it and put it in the woods. Frank missed the whole thing, being asleep. If he had been awake, he might have been traumatized by the murder, or he might just have thought the mouse and my reaction to it was hilarious.

Ta Da!!!

Here it is, my own blog. The plan is to post at least a couple of lines twice a week, and maybe a few pictures, for far away friends and relations and those that are nearby, too. Of course, we may be so busy having adventures (both astounding and otherwise) that I might forget once in a while. We shall see...