MN Children's Museum

On Wednesday we went to the Minnesota Children's Museum with a dear friend and two of her kiddos and had a wonderful time. I have to remind myself that we don't need to see everything on every visit and let the kids lead the exploration. Of course, there were tears when it was time to go and the naps began before we made it home!

Library story time!

We made it out to library story time at the Lake Elmo (Rosalie Wahl) public library. We were running late (like always) so I missed the introductions. We used to go to the Stillwater public library for baby story time with Gail but I think she is leaving which is too bad because she was amazing. Overall, it was a great experience for the preschool story time at Lake Elmo. It is a small library with a large selection of children's books and Audrey enjoyed herself. Samuel had fun crawling over the cushions! Several stories were read with a jungle theme. At the end, all of the kids put a sticker on their snowflakes posted on the board (Audrey got to color her snowflake since it is her first time). There were also coloring sheets available. Of course, you can't beat the price and we will certainly return next week!

Getting started

Being an engineer turned stay-at-home mom, my family often laughs at my approach to running my household. I am kinda thrifty and kinda crunchy. I say that because there are items that I still like to splurge for and I am not ready to give up toilet paper. Many have taken this path before me but being an engineer I am CONSTANTLY looking for better ways to do things... even if they are never implemented or practical.