Bike Ride to the Elf House on Lake Harriet

We took some of the beans from Ada’s garden and gave them to the elf that lives in the tree on the bank of Lake Harriet. The kids enjoyed the new playground there and throwing rocks in the lake (trying to skip them, but it was windy), but they especially liked a dog that was in the water chasing ducks. He never did get one, but the ducks still weren’t very happy about it.

Oh, and good news. Calhoun Cycle found where the leak was occurring in Helena’s bike tire. There was a piece of glass embedded in the tire itself that nobody could find (until now). I think I have replaced the tube five times.

Quaking Bog

We call it the Frog Bog, but I suspect that’s because many people do.

The highlight for me was a lady who was walking her dog stopped by to talk to us and spoke with an English accent. Ada said, “I don’t think she’s from our kind of talk.”

Here are two photos two years apart.

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Liam Tries Out a New Bike

I had Liam try out a bigger bicycle at the local K-Mart. He was skeptical that he could ride it because he felt it was too big. Well, he rode it
fine, but dismounting was a little difficult. Helena and Ada’s friends were with us and after Liam took off we all heard a very loud crash. There was a large display of stackable plastic coolers that Liam had knocked over while stopping. You can see that he was a little embarrassed about it at the time, but he was soon laughing with the rest of us.

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Fourth of July Event D

Fireworks downtown. I didn’t get many photos, but we walked quite a way, talked to a Minneapolis Kids teacher, played with sparklers, and complained about not getting light sabres before the actual fireworks that we watched from the Hennepin Avenue Bridge.

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Helena did get some pictures with her iPod, including one of the Statue of Liberty.

Fourth of July Event B

We went to the Como Zoo for a few hours. We parked at the Fairgrounds and took the shuttle over for the first time. The kids liked the ride there better than the ride back since it was more of a coach bus.

The highlight of the day was the orangutans. The kids watched them for a good 20 minutes. We also spent some time in the Japanese Garden which Liam and Ada liked running around.

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Fourth of July Event A

Dori came to Minneapolis to visit the kids, and we had a long Fourth of July day. In the morning, we biked to Loring Park. I don’t have photos of Dori falling off the bike, which Libby was asking for. In Dori’s defence, she was riding my bike, which was a bit too big for her.

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