A Sunny Afternoon in Duluth

Please stop over here to see an entire blog entry by the Kobies about our lovely afternoon on the North Shore.

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Molly ‘All Done’ at Cascade Bay

I took the kids to Cascade Bay for an evening dip because tonight admission was free. Peter joined us after work. We pretended to be crabs and motor boats. We tossed around sand the largest sand box I have ever seen. Molly’s lips quivered from the cool evening air. Ryan went down a ship style [...]

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Tubing at the Lake

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Soccer

Ryan started a 3 year old Pee Wee Soccer league this weekend. He was thrilled to be grown up enough to be in a real soccer game! He wore a yellow M&M shirt to match his team mates. He got a few good kicks in during the game and ran his heart out! He was [...]

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Ryan’s First Bicycle

Bikes are like an icon for all of childhood. Bikes bring transportation, fun exercise and empowerment to a kid. I think riding a bike is a big deal. I can clearly remember the rush of the pavement beneath my tenuous bike wheels as I learned to fly across the world on my blue banana seat [...]

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Water Babies

Papa Dennis, Ryan, Molly and Grammy Lu play on the waterside in Prior Lake. Molly loves the water. She loves it in every way possible. [Drink, bathe, run through, splash, swim, pour] From her very first bath in the Hospital she has adored water. She is a water baby. Ryan likes the water. He likes [...]

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Strawberry Pickin’

There is a first time for everything. I finally went strawberry picking! I love love love strawberries when they are in season. It was an absolute treat to hand pick the ripe fruit from its very own patch. I am planning on making something homemade with my strawberries. I’ll post my finished product. There is [...]

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Poolside Pals

Today Peter was Mr. Mom as I went off to work and he did the childcare. The kids love the attention from their Daddy. They are always playing just a little rougher, louder and longer than they do with me so of course Daddy days are always a hit! This afternoon he set up the [...]

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An evening vacation

I find myself saying “It’s like we are on vacation” during times of unexpected enjoyment or new fun activity. Tonight was such a night. The four of us went to Culver’s for my birthday dinner at my request. After our meal together we stopped at Kelley Park in Apple Valley. The park has pretty fountains, [...]

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