4/17...An early spring picnic and bike ride at Hyland Lakes Park

4/23...Happy Birthday Daddy!

Breakfast in bed

A special birthday dinner - steak, parmesan risotto, and stir fried veggies.

Our traditional strawberry shortcake for Daddy's birthday.

4/30....The first mow - Father and son.

Nathaniel, 3 years , 3 months.

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5/2...Our tent arrived!

5/6...Working really hard on potty training, an effort that started in February.

5/7..The first night in the tent, in our back yard.  It was only Chris and Annabelle..and they only lasted until midnight.

5/8...Mother's Day...a picnic at Lake Calhoun.

We took that potty everywhere!

Riding the Lake Harriet trolley.

We rode around Lake Harriet and Calhoun, that is Minneapolis in the background.

5/11...Nathaniel with flowers for Katherine, the storytime librarian.

Katherine, me and Nathaniel in the storytime room.  We spent many Wednesday mornings there last fall and winter...as I did with Annabelle.

Nathaniel with his new trash truck placemat we made.

5/19...HOORAY!  Our first pair of underwear - Thomas the Tank Engine of course.

The bobcat came to tear up our old driveway.  Nathaniel watched happily from his bike trailer.

5/20...The end of year picnic at Annabelle's school.

5/28...Nathaniel watching the new concrete driveway go in.

Memorial Day weekend - Our first camping trip ever!  To Lake Sakatah State Park , about an hour south of Minneapolis.