http://tonyandkirsten.org It's our website! Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:21:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's the day after Labor Day, so summer is now "officially" over here in Minnesota.  While Labor Day is considered to be the last fling of summer in many places, it is even more that way here.  The State Fair always ends on Labor Day, the pools close their gates ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/09/02/summer-2008-wrap-up/ We've had the Ody about a month now, and I have been fortunate enough to always be able to find a place to park where I could pull in driving forward fairly near our house. The Ody is great overall, but it has the turning radius the size ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/02/22/why-i-probably-should-learn-to-parallel-park-the-odyssey/ Given the fact that Madeline is still at least a year or two away from losing a tooth, I hadn't really given a lot of thought as to whether or not we would "do" the Tooth Fairy at our house. I'm not really big on pretending various people or ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/02/21/the-tooth-fairy-lives-at-the-mall/ Tonight I witnessed two fairly amazing things. First, our BPOU (Basic Politcal Organization Unit) voted overwhelmingly for Ron Paul. Second, we brought four kids with us to the caucus. We had already promised to watch some friends' kids, so after making sure the parents were okay with us taking theirs ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/02/05/update-on-our-sort-of-interesting-tuesday/ Today is caucus day in Minnesota. It's also primary day in 23 other states. As much as anyone, I'm excited about today and really want to see what happens when the dust has settled. That said, I just read a wonderful piece over on David Kuo's website that keeps this ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/02/05/is-today-super/ Sometime in the months following Madeline's third birthday, she made it to a developmental step that really made her seem like a real preschooler -- pretending became her favorite way to play. Young children begin the pretending journey when they are barely able to talk. I remember ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/01/30/lets-pretend/ I just couldn't resist using that pun.  We got a new vehicle today.  It's a 1995 Honda Odyssey, and it is mostly a minivan.   I say "mostly" because it has four doors that all swing open like regular car doors and it's not quite as big as a regular minivan.  ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/01/28/our-odyssey-has-just-begun/ Our camera suddenly stopped working two days before Christmas, so in order to have a camera to take pictures of our kids opening gifts on Christmas morning, we made a quick craisglist purchase on Christmas eve. I really wanted a camera that could take videos, and the camera ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/01/28/silent-films/ Here's a round up of a few of the funny, memorable things Madeline has said to us lately.. "Mommy, are you old?" "Come here and see this Daddy...It's increb-a-ble!" (Said when she saw me packing into a box a bunch of clothes that no longer fit her.) (Said after she comes into the ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/01/24/recent-quotes-from-madeline/ If you have preschool age children, the title of this entry might bring to mind a song about another food.  We've been listening to that song a lot around here lately! Moving right along...I've been trying several new recipes this month.  I'm most proud of the Curry meal I made this ... http://tonyandkirsten.org/2008/01/22/curried-beef-yummy-yummy/