Oh Dear

The other day we were driving over to see Elena's friend, Ana, who was not feeling well due to allergies. We had something that I thought might help so we brought it over for them to try. I had hard time explaining allergies so Elena would understand so I just told her we were bringing Ana something to make her feel better.

Quickly forgetting what I had just told Elena, I stopped at the discount liquor store, which is on the way to Ana's house, since we were almost out of beer. When Elena found out what we were stopping for, she said:

"Oh! We're going to bring Ana beer to help her feel better?"

"Ummm...she might be a little young for that particular treatment."

Celtic Fest 2010

Friends of ours from Lakeville started an annual Celtic Fest last year, which we attended on June 12th (a great way to spend our 6th anniversary!) It's basically a big barn dance with various musicians playing (mostly Celtic music) along with food and games.

Seth got 2nd place in the caber toss. He and his friend, Adam, had to toss the caber 3 times each before Adam finally won. It's just as well - Adam is Scottish; he wore a kilt and everything. It wouldn't have been right for a Norwegian in jeans to win the caber toss. Here's Seth's first toss:

They also had a tug of war tournament - maximum weight for teams was 1,000 pounds so I got to join Seth's team since they had just enough room for a little person. We were a very close 2nd. Seth's brother Craig was on the winning team, so at least 1 Myhre won.

We stayed the weekend with our friends Adam and Melissa. Their youngest daughter, Adrianna, and Elena were born just 27 days apart; and the two became fast friends. (Sam apparently liked her quite a bit, too). Coincidentally, we dressed them in matching dresses for the Celtic Fest. The kids had a great time watching the caber toss, dancing and catching fireflies in the evening. Let me just say, fireflies don't look quite so magical once you bring them into the light.

Photo Shoot

We decided we couldn't let Elena's toddler-hood pass without at least a few professional photos, considering how cute she is :) I really just wanted an 8x10 for the wall and some smaller pictures to pass out to family. Even though I wanted to buy every pose, I managed to limit myself to 3 poses and we walked out of the studio for under $18 total! I was very proud of myself.
Check out Elena's 3 year pictures here.

Say Cheese!

I'm happy to announce that Sam's camera smile is gradually improving. Here is a sampling of his progression:

"Adaptations" by Elena

Elena shares Seth's knack for inserting her own lyrics into songs and nursery rhymes when she doesn't quite know the words. Here are a few:

1) The sun'll come out/tomorrow/bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow/happy sun

2) Brrr, brrr, brrr - oh let us have some pie! (she says this when she's really cold)

3) Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way/ oh my farm it is to ride....

4) The fridge is falling down, falling down....My fair lady!

5) Row, row, row your boat /gently down the stream /merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily / life's a butter stream

Am I Really that Old?

While visiting friends the other night, they brought out their old records for Seth to look through. Their 18-year old son and his girlfriend came in; and the girlfriend, looking at the records, says:


"What are those?"

Come on! Really????