Jenny and Jim: September 2018

Friday, September 21, 2018

Snake!

Laura started a campaign this summer to get herself a pet snake. She kept at it long enough (unusual for her), wrote her own Pet-Snake-Care-Manual, and agreed to our terms, so about a month ago, Rusty came home.

He's actually super cute and has been really fun and easy. He lives in her room, she does everything to care for him, including paying for his food and bedding. So far, its been super successful and she is still so happy she has him.

She's going to be that weird girl at college with the snake in her dorm room.

Babysitting

Just before school started, we got to babysit my friend's brand new daughter for a couple hours. It was magical! Laura was smitten, Adam had no interest, and I got my baby fix for a while. She's a super content kid and we had so much fun. These are old pictures, so I'm sure Louisa has changed a ton since then.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Laura sparring Mr. L.

Laura's practice sparring match with a teacher from my car, thru the window, and reflected in the mirror. Sort of a choose your own adventure cuz I don't know if either landed any points. But fun to see nonetheless.

North Shore!

Laura and I joined family friend Amanda and her kids for a weekend at a cabin outside Grand Marais on Lake Superior's North Shore. I've spent 12 years in Minnesota hearing about how we should spend time up there, and I can't believe it took this long - it is amazing! Each beach is so different and intriguing and we spent so much time just wading, swimming, looking through rocks, napping in the sun, throwing rocks, chatting, relaxing, and being restored. Their vacationing style syncs so well with Laura and I and I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful way to spend one of our last weekends of summer.