Choo Choo Bob's

Mitchell & Thomas--you can just imagine Thomas saying, "Choo Choo!"
Natalie & Maria hanging tight!

Cousins Thomas, Dan, Natalie
Peter, Thomas, Natalie, and Mitchell

Happy Birthday to Thomas and Natalie Hoffman!

They turned four years old on October 15th, 2007!


We enjoyed an afternoon at Choo Choo Bob's in St.Paul with Thomas and Natalie, Peter and his mom, Cousin Dan Neshiem, Aunt Barb, Aunt Lisa & Uncle Steve, and Grandma Pudge. We were busy playing trains, eating pizza and birthday cake and watching the electric trains go clickity clack clickity clack!

Mitchell got a haircut! I asked him if he wanted to go to "Barber Bob's", which is now run by Barber Buzz, and he said, "No, I want to go to Grandma's haircut store!" So we stopped in at Family Salon and Mitch got a haircut while Grandma had her hair done in the next chair over!

First it was Natalie's pants, now it's Mom's tights--I'm a little worried about this boy! He wore the same Thomas the tank engine shirt 3 days in a row last week. Hey, whatever works to get me to work on time! A teacher, Anne, from my school also brings her girls, Lily and Cora, to Weecare Daycare, and she caught me the other morning feeding Mitch and Maria Pringles on the way to drop them off! She said I was an awesome mom--and told half the teachers at CFHS my trick! If they only knew...

And last, but not least, another still life by Mitch--new Thomas the Tank Engine shoes his dad picked out for him. This was a photo taken by Mitchell.

September Recapped

Grandpa turned 66 on September 1, 2007 and he's still swingin'!
Maria, Kirsten, Uncle Brent, and Mitchell hanging out and eating at Dad's final retirement party on Septmeber 8, 2007. We were enjoying a lovely picnic dinner grilled up by none other than Chuck Hoffman, Grill Master.
Dad and all his "Druggie" buddies! Lots of Pharmacists around that day!
Maria is finally getting some hair in the back! She loves her pony tails! She's always smiling, and she has such fun teasing her brother!
Nice Ponies!

September 29th

Sorry no new photos...I don't have time to download and do all that fancy stuff--Mama needs her sleep! The kids have been fighting germs since their first week at Weecare. Some days it feels like they have been home more than at the center! Grandpa has been a lifesaver! Grandpa had to pick up Mitchell last Tuesday because he had a fever. He actually had his first ear infection at age 3 years and 4 months--quite amazing. His first round of antibiotics of his life too! Amazingly healthy child...strange that it's still few nights he sleeps straight through the night! Maria, on the other hand, sleeps really good, even when she's sick! We just lay her down and she goes right to sleep...with Mitchell it's at least a half an hour process. And that's just the time after we get him in his room!!! Okay, enough already!

We are having a fabulous time with the new house! Our neighbors are great, my new job is great, and the kids are really great too! Besides all the germs, Weecare is still awesome for both kids! Chuck probably knows more people in town now than I do--of course, with his friendly ways what would we expect?

I love working in the high school I graduated from a few years ago! Someone said, "I almost called you 'Siggy'!" That would be fine! I hear "Mrs. Hoffman" over the loud speaker and I have to make an effort to remember that it's me! I even wrote "Sigmeth" on something in my office!

We are looking forward to the housewarming party on Oct. 20. We sent out an evite, and some people have yet to view it--if it got spammed out, or if you haven't RSVP'd yet, you should give us a call! We didn't mean to miss you...we'd love to see you!

The Hoffmans

September

These are some more photos taken with Mitch's Fisher Price camera.

We took a trip to Brainerd in August and got to spent some quality time together. It's so awesome when Grandma is around because the kids know she's in charge and I get a little break! They love Grandma and Grandpa!

It's hard to believe it is already September and the school year has started. With this little cold snap some of our trees are already dropping leaves--I'm not ready for morning frost yet!

Mitchell still likes to go to Weecare! It's never been so easy to get him going in the morning--I hope the honeymoon never ends! One day on my way to get coffee with my pal Amy I was complaining a little, okay, ALOT, about being awake with Mitch from about 2 am that morning and still getting everyone going to work and daycare that same morning. We rounded the corner and one of our severely disabled students was being pushed in his wheelchair. We said good morning and Amy turned to me and said, "And you were complaining about not getting sleep..." A good way to put it all in perspective!

Dad had another retirement party this last weekend! He has started working one day a week at the local pharmacy. I think it's pretty cool, and it keeps him in the profession--he is so good with drugs! Thank goodness he's not too busy--he's our back up daycare. He's already been called on, and the only mishap besides him knowing it was time to change Maria's diaper was when her diaper leaked all over his shirt was that he still puts diapers on backwards!!! His response, "well, they still work, don't they?" Truthfully, he was a real life saver, and he and the kids got time to bond! He got to drop off and pick up Mitch from Weecare as well as take care of Maria with an ear infection and the croup!

Still glad to be back home!

Sand Angel

Mitchell was making sand angels. Look closely. I think he has a halo!!! He is an angel! "Like Grandma!" he said.

Kids in Cannon

Mud Pies!


Both kids have adjusted well to the move and to their new daycare center. They love to play in the sand box!