CSS Homecoming

St. Scholastica is celebrating its centennial this year. There's lots going on throughout the year and Isaac and I couldn't stay away from the fun at homecoming. We started with the parade. As you'd expect, many of the "floats" were tossing out candy. The semi truck was carrying the football team. It seemed like they each had a bag of candy. Isaac was pretty much the only kid on the corner. The entire team decided it would be fun to shower this one kid of tons of candy. It was literally raining Tootsie Rolls :) My pockets were more than full after that surprise.

There were a number of indoor events for families. Some of Isaac's favorites were big wheel races on the running track and spending some time in the batting cages!

I did notice there were some folks from CSS with cameras taking in the event. I guess we were in their line of fire a few times. The college compiled this video of some events. See how many times you can spot us between 1:30 and 3:30 (I counted 3 times).

Duluth Airshow

We've been having some good times in Duluth lately. Isaac and I went to the airshow last Saturday (9/22). It was fun but too cold to really enjoy. We enjoyed watching a few of the acts perform and getting up close to some fighter planes, helicopters, and FedEx cargo plane:

There was even a Menards racing truck there...maybe those planes were too loud :)

I hope he's not lost!

After dropping Isaac off at Awana last night Heather, David, and I headed out to our local grocery store to pick up a few things. As we were driving along I noticed a car on the shoulder that looked like it had some kind of monster bike rack on top. As we got closer I could start to see it wasn't a bike, but a high-tech camera...yep, it was a Google Streetview car. I did a quick u-turn to snap some pics. The driver was looking down at something and I joked to Heather when I got back in the car..."I hope he's not lost." That's what you'd call ironic folks :)

I guess we'll look forward to having some new streets on Google Maps. They picked a great time of year to drive around, capturing our fall colors!

Weekend Enjoyment

Slow start mornings, Farmers Market, parks, picnics, throwing rocks in the water, grill-outs, ice cream were just a few of the many things that added to our enjoyment of the last weekend of summer. Here are a few highlights of the weekend.

First, a Saturday morning project for Joel and Isaac fixing our bird feeder. They made the original bird feeder (the green wooden box below) during a Home Depot Kids Workshop morning a few months ago. Since then, it is gotten its use, unfortunately by unwanted critters too (like gophers and squirrels). Joel (being experienced at getting rid of unwanted creatures...see blog post from August) decided it was time to redesign the bird feeder to help prevent these unwanted friends from eating all of the bird food. So...they came up with this new version (with an upside down pail underneath, making it trickier to climb up).

Next, a 90-minute boat ride on the "Vista Star" Saturday afternoon, touring the harbor and canal of Lake Superior in and around Canal Park.

Today: Park Point Beach: Weather: Perfect for Beach Day and creating "construction sites" in the sand:

Big brother showing D how it's done:

 Papa showing Isaac how it's done:

And much to our surprise, a furry friend on the new and improved bird feeder when we returned home:

Stay tuned for more Johnson adventures (but hopefully none with unwanted creatures)!