‘Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, In a place that perhaps you’ve seen in your dreams; For the story that you are about to be told Took place in the holiday worlds of old. Now you’ve probably wondered where holidays come from. If you haven’t, I’d say it’s time you begun. […]
Category: Holiday
The War is On. Halloween vs Christmas
Chuck & Beans is waging a war on Christmas invading Halloween. And it’s pretty awesome.
Halloween Pumpkins
We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins again this year. Lily’s is pretty cool. It’s the second daylight one down on the left side. We used cookie cutters and then gave her a plastic poker that came with the carving kit. She poked a lot of holes in it and scratched the outsides. At […]
The Story of the Scarecrow in iPlaid.
Have you heard the story of the Scarecrow in iPlaid? S. Crow was feeling sad. His tired outfit – old and drab 🙁 S.V. friends had the answer! They used their iPads. Now S. Crow is handsome in a shirt of iPlaid! This is one of the many scarecrows decorating Waconia, MN. It’s located at […]
I made it onto Mashable’s 12 Perfectly Pun-derful Costume Ideas list.
I got a Facebook message asking me if I was on Mashable today. Much to my surprise, I was. A few years ago I dressed up as a Black Eyed Pea for Halloween. It wasn’t much for a costume, but someone over at Mashable liked it. Thanks! Check out Mashable’s 12 Perfectly Pun-derful Costume Ideas.
Picking our own pumpkins at Dimler’s Pumpkins in Waconia
For the past few years our family has gone out to Dimler’s pumpkins just outside of Waconia and picked our own pumpkins. It’s great because we get to walk through the pumpkin patch and pick out whatever pumpkins we want. Even better, they are only 3 for $12 $5 each and we usually pick the biggest […]
Lily the Pink Cat
Happy 4th of July from Minnesota
These are the fireworks that are legal to buy in our state. Exciting isn’t it?!
Red White & Bagel
Some Post Holiday Cheer
Christmas and New Years have come and gone. Seems like not long ago we were just putting up the tree. Good news though is that all the red and green stuff is 70% off at the store. Score! We had a great holiday this year and are very blessed with everything we have and everyone […]
