http://blackbearmagic.net/salk Family life of Sean, Aleece, Leif, and Kalven Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:48:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Aleece was pregnant with Kalven she took fish oil extract along with all the other vitamins.  Fish oil was suggested because it is supposed to give a boost to the kids intelligence.  In the case of Kalven it seems to have worked.  This kid is smart.  he figures things ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/28/kalven-update/ Kalven has turned 1.  It has been a whole year already, wow time goes fast.  This past weekend we had a birthday party for Kalven, wanna see some pictures?  I thought so. First thing Kalven noticed was the balloons. After the balloons it was time for a dip in the pool ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/21/kalven-first-birthday/ Our vacation actually started on Friday Aug 1, in the afternoon.  We had an overnight babysitter for the kids and Aleece and I went to see a concert at the Zoo.  If you have never been to a concert at the Zoo you really should go.  It's a nice small ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/11/family-vacation-recap/ I think the week has caught up with us.  Everyone is in good moods, but we all seem a little tired.  Still the Children's Museum was a lot of fun today.  Leif was a little overwhelmed when we first got there, just too much to do.  But just like a ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/08/family-vacation-day-5/ Today's activities were a little turned around compared to the last 3 days.  On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we had our activities in the morning and early afternoon and the kids had early bed times.  Today we took it easy this morning and had the main activity at night. This morning ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/07/family-vacation-day-4/ Today we went to the zoo.  We have zoo memberships and have been there many times before, but really...can you ever go to the zoo TOO much?  I don't think so.  The animals alone put on a different show each day! We started off with a visit to the water park ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/06/family-vacation-day-3/ Today was the second day of our family vacation.  The big event of today was the Dakota County Fair.  We arrived that the fair at 9:00am so we could walk through the 4H barns as or before the judging occurred.  We did not watch the judging, we just took advantage ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/05/family-vacation-day-2/ Aleece and I decided that this years family vacation would be spent around home. Not because of expensive gas prices or anything, but mainly because a 1 year old and 3 year old are just too much work to take on a long trip that Aleece and I would ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/08/04/family-vacation-day-1/ We have a refrigerator that has the freezer on the bottom and the fridge on top. It's nice because the lowest thing in the fridge is only waist level, easy to locate stuff. However this configuration is not so friendly to kids. Leif has found this out ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/07/31/watch-your-head/ Tonight Leif and Kalven were playing a favorite game. I like to call it the "Call Of The Wild". Wanna know the rules for the game? Here they are: 1. Scream at the top of your lungs. 2. Wait for sibling to scream at the top of his lungs. 3. ... http://blackbearmagic.net/salk/2008/07/29/call-of-the-wild/