I've been waiting for Sam to blog about her and Max's trip to Cali, but it doesn't look like she'll be doing that anytime soon so you are stuck with me. We'll just start with Halloween. Max dressed up as a ninja turtle, Leonardo to be exact. We hit up about 3 blocks worth. He did very good, said trick or treat maybe half of the time but always said thanks. He only reached in and grabbed the candy twice, so that's good i guess.
Alright, on to the pics and hopefully some vids.
Here's a little teaser for you. Max and Mickey.
Little afternoon nap. Poo and Leonardo Scarecrow Video of the Week
So when Sam was a kid she found this clip on a VHS of theirs. I am assuming Lars recorded it. Anyway, it's amazing. We found it the other day and Max loves it. Here is the original and then another one of Max watching it. We don't watch it every day, but if we watch it once we are watching it 10 times. Good stuff.
Not too much new here. Didn't take a lot of pictures again this week. We do have a special comparison to make though. No blog next weekend either. Sam and Max will be headed to Cali, I'll be all alone.
Max & Bones Bonfire at the Strehlo's G Ma JoJo and Martin Wii night. We let Max play for a few minutes before bed. He pretty much had no idea what was going on. He loves it though.
Alright, now to the big finale - courtesy of Carrie (who thought Wern's name was Warren). Did someone steal Werns image and make him a garden decoration? You decide. I'll put a poll up too.
Father Wern? Heathen Wern and Nerdy JeremyCreepy Wern
Long time no blogging. We have been really horrible at taking pics lately. For example we went to a wedding last night and forgot to even bring the camera. Max wore some snazzy cowboy boots and was on the dance floor for like 2 hours. We had a glow stick sword that he was waving around and running in circles. You think he would take a nap or sleep in today, nope.
Jerk of the Week Award
Today was also a monumental day, almost got into my first dad fight. Well, not really but we will pretend I did. Me and Max went to the playground today and he was being a boy, saying he was an octopus and chasing the other kids. He says to one girl, "I'm an octopus, I'm going to get you". Which some dad took as I'm going to throw your kid off the jungle gym. He says, "you're not going to push my girl". I had to step in and say relax buddy, that's not what he said. Still convinced he was right he gave me a "yeah, whatever". So if you are reading this dude in the Michigan shirt, you are the Jerk of the Week!
I will let the pics do the rest of the talking.
*** Carrie- if you are reading this, I need to see a picture of the dopple-gnomer ASAP! ****
Is he the cutest dog ever or what? Mom & Max in the maze at the Apple Orchard. Sam in her new glasses! Getting a tractor ride. He wanted to push the seat belt button badly. We were a little afraid he was going to jump out half way through. Looks like a good one. The soccer team was desperate for bodies. We had to grab my friend Pete and Sam babysat Cale (Jealous Rachel?). Thanks to Pete and Jenny for bailing us out.
Putting our Apples to good use. Stuffed squash and baked apples, mmmmmmmm.
And if you missed out. Ryan Adams is coming to the State Theatre! Been waiting for him to come for about 3 years. I'd say of my top 10 albums he probably has 3-4 of them (that list will have to wait for another time). Heading over there in December with Vern, Sam, and Sara. Should be great times. Had a tough time picking a favorite so I gave you a sampling of his new disc, check it out.
Busy couple weeks for the Strehlo Fam. Posted a good amount of pics so i'll just write under the captions if that's alright with everyone.
The little man celebrated his 3rd birthday on 9-4. He's getting too old. We went to Sam's Club and picked out a star wars cake for his birthday party. No less than 5 hours later he changed his mind and Sam made this "mermaid" cake for the pre party festivities.
Carson, Max, and Martin. That's about as close as your going to get for all of them smiling and looking at the camera. Carson & Max opening presents. He got quite the haul. So far I think his favorites are all the legos and the transformer action figure. That could change in 2 weeks though.
The star wars cake. It's a little shocking to me that Star Wars has had this long of a run. Fat Albert died off years ago.
Enjoying a little snack. Next it was off to Austin TX for Sam and myself. We got there on Thursday afternoon (sorry, no pics of that day). This was a shot from the top of mount bonnell overlooking Lake Austin. Eating at the Shady Grove. Lot of local restaurants in the Austin Area, didn't find a lot of chains at all, which was a nice change of pace from Woodbury. Everyone likes eating outside there too, which is a little wierd, considering it was like 100 degrees every day. It wasn't horrible in the shade though.
Swimming at Barton Springs Pool. It is a spring generated pool so the water is always stays about 68 degrees year round. Even on a hot day that's chilly, but it felt good. Sam soaking in the rays. I guess you are allowed to go topless in Austin too. We didn't see anything scandalous though. Sam wanted to get the ball rolling but luckily I stopped her. We stopped by Sam's cousins house on Friday night and visited with Neil, Katie, and their daughter Sibley. It was nice catching up with them since we haven't seen them in a few years and it was our first time meeting Sibley. Austin City Hall Hot Mama's! We went down before the Longhorn football game to check out the tailgating. It was pretty nuts down there. Lot's of RV's, grilling out, some live entertainment.
Cigarette Machine. Hadn't seen one of those in about 15 years, had to document it. Me & Lindsay on the Jackalope at the bar on Saturday. Not sure who has the funnier face. 6th street was pretty crazy on Saturday night. Lot's of bars and most were pretty packed. We behaved ourselves though and were home somewhat early. Even heard some Ween at one bar and then broke down the discography with some dude at the bar. I think he thought I was the coolest dude ever.
Decked out in our Longhorn gear. Lot's of exercise on Saturday night. We decided to take a pedicab a few blocks. It's still pretty hot at night and he can tell the guy was working up a good sweat.
BFFs, Special thanks to Lindsay for her hospitality this trip. Also for the grandparents taking care of Max. There are tons of trailers down there that serve food. I think hands down this was Sam's favorite. It was a doughnut trailer. Lindsay with her concoction. Sam's doughnut covered with chocolate and oreo's. Lindsay had us go to her fitness class with her on Saturday. Packed class and of course I was the only dude in there. Someone had to whip those ladies into shape though. Our abs are still sore. We didn't feel as bad stuffing our face. The cowgirl. She got some boots down there, but the hat is a surprise for someone else. Our last night we went down to the Salt Lick for some BBQ. Not going to lie, it was delicious. The place was huge too, must fit like 700 people on a busy night. Luckily it was much less than that and got to eat right away. I was about to burst for about 20 min. after the meal. They had some live music that night as well. The guy playing was going on 7 hours and asked if anyone wanted to come up and play or sing while he played. Of course the ladies volunteered me to go. I did okay, played 4 or 5 songs. Lindsay and Sam with Jenn and Anne.
It was a good trip but it's nice to be back in MN with the fam.
Clip of the week, an oldie but a goodie. Just catchy
Hello readers, another fun filled blog edition. It was a fair heavy extravaganza the last few days. Saturday we took a trip to the Henne's so Max could hang out with his buddy Joe. We came back for Woodbury Days and some fireworks. Max wasn't a huge fan of the loud noise but rocked out to the Dweebs beforehand. Not a bad cover band in my humble opinion. Sunday was uneventful and Monday we headed to the great MN get together. We ended up doing the park and ride so we wouldn't have to deal with construction and fair traffic. Max was pretty pumped about his first bus ride. Of course while getting on the bus we realized we forgot the stroller. Max was a trooper though, did a good amount of walking and getting carried. Onto the Pics! enjoy!
**** Special Welcome Back to Wayne for starting up the blog again. I like to think my lobbying at Tomten had some hand in bringing it back. If you like things that are kick butt awesome, check it out. *****
True fans stand for the show, not look at their phones Rachel!
Rockin Out.
Family Photo Time!
First Bus Ride!
The Slide. I think I'll be taking a trip on that one until I'm 60. Just good old fashioned fun. It almost felt like we were going to get some air over one of those bumps.
Deep fried candy bar. I thought it was pretty tasty. Sam liked it, but wasn't amazed. And it looks like Max is about to impale himself here but he's fine.
$1 chocolate milk, he downed the whole thing. Bravo to you $1 milkstand. I remember I went there as a kid and you got like a dixie cup full of milk. Not this time around. Had to be a solid 9 ounces.
MMMMMMM Corn.
Checking out the John Deere section. Pretty sure he would've stayed there all day.
Can you tell I'm excited?
Time to leave :(
Vid of Max grooving to the beat. Yes, that is 4 non blondes.
Here's a little teaser for you. Max and Mickey.
Little afternoon nap.
Poo and Leonardo
Scarecrow
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