Duck-Duck-DULUTH!

This weekend we've been checking things off our "things we want to do in Minnesota" list. Today we did a quick trip to Duluth. We enjoyed walking the Lake Walk, Canal Park, shopping, and of course, good food.

AND we did one more thing today that is the ULTIMATE in things to do in Minnesota ... but you'll have to stay tuned for that post. Any guesses?

Minnesotans-on-a-stick

Today is the day we became true Minnesotans. And it's all because we went to the state fair (aka the great Minnesota get-together)! So what did we do at the fair, you ask? Well ...

Liam enjoyed a lemon italian ice.

We enjoyed people watching.

... and more people watching.

Then there was the large assortment of food at the fair. We tried fried cheese curds (delicious!), falafel-on-a-stick, gyros, luigi fries (aka breadsticks), walleye cakes, salad-on-a-stick, fudge-puppies-on-a-stick (waffles), fried pickles ... and a whole bucket of Sweet Martha's cookies (don't worry, we could hardly even eat any and took them home for the weekend)!

And if that weren't enough, we had to top off the day with some malts and sundaes from the Dairy Building.

Even Liam got a taste!

All in all, it was a fun-filled, fattening, fried day. Don't know if we'll go back any time soon, but definitely something to check off our bucket lists and get us into the Minnesotan club.

The many faces of Liam

For a 6-month old, Liam has quite the personality. He is in constant motion and never stops. We were lucky enough to capture some decent pictures last night without any motion in them.

Happy

Determined

Thoughtful

Curious

Playful

Lately

Just a few pictures to sum up the last week. I've been changing a never-ending amount of these lately.

Liam hasn't been sleeping well, trying to adjust from our vacation to Utah over the 4th of July and battling a cold. He's also figured out it is more fun to play with his socks than to sleep. Who knew? Look at this happy kid!

He tried rice cereal for the first time this week. He doesn't seem to like it and just spits it back out.

That's about it!

He's Real!

And I'm not talking about Santa. Remember my last post about Mr. Little Guy? Well Liam got a little (literally) response from him:

Mr. Little Guy

Tonight we took Liam to visit Mr. Little Guy--the elf that lives near our house in a hollowed tree at Lake Harriet. We left a note for him, which is a local custom for children.The legend says he responds to every  letter he receives.

I guess we'll see if Mr. Little Guy responds ... how could you not respond to this ADORABLE boy?

Our first harvest!

Our garden is growing and we have TONS of cilantro. We celebrated our first harvest by making guacamole last night. DELICIOUS!