All meat, all of the time.

A Viking at work...

Sig is nearly one. True to his Viking heritage, he is a meat eater. Anything green and vegetable-like ends out on the floor. And lately, even orange vegetable are getting the toss. But meat is a sure hit with this kid. Since Sig has, so far, been underrepresented in our Blog, we thought we would provide a short tribute to our little guy. He is not so little anymore - 25 lbs and he has already figured out how to make his big brother cry. He is crawling, standing and attempting the stairs, but he's not walking yet. He is a bit of a trouble maker and thinks "no" is pretty funny. He has made us realize why people talk about "child proofing" their house. Yesterday we found him in the kitchen - where he had managed to open a plastic, M&M filled Easter egg. There was only one M&M left. We're not sure how he managed to chew the M&M's, since he only has about 4 teeth. He made it very clear that he was not happy when Dad took the egg away. "Henning never did this" is a daily refrain in our house these days. On May 5th, Sig will be 1. Our good friend and fellow bloggah, Jason (of"the triforce.") recently sent directions on "baking" a meat cake (ground beef "cake" with mashed potato frosting). We're thinking this may be the way to go. Maybe in the shape of a "1"? Stay tuned...

Easter 2007

After a week full of daycare woes, trips to the doctor, sick children, and close to 2’ of snow on Thursday, we were glad to dose Henning with 1000mg of caffeinated bunny rabbit on Sunday morning and watch him scatter plastic grass into every corner of our house. Sig sat by and drooled while shaking his new maraca, next year the chocolate bunny is all yours little fella. Saturday we were treated to an early Easter dinner at the Howells. No ‘Radio Ga-Ga’ this year…it was replaced with talk of houses, ugly light fixtures, shared backyards and a bubble bath (…for the kids).

The preceding weeks found us heavily involved planning our new digs. After touring every affordable acre on MDI, we placed an offer on four acres of (wet)land in Mount Desert and after some minor negotiation it was accepted a week ago Sunday. A special thanks to Uncle John for coaching us along the way. This paves the way for a May 14th closing date at which point we’ll commence with the clearing of the land and hopefully allow for the foundation to be poured in early June. We’ve cleared our plans with the code enforcement officer (no small feat in the Town of Mt. Desert), the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and will be finishing the septic system design in the next week. We’ll move to temporary quarters on May 5th for 6 months while the house is under construction with the option to extend our lease month by month should delays (in construction?) prevent us from keeping meeting the November 1 move-in goal.

Henning turns 3 at the end of April and shortly thereafter Sig meets up with his first birthday. We’re thankful for the love and support of our families through what has been an interesting few months. We look forward to hosting everyone over the summer, sharing our building plans and eventually our new home in the fall.