The Minnesota Noices

Category: KidFun

  • Lily’s Birthday

    Good food and all the gifts from her wish list. She’s a lucky 12 year old! I made raspberry dark chocolate ganache layer cake. Bryant made his macaroni and cheese speciality, with crayfish this year, the Swedish lobster, because they’re in season. With her new Switch gaming system, we decided everyone would be happier with…

  • TCTC 2020

    Lily’s virtual theater camp is wrapping up. Here’s a preview of Don’t Stop Me Now!

  • BWCA 2019

    Took the kids and myself to the BWCA for a long weekend. It was a great trip, with good weather, quiet camp site, and Lily catching a bass!

  • Back to School 2019

    Off they go to Middle and HS. This year both kids have friends and neighbors attending the same schools so the bus should be a better experience. They both seemed excited and not overly nervous! And the busses stop near our house for once!

  • Lily is on the news again!

    Lily’s soccer team was featured in a segment on a special kind of “no adults” tournament. She’s on screen at 0:19 and 1:28. https://www.kare11.com/video/news/parents-banned-from-soccer-tourney-sidelines/89-e3395800-8969-4359-be25-9e9489fbea0e?jwsource=cl

  • Lily Protesting!

    Lily went to the Youth Climate Strike today and she was on the news (KARE11)! Go Lily!

  • Hilary’s Debate Victory

    Medals all around for the Laura Jeffrey Squad!

  • Hilary’s Winter Concert

    The Minnesota Youth Symphony winter concert was a couple of weeks back at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Here’s a few photos of Hilary rocking the viola!

  • Hillary’s Holiday Concert

    Hillary had her Minnesota Youth Symphony (MYS) holiday concert at Rosedale Center today.  The acoustics aren’t great (it’s a mall atrium, after all), but here is a decent video of her playing after having moved up to second row in the violas of String Orchestra.

  • Lily Is Going To Space!

    Lily applied for and was accepted into Reach for the Stars Space Camp! She and her friend, Zoe, are part of a group of 32 kids from Minneapolis and St. Paul.  You can read more about the programs here. Select “Program” at the top for an overview and select “Content” and expand the Science Saturday…