Summer fun with Yonatan

Last time our friends visited from Israel, it was the dead of winter and all they saw of Minnesota was the wall of snow on my parents' deck, and the Mall of America.

Fast forward six months, and we finally got to show off our beloved state in all her summery glory. This time we hit all the hot spots (get it?), like Teddy Bear Park in the always-impressive Stillwater, Highland Park Pool, and of course Como Town and Zoo. Add a few afternoons of running through the slip & slide in our front yard, and you've got a much friendlier Minnesota than they met in January.

Demonstrating the American method of bubble blowing. Yonatan is fascinated.

Oh Yonatan, you crack me up!

Millie's 14th photo on the Como Town train, Yonatan's first. 

Tea cups seem to impress girls more than boys. Go figure. 

No, polar bears are not native to Minnesota, but good question. 

Teddy Bear Park. 

Saying our final goodbye of the week in Stillwater. Sniff sniff. 

And five minutes out of Stillwater...