Vacay

Last week we took our late summer vacation.

Now that we have some family photos blogspot won't let me post them so I will try that later. Thanks to my Mom we have some photos of all four of us. Since we were at the zoo, Ace wasn't with us.

We drove down to spend a few days near Milwaukee to visit my Mom's side of the family and some friends. Ace got to come along and the boys loved to point out that Ace sits in the back of the car.

Our first destination was "Grandma and Papa's House" where there were plenty of toys to be brought out again. The boys' favorite toy was a battery operated helicopter which was nice and LOUD.

We then took the boys to Fort Atkinson to meet my Grandmother. The boys have a hard time understanding they have 3 grandmothers. My Grandmother is a notorious "food pusher" and the boys readily ate a lot of sweets to make everyone happy.

The next destination was the Milwaukee County Zoo. Since the Zoo is huge, we knew we wouldn't be able to cover all of it as a group. The boys do not use a stroller or wagon as they are good walkers. We had to see the monkeys and fish first and then the African animals. The boys rode the zoo train and fed the goats.

After the boys napped in the car, we took them to a German Biergarten. We taught them to say "probst" instead of "cheers". On our way to my parent's house, Maxx gleefully announced "I am happy".

The next day we decided to take the boys to "Mecca" or as regular folks say "Lambeau Field". The boys got to eat huge cheeseburgers at "The Stadium View" and we took them to the Packer Pro Shoppe to get prepared for the new season. They were a bit overwhelmed point to us all the "Green Bay Packer" stuff.

Then it was on to Wausau where we got to visit Randy's parents, brother/nephew, niece/grand-nephew.

After we got home, we decided to tackle a few household projects and then we took the boys to the Minnesota State Fair. Maxx was able to take his first trip on a bus to the Fairgrounds. He and Ty both loved pointing down at vehicles on the freeway. I think they would have been content with just the bus.

At the Fair we focused on visiting the farm animals and checking out some rides. Both boys enjoy rides. Ty's face lights up whenever a ride speeds up. They also enjoyed that many of the 4H kids would give them candy for visiting the animals.

Since we don't have any plans this weekend we are tempted to go back to the Fair and take the boys to the John Deere and Harley Davidson exhibits. Let's hope for good weather.

We don't have any major plans for this Fall yet. The boys will continue at school 3 mornings each week. They are happy they will have the same teachers.

It's hard to believe summer is almost over

Marcia