We had a fun-filled long weekend for Thanksgiving. We did the standard Thanksgiving meals with Jayson's family on Thursday and my family on Saturday. Friday was fun as well. We went to Lakefront Brewery for a tour and to get their special Black Friday IBA. The girls hadn't been on a brewery tour in a while, so it was long overdue. We got there at about 10:30am and they had sold out by shortly after 9:00am. It was a little disappointing, but it was fine because we still went on the tour and had some of our favorite beers.
Charlie loves smelling things, especially things we're drinking, like coffee. Every time Jayson makes coffee, Charlie insists on smelling the grounds before he brews them. At the brewery, she kept insisting on smelling my beer and I'm sure to everybody around me, as I brought my cup to her nose, it looked like I was about to give my 2 year-old a sip. After she smelled it, she would insist I take a drink. Then she would say, "No, drink it!" and I would say, "I did," and she would say, "No. All of it." Moderation, Charlie!
After the brewery we helped our friends move. The girls loved the fact that they got to watch cable and stay out of our way. Lydia asked, "Mommy? Can we stay until 8:00? Because it looks like there's going to be a special iCarly on." Audrey decided to slap our friend's dad's butt? Then when he told her his name, which is the same as Jayson's sister's dog, she told him she would just call him Ralph.
When we left, Lydia made sure to get some email addresses of the people there because she just started using her email account and wants to email everybody.
Of course, after a long weekend, the girls were wrecks by Sunday afternoon. Audrey throws a huge fit whenever she has to clean up her toys. I told the girls to start cleaning up their toys and she threw her normal fit and wailed, "BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GO!!!!!" So I said all cheerfully, "OK, that's fine. If there's anything that you don't know where it goes, just leave it. You don't even have to clean it up! I'll put it in a box and get rid of it. Because there's nothing worse than toys that don't have a place to go and we don't want toys like that in our house!" Then she got all mad and yelled, "I KNOW WHERE ALL THE TOYS GO!" So I said, "Then get in the toy room right now and put them away." She got really mad and "hmmmph"ed with her arms folded and went and cleaned up her toys. Mommy won that one.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
A Weekend Away
This past weekend, we went to Minnesota to visit friends. It was a nice mini-vacation. We had a doctor appointment for Audrey first, though. We finally found out that she had shingles, it wasn't contagious, and there was medication for it. Exactly what we wanted to hear! So, we hit the road. Our first stop was Chippewa Falls. We met our friends Brooke and Steve there (they were also going to Minnesota for the weekend) and went on the Leinenkugel Brewery tour. We had done the tour five years ago, the last time we visited the same friends in Minnesota, but it's a fun tour. Lydia even paid attention for a lot of it.
The next day we headed to Minnesota. The first stop was the zoo, which was great! They have a dolphin there, which the girls had never seen before in person, so they thought that was neat. There was a dinosaur exhibit that terrified Charlie. Audrey begged to go on the monorail, so we did that too.
On Sunday we went to a water park. To our surprise, Lydia loved going down the slides. She usually is more cautious of things like that and needs a lot of convincing, but she walked right to the top and went down without hesitation. We were so proud! Audrey loved floating on the lazy river, laying on my lap. It was so relaxing. I found out that while I was on the lazy river with Audrey, Lydia had decided she was brave enough to go off the diving board and discovered she really can't swim and a lifeguard had to rescue her. Not too long after that, it started to rain with no sign of letting up, so we had to go. The girls really enjoyed themselves, though, and really want to go to a water park again soon.
Monday morning we headed home. We stopped in Madison for lunch with Grandma Deb and then were very happy to get home!
The next day we headed to Minnesota. The first stop was the zoo, which was great! They have a dolphin there, which the girls had never seen before in person, so they thought that was neat. There was a dinosaur exhibit that terrified Charlie. Audrey begged to go on the monorail, so we did that too.
On Sunday we went to a water park. To our surprise, Lydia loved going down the slides. She usually is more cautious of things like that and needs a lot of convincing, but she walked right to the top and went down without hesitation. We were so proud! Audrey loved floating on the lazy river, laying on my lap. It was so relaxing. I found out that while I was on the lazy river with Audrey, Lydia had decided she was brave enough to go off the diving board and discovered she really can't swim and a lifeguard had to rescue her. Not too long after that, it started to rain with no sign of letting up, so we had to go. The girls really enjoyed themselves, though, and really want to go to a water park again soon.
Monday morning we headed home. We stopped in Madison for lunch with Grandma Deb and then were very happy to get home!
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