New Cousin!

Levi Alexander Frets

April 6th, 2017, 6pm

7lb, 4 oz, 21 inches

Proud Aunt

Baby Levi is Home

We really like him, and I think he likes us too! 

Bunny Train / Happy Easter!

We're celebrating Easter with the kids early. 

We caught a ride on the Bunny Train that took us from the old East Troy Electic Train Depot to the Elegant Farmer.

The bunny face paintings were really cute!

They got to pet bunnies and chicks, aw!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

The ride back was on a train built in 1912-really neat!

Decorating eggs is a must. They are using their hands to partial dip.

YoFresh Endorsement from the Kids

It's where we want to go for our reward for earning 10 glitter sticks (that's part of our new chore system). And it's the first place we are planning to go when Lydia gets her drivers license...hey, that's only 9 years from now. We love getting to pick everything out ourselves; the Popping Boba are the best!

Maple Month

Happy St Patrick's Day!

 Lydia caught a leprechaun at school with her pit trap, 

and we toasted with an Irish meal at home, "Slainte!" 

Abigail exhibiting some Irish flair! ;)

 March also stands for maple tapping time!

 This nice lady guided us in a nature walk and taught us a song about the Maple trees.

We caught the last day of tapping at Hawthorne Hallow. (boo-no more sap, but yay-that's because temps won't fall below freezing any more!)

More magic happens here in the sugar shack. 34 gallons of sap boils down to 1 gallon of syrup.

We left with puddle-splashed boots and 2 bottles of real maple syrup; 1 rich dark amber for pancakes and 1 creamy light golden for topping ice cream, delish!

SPY-TACULAR FUN

Lydia had an operation: birthday party at the Safe House in Milwaukee. Ben and I have been wanting to go there sometime, so here was our chance to access! Without the secret password, we proved we were friendly spies by jumping like Mexican jumping beans. The whole restaurant/bar is Safe House/Spy themed and really interesting! The birthday party had two covert missions to complete. There was also a StealthySelfie booth right next to the party table, and the kids were all over it! 

Agent Lydia & Agent Abby

(the provided mustaches were not as popular)

Ben and I went undercover (not so undercover) in Dubai!

 The most memorable part was probably leaving through the escape route.

After the party, me made it our mission to find the Bronze Fonz on the Riverfront. (and we found out that one of Lydia's friend's great uncle made it!!)

...and Gertie the duck and her ducklings.

Mission: Complete

SNOW BALL FIGHT!

We're knee-deep in snow

 and loving it!

The snow was clumpy, but wouldn't hold for a snowman. 

Still, it was good for making snow angels and...

 having Snow Ball Fights! (started by audacious Lydia, can you believe that?)

Uh oh, here comes a Big One!

 

Gotcha in the leg!

Hit-and-Run! See ya!

Great Wolf Lodge

With no snow days this year, the girls got a vacation day this Friday. We took off after lunch on Thursday for a 2-day, 1-night stay at Great Wolf Lodge Resort. It really is a resort in that it caters only to lodgers (no day-passes to the water park) and is full of activities perfect for young families. We arrived at the start of Spring-a-Palooza! (spring-colored wolf ears, fresh spring decorations, I Spy and Spring Sprint scavenger hunts, and Spring Picnics in addition to the yoga, crafts, clock tower shows, story time, Wolf Walks, Jammie Jamborees, Hustle and Howls--the Ambassadors of Fun were busy!)

BINGO

Hopscotch in lobby

More space and money saved when you stay on Thursday vs. Friday ;)

Photo Ops:

unintentional Twinning

 The girls were super comfortable in this area by themselves.

But the most fun was us all going down the raceway together (4 slides next to each other, head-first on rugs), thanks to Abigail reaching the 42'' mark!

Spent a lot of time in the wave pool.

Next time, we could stay longer and get the Paw Pass, or check out Kalahari! We love the Dells!

 Two goofballs in the water!