Playgroup at Wheeler Farm

A couple weeks ago we went to the playgroup organized by Melissa Maxwell, the wife of another intern at Michael’s hospital. I was so glad that we were able to go – I had been hoping to get together with the other interns’ wives since we got here. No one else was able to come to the playgroup that week, but we had lots of fun. Kolby had preschool that day, but since Eli only has preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays he got to go with Camden and Isaac. We went to Wheeler Historic Farm. We had been there once before, when we first moved here, and I have to say that I enjoyed it much more on a nice Fall day with their pumpkin patch and the leaves starting to change colors than I did on the hot, sticky day that we went last time in the summer. Eli and Camden had fun with Melissa’s daughter, Chloe, and the boys liked the tree house and the farm animals. And by the end of the playgroup Isaac must have been all tired out because he fell asleep in his stroller on the way out to the car.

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Utah State Fair

Michael had his day off from work on Friday so we decided to take the boys to the Utah State Fair. We saw all sorts of farm animals, including chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, cows, sheep, dogs, and horses. The best part, though, was probably the reptile show that we saw at the end of the afternoon. A man came out with all different sorts of snakes, lizards, turtles, and small alligators. And Kolby got picked to go up and help hold one. He and four other kids went up front and got to hold a 10 foot long albino python, and Kolby got to hold it’s head. Afterwards people got to go up and hold a smaller snake to have their pictures taken, and Michael and all the boys did it – Camden even wanted to hold it around his neck, and he didn’t get scared at all. And right before we left the fair, I took the boys and saw the horses while Michael and Eli went and rode the ferris wheel together – it was supposed to be “Eli and Daddy’s night out,” but Michael and I were going to the temple that night, so Eli and Daddy got to go on a ride together instead. Michael said that at first Eli told him that his tummy had a funny feeling inside, but that he ended up having a lot of fun on the ferris wheel, and he enjoyed telling everyone about his special ride afterwards. It was a really fun day out for all of us.

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Wheeler Farm

These are from when we took the boys to Wheeler Farm to see the animals not long after we moved here.

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Milwaukee Public Museum

This week Michael got Monday off, which was nice to spend the day together as a family. We planned to take the boys to the Children's Museum downtown, but we got down there and realized that they are closed on Mondays for their fall/winter schedule, so we decided to go to the Milwaukee Public Museum, since it is free to Milwaukee County residents on Mondays. They have a butterfly exhibit at the museum with live butterflies in one room, and the boys had fun seeing the butterflies there. They were also excited to see the big dinosaurs -- Eli had his picture taken with "Sara" and Kolby with "Spike" (since watching the movie, The Land Before Time, every triceratops is named "Sara," every stegosaurus is named "Spike," every brachiosaurus is named either "Little Foot" or "Long Neck," and every tyrannosaurus is named "Sharp Tooth"). Anyways, the boys really liked the dinosaurs and running from one exhibit to the next to see all the animals. We had a good time at the museum for a couple hours, then went to the McDonalds in West Allis for lunch and let the boys play in the area with the slides and tunnels, which they love. It was a very nice family day (too bad all 4 of Michael's days off for this month were scheduled in the first two weeks, so the next two weeks are going to be pretty long without a single day off -- hopefully it will go by quickly and we will all survive until a lighter rotation next month).