Wisconsin

A few weeks ago we visited some good friends in Wisconsin. We had such a good time, and kept pretty busy having fun. They have the coolest house for a toddler ever! Here we are playing a few of the many toys.

We also visited the coolest park I have ever seen. Seriously a humongous playground!

One of my favorite moments was when John and Jeff were trying to get a stick out of the tree that John had thrown up. They were afraid it would skewer some unknowing kid. I guess we'll never know because although trying valiantly they were unsuccessful.

Check out how adorable these three kiddos are!

We also went to a super cool free zoo in Madison. Although I noticed that my selection of pictures doesn't include many animals.

The kids were so cute looking at all of the animals. The camel was the most noteworthy cause it went pee pees. :)

They also had a huge kids play area.

Another day we visited the capitol and the farmers market. (Baby M was there too, but we didn't get that many pictures of her.)

I thought the inside of the capitol was so beautiful. Apparently so did John because one time we looked around and saw that Ellie was taking the baby for a walk by herself. Of course I had to snap a picture before rescuing the baby.

 We were able to go up around the dome and look out a Madison. I loved seeing the two lakes on either side of the capitol.

 One big event that happened while we were there was that we gave Ellie her first haircut. I almost hyperventilated trying to do it, but Debbie got me through it. Thanks! :)

 We really enjoyed just hanging out at their house. They have such an awesome basement with monster bags, a kid trampoline, and tons of toys.

 We also ate super yummy food and played a TON of games! We played each of these games several times. We also played guesstures, but it wasn't in the stack at the time of the picture.

This was a pretty eventful trip for us. It was the first time John and I have been on a plane together--let alone with kids. Overall they did pretty good. Ellie got pretty tired on the way home as you can see.  
We can't thank these guys enough for such a great vacation! We had so much fun--it was actually pretty hard to get back to normal life. Ellie keeps asking to go to Jeff and Debbie's house and see Knightley and Mason. We miss them already and were so glad to have a chance to visit!

PS If you ever get the chance to have Culver's frozen custard, you need to get it! It's delicious!

Happy Halloween

 Halloween started for us this year at my parents house where we decorated/carved pumpkins. What a great activity! Ellie spent about 3 hours decorating her's.

 We also carved one for the baby. :)

 She didn't like it at first. :)

Here is my little clown ready to go trick or treating. Don't you like her finished pumpkin?

Here is the Halloween dinner we had: Candy corn yogurt, jack-o-lantern tortillas, and apple chips. Thank you Pinterest!

So Ellie was a clown and the baby was an angel. Appropriate, don't you think? :) Happy Halloween!