For Grandma Jan!!

To celebrate our last day of summer (Mom is going to work tomorrow without us) we went to the zoo. We know that Grandma Jan likes elephants...so here we are with them!!!

Vacation Pictures!!!!

Here are the pictures from our time up north...in the land of flannel.
Sunday-- long drive to Mellen and set up camp
Monday- went to the visitors center in Ashland (a favorite of mine!! it was AMAZING!!) then to Madeline Island (on the ferry) and exploring up there
Tuesay- to Hayward and fishing on the pontoon boat-- a very nice boat and a LOT of boat!!
Wednesday- back to the visitors center, to the casino (where Jason won!!) then to Ashland for a night at the water park
Thursday- back to Mellen, cleaned up camp and on a hike to Copper Falls...then headed home!!!

Monday, Monday

Fishing with 'Uncle' Kyle

Look who caught a fish!!!!
We had fun fishing!!!
We had a busy day--- we took things to my new classroom, went to IKEA (to get more things for my class) went to Red Robin for supper, and then the boys went fishing at the park!!!! What a fun day:)

Rest of the weekend....

Saturday- Jenna, Michelle (and I) went to Chicago to see Wicked. We rode the train in--- what a fun experience!!! Wicked was AWESOME!!!!
Sunday- on our way back to Milwaukee- we went to 'the swimming party' with our South Beloit family. The kids all had a GREAT time!!!!

In Illinois

Tuesday night out

Ben painting a bench.

Sam painting a bench.

Sam on stage with the Figureheads!!!

Tonight we went to Humboldt Park for the family night. It was a lot of fun!!!
The boys helped to paint benches and Sam was on stage- dancing.
http://www.figureheadsinc.org/ I love the Figureheads--- they are hip hop music but it's written for kids- and has a really positive message.
My favorite songs today:
More to the Story
Misconceptions
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