Children's Museum

Sunday morning we slept in after a LONG night. Maddie is NOT a sound sleeper and people coming back from the Taste at 2am woke her up, so she ended up sleeping in between mommy and daddy (after a good 1 hour death grip on mommy - poor thing!) We headed about 5 blocks away to a children's museum where Maddie did A LOT. The first picture was a water area where she is filling up a cup with water and pouring it out. The second is on the rooftop where there was a garden area with chickens which she pet. She's saying "cheese" for daddy - how appropriate in Wisconsin, non?

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Taste of Madison

Saturday night after a nap (well, not really - after Maddie cried for an hour and we decided to give it up), we walked about three blocks from our hotel to the Taste of Madison. It was in the blocks surrounding the capital. Lots of food, beer from Capital Brewery, and music for Maddie to dance too. We loved it! Crowded on the streets, but plenty of space to walk on the sidewalks, and tons of room on the lawn around the capital to sit down, enjoy a drink, and watch Maddie bop up-and-down to the tunes.

Maddie in Madison

We headed up to Madison, WI for a Freise family getaway - the first with just mommy, daddy and Maddie since Florida last year! We arrived Saturday morning and went to the zoo. The pictures are from our cellphones, and we can't figure out how to rotate them, so turn sideways to see! There was a children's zoo where Maddie played on slides and then saw this carousel. She had to ride it!

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Tomato

Mommy got a yummy heirloom tomato from a coworker and handed it to Maddie to give to Daddy. She had another idea...

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Ballerina Maddie

We signed up Maddie for a "dance" class and had to get the full attire! Sarah emailed Mommy to give her some tips on what brand to buy (cute, but not too crazy expensive). Maddie LOVES her new outfit (especially the shoes).

ABCs and the Birds and the Bees

Well, no Bees, but we have Birds and ABCs to share! Above is a hard-to-see picture of two sets of baby birds in our backyard. In the hanging pot are two mourning doves. On the ground below are three baby barn swallows, just getting ready to start flying.

Here's a close up of the baby mourning doves...
And the three baby barn swallow...Mommy couldn't get too close because the adult barn swallows were dive bombing her!
A treat from a neighbor...
Maddie and Conny looking a sea lions at Brookfield Zoo. We spent the day with friends of Mommy's, Sandy and her son, Henri.
Corn on the cob and baby back ribs...

Hanging with Uncle Dave...NOTE: unsure why he is double-fisting...
What Maddie and Daddy do when Mommy is not around to stop them...
And now for the ABC portion of the program...

Maddie meets Chester

The aunties took mommy and Maddie to see their friend, Kerry, compete on Chester. Kerry let Maddie take a ride on Chester and she loved it!

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