Well, we had a great visit in Green Bay and Madison. Bryson had a Thomas the Train birthday party at Gramma Bonnie's and got lots of Thomas stuff. He had a good time playing with his cousins Skye and Vincent. He loved playing with all Vincent's Thomas toys. Skye helped change the boys diapers (not the poopie ones). And even fed a bottle to Kyle. My mom watched the boys overnight so Ken and I could get away to door county for a night. We had a wonderful time, I haven't had such freedom for 2 years! (It was the first time we were away from Bryson overnight since he was born-not counting when Kyle was born). I thought we might be too late, but the colors were beautiful! I miss the fall in the Midwest, it is so much prettier than in the northwest. We stayed at Steve's cottage in Sturgeon bay and drove up to Penninsula State Park. I had fried cheese curds for the first time in YEARS- they were great! The boys did wonderful with gramma and grampa, we'll have to do it again sometime.
On thurs. we went to the children's museum in Appleton with Scott and the kids. They had alot of fun! Bryson got a little overzealous in the water area and needed a change of clothes though. On Fri. we went to the Zoo Boo. Bryson went as James and Kyle was a monkey(thanks Skye). Bryson was mostly interested in running through the puddles(water again). Ken missed him by inches running into a giant one and he was wet to his thighs, but he didn't seem to care. He got to feed the giraffe, but was a little scared of it. We went out for a fish fry that night, it was great I hadn't had perch in years, it tasted great! (I also loved the apples, they reminded me of apple picking when I was a kid- the apples out here taste so different)
On sat. morning we headed back to Madison for Halloween. Mara made a cute cat costume for Bryson to wear. Bryson did a little trick or treating but was more interested in playing on the playground. Ken and I were looking forward to going out to state street, but apparently they had to discontinue the usual event due to rioting and such. Now you have to pay to get in and it's roped off and they have bands and stuff for 35,000 people. So, we went out with Ken's friends to a bar (Mickey's). Ken was Jerry Garcia and I was the cat in the hat. We stayed out till bar time and boy was I tired the next day!(I usually go to bed by 9:00). Bryson had fun feeding the chickens with Mara, going the zoo and he got three more Thomas trains! I put a few more videos on his website, so check it out!
