Summer Staycation: After the Baptism

Still Saturday July 3rd

After Alyssa's baptism, we decided to take lunch and go down by the Harbor since my house is not really big enough to accommodate 13 people.

See, here's proof. Seth, Jeff and my dad squeezed on to my loveseat, like sardines. Don't they look cozy?

So we were off to the Harbor, with Subway, per Alyssa's request.

When we got downtown, the place was hopping. People everywhere. Apparently they were planning to do fireworks that night, which really surprised me. In a town where they trick or treat on Sunday no matter what day Halloween actually falls on, I was sure fireworks would be on Sunday. I guess not.

We were lucky enough to snag a table and a large shaded patch of grass right next to the lake, and right next to the park. It was another lovely day. We stayed for about 5 hours. We opened presents, ate, slept in the sunshine, played at the park, took long walks, rode the trolley, went to the museum, played catch and just soaked in the deliciousness that is Wisconsin in the summer. After 5 hours we decided to go home instead of staying for fireworks. I wanted to stay, but fireworks were still about 2 hours away and Seth had heard rumors that getting through the post firework traffic was a nightmare. We went home and enjoyed an evening of garlic shrimp and fried rice, Seth's specialty, followed by a game of Loaded Questions. That one is always good for a laugh, especially when our resident comedian, Jeff, plays along.

I didn't take too many pictures, since we were all wandering all over the place, but here is a little taste.

Have you ever noticed that I like pictures of the back of people?

Kelly and Chloe

After opening presents, Alex and Alyssa were feeding bottles to Zhu Zhu pets, while Chloe was stuffing chocolate cupcakes in her face. Atta girl!

I stayed up really late making cupcakes, but Alex and Alyssa wanted nothing to do with them when they saw ice cream trucks and concession booths all over the place. They quickly went mooching. Ben and Jerry's for Alex.

Cotton candy for Alyssa, and notice Chloe off in the background heading to the trolley with Kelly.

The trolley was free that day. It is only a quarter normally, but free is even better.

The whole day was nothing short of delightful!