A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of That...Makes for a Huge Post!

Continuing on with the 1,731 photos from August, we had lots of fun close to home too.
 I took the girls to the zoo one day. Alyssa saw this pic and said, "If Daddy had come with us today, this would be a perfect family picture."


 




















They had a special dinosaur exhibit over the summer. Alyssa and Rebekah were not very impressed with the spitting and roaring life size recreations, in fact at times the way Rebekah was gripping my leg made me feel like we were in a three legged race to get out of dinosaur land, but Emma showed those T Rex babies who's boss!


 The birds were very active and caught the girls' attention.


 Cute little Spider Monkey.


 More dino fun.


 Happy to be at the zoo.



We also went to the Art Museum. I have to admit that I almost dread taking the girls here. Art Museums in general are not very child friendly at all, they can't touch anything, and I always feel like we are getting dirty looks from the guards if the girls even look like they are about to skip, run, or jump.

Case in point:
 This awesome table full of glass, some of which is broken and spilling off the edges, all in the name of art. I looked in from the doorway and told the girls that maybe we should just skip this room.



But the girls love the museum, so we go. Ours actually has gone out of it's way in recent years to create family friendly activities, which I appreciate very much!
 On this visit we checked out a study kit on American artist, Andy Warhol. The kit came complete with a beach blanket that we sat on in front of a famous piece of his work. There we read a children's story about him and his work. It was fun.


 Enjoying the Kohl's Next Generation Art Studio.


 Testing out their favorite chairs in the downstairs gallery.


 In the pretty, long, white hallway.


 Outside the beautiful ship inspired museum.



My mom and I took the girls to Betty Brinn children's museum one afternoon...
 Emma and Rebekah enjoying the ballet studio while Alyssa conducts the symphony orchestra.


 In the dramatic play area, making new friends while staging impromptu performances.


 Peeking out of the curtains from backstage.


 In the grocery store. Alyssa loved running the flower shop and Emma the cash register.


 It was so cute how Rebekah slid right under this car like she knew what she was doing.


 




















In the TV news studio. The photo Alyssa has her "reporting" from is a clock downtown that our girls call the Peter Pan clock. It was fun that they could go on location to places they see everyday as we drive around.


 Sweet monkey.


 Making herself part of the large interactive board game that the kids were able to run around.


 Also in August, we took the girls and Alyssa's friend, Annalese to a Brewers Game. Our seats were awesome and it was so much fun. I wish we were that kind of super fan family that goes to several games a season, but we're not. The fact that going to a game is usually just a once a year event, in a way made the trip to Miller Park even more of a special occasion, but we always have such a good time that I'm left wondering why we don't go more often.


 




















They put in several new games in the kid's area since we had last been to the park. The games were things like being timed as they tried to outrun a batter, peddling a bike to race the famous sausages, and tube slides. The girls loved them and there are lots of fun pictures in the collages here that I wish I could have posted individually.


Playing the Field:
 


Batters Up!
 


 Rebekah talked about the game for several weeks before we went. She was so excited, and every time we drove past Miller Park (which we do often) she asked when our game was. I think her favorite part of the entire game was the Famous Sausage Race. She had the hugest smile and her eyes sparkled when they came out to race, and I'm pretty sure it's the thing she's most looking forward to about next season. Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, Ricki Weeks...too bad, so sad...Bekah's heart belongs to the giant Chorizo :-) It was also exciting when the guy behind us caught a foul ball and gave it to Rebekah, so nice of him!!

I think that wraps up our summer pretty nicely, now if I could just get the rest of our photos organized and actually printed out and scrapbooked. Yikes that's a lot to think about!