Milwaukee by Storm: Adventures with Kids
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Chapter 65- Milwaukee County Zoo
Remember how when I was on The Morning Blend (round two), I was all “we do a lot of foreshadowing and it helps our adventures to be successful”? Yeah well I didn’t do that before our trip to the zoo last week. We met a group of friends (we were four moms with ten kids…
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Chapter 64- Hawthorn Glen
Hawthorn Glen was calling our name again. We packed up sandwiches (instead of their normal Jif peanut butter and Smucker’s jam, I substituted homemade almond butter and purple carrot/blueberry puree. They were not fooled) and headed out to Hawthorn Glen. Unfortunately, construction of the parking lot is still underway, so we parked on State Street…
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Chapter 63- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (On the Road- Cathedral Square)
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra gave a free concert in Cathedral Square, and since it was one of the most beautiful days in a while, we packed up a picnic and headed out. We arrived just after 5:30pm, and met up with my brother and his family. We brought blankets, food, beverages, and one chair. Because…
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Chapter 62- Urban Ecology Center & Love Handle
On Saturday I took the kids to the Urban Ecology Center’s Plant Sale. We looked at the plants and flowers for a quick bit, then headed inside to check things out. We stopped at the Native Wisconsin Animal Room, and checked out the reptiles. The nice guy working even took out a snake for us…
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Chapter 61- Rural La Crosse (Travel Edition)
For Memorial Day weekend, we headed to the La Crosse area to visit family. I can’t showcase any of the sites, events, businesses or parks of the area, because all we did was play outside our family’s home. Kids ran in the sprinkler. Ran down hills. Helped feed some horses. And some goats. Watched the…
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Chapter 60- Riverside Theater
After hearing about the movie “Searching for Sugarman“, I saw that Rodriguez was coming to The Riverside Theater. My sister-in-law and niece were big fans, so I suggested a ladies night out with my husband’s side of the family. Woot! We ate at La Perla, after attempting two other restaurants (no, I didn’t have the…
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My TV Debut!
Today I got to meet some really nice ladies on The Morning Blend, and share a bit about my blog and my life. You can watch the video, where we briefly talked about the fact that I have a million kids, our amazing community, my rather unique name (which led to the photo below), and…
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Chapter 59- Discovery World
Because Little T had been begging for a year, we bit the bullet and got a membership to Discovery World. It was actually sort of reasonable, compared to the daily ticket prices. We only have to go three times to make it worth the annual fee. But we went on a Saturday morning, hoping it…
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Chapter 58- Wehr Nature Center
Last week we met up with some new friends and explored Wehr Nature Center for the first time. Here’s Little T doing her best Vanna White impression. We parked and went inside to pay the $3 parking fee, then found our friends and hit the trails. The trails we made it to were either paved…
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Chapter 57- Milwaukee Public Museum & Milwaukee Public Market
On Saturday I went on a Special Date (or “Feshil Date” as she says) with Little T. We put on our sunglasses and headed to the Milwaukee Public Museum’s theater and planetarium to see the 40 minute long movie “One World, One Sky” (hosted by Big Bird, Elmo, and their Chinese friend Hu Hu Zhu).…
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