Daddy's Day Off

Last week Matt got Veteran's Day off, so we decided to make it a special day. We went as a family to the Madison Children's Museum in the morning since Anna had been wanting to bring Matt along ever since it opened.


The girls had a blast, but lost their energy pretty fast; they still can't handle much more than an hour or two at a place as stimulating as the children's museum.


After lunch at the cafe there, we drove to Milwaukee to visit with Miriam, Chris, and the boys. Before Mark got home from school (it's so hard to believe he's in 1st grade now!), Matt, Nate, Anna, and Kate "played guns" outside.


I think that it's a good thing we have only daughters, but plenty of nephews. Whenever we see any of the nephews, Matt inevitably turns something into a gun within about 5 minutes of our arrival and plays with the boys until they are all called inside for dinner :)


Anyway, it was a nice day spent with family.

Random side story ... here's what happens after the girls and I get new books from the library. They plop themselves down just inside the back door and look through all of the books. We often don't make it any farther than the floor before we read a few that they've chosen. I love how much our girls love books, libraries, and story time!