UW Spring Football Game

We headed down to Madison for the UW Spring Football Game and the first outdoor Farmer's Market last weekend. It also happened to be ridiculously nice out on Saturday. The Farmer's Market was fun but shoulder to shoulder people moving at a snail's pace by the time we got there which made it difficult to manuever a stroller (or a person for that matter) around so Steve went on the Capital lawn to play with Andrew. The lawn was toddler central and I forgot the camera in the car! But AJ had a blast running back and forth. We'll get down there again so I can take pictures. I did get to pick up some Hook's aged Cheddar (and some squeaky curds) at the Market but there wasn't a huge selection there. Mostly cheeses, sausage and plants that you plant. Did I mention that even though Madison has been getting yuckier weather than us their daffodils and crocuses and other spring flowers are in full bloom? Not fair. We headed to Great Dane for lunch for some delish pub grub. We are getting a Great Dane in Wausau! It is scheduled to open in the old Hereford & Hops building on May 22nd. Yum... After lunch, we headed to the game (with the camera as you can see).
Unbeknownst it to us the professional photographer capturing the game also captured the one of us above as we waited to snap a picture of AJ and Bucky. Someone Steve knows saw the picture on a Badger fan site and forwarded the site as well as Craig's blog (the photog) (www.craigjohn.com) with the picture posted on it. Craig sent me the picture after I told him that it was my family. Check out the cool photos he took from the day here. Also be sure to explore his site and view his AMAZING wedding/engagement photos that are artistic and extraordinary. When I just went to his site to get the link he had posted a note from & about me! Read it here.

AJ was so excited. It was his first time at Camp Randall. Definitely not his last!

A great father/son moment... Awwww.

This was taking from 40 rows up! Go Bucky!

AJ couldn't wait to meet Bucky. Oh Bucky! was one of his first words and he couldn't stop saying it when we were at the game. We waited awhile to meet him but it was well worth it!

Go Badgers!! I love this photo of him cheering!

After the game (and wandering around a very confusing neighborhood to find our car...) we went to our hotel for a much needed nap for the little one. Then we went over to our friend Paske's house for some drinks on the deck while the kids played and then off to Uno's for some dinner. Again left the camera in the car- those two were so cute playing together. Ava called AJ 'Energy'- 'Where's that boy Energy?' The next morning we stopped in to visit with Cathy and kids but missed Don by two minutes. We had a very fun weekend!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Today it was so beautiful out! We went to church (standing room only even though we got there 10 mins early- a little surprising at the 8:30 mass...) and then to brunch at the Wausau Country Club. They had a nice spread there! After brunch we came home and played outside for awhile and Andrew searched high and low for the eggs and basket the Easter Bunny hid for him. It was a great day!

Andrew with the Easter Bunny at the Country Club.

This kid is just a golfer. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I think he dreams about golf. That is all he ever wants to do!

Pure joy on his face...

Not sure why Steve is wearing his winter jacket... Andrew and dad are going to have a really great relationship if Andrew's love of golf continues.

I just love this picture!

Of course he likes to swing the bat too!

And look at that form!! He's a lefty and even got lefty clubs from Grandma and Grandpa Lipowski for his birthday.

I bought that shirt and sweater vest after Easter last year so he could wear it this year- glad it fit!!

Finding his Easter Basket and treats. He found all 12 eggs that were hidden. He liked the eggs that had M&Ms in them and they were gone in 3 seconds. Note to Easter Bunny: Andrew doesn't really like jelly beans. He'd put them in his mouth and then, when they were good and sticky, spit them out. He loved the Cars book that made sounds. And the super balls in another egg. We must have bounced them around for a half hour!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

We dyed eggs on Good Friday and I should have waited until Steve got home (he even came home at 3:30 that day) from work before I did it. I am lucky to have taken these pictures. Dyeing eggs with a 2 year old is a 2 person job- at least with our 2 year old! I have to admit I was pretty darn impressed at how well he got the egg out of the cup of dye with the spoon! So, after one tablespoon of red dye vinegar water down the hatch (without even a flinch) and one time out in the middle we successfully dyed 9 eggs!

This picture is indeed as bad as it looks. He dumped a sizeable amount of yellow dye on the table and floor... Although it could have been a heck of a lot worse.

The green dye was next...

While we were pulling the eggs out of the dye there were exclamations of 'Wow!' and 'Ooooh!' which made it pretty fun. I don't think of myself as a control freak but I think I may have been a little during this experience...

Making pesto

Making pesto is the perfect meal to make with a 2 year old! We made some sun-dried tomato pesto last month and AJ wanted to help. In these pictures- the Cuisinart was unplugged by this time so since the cover is off- it is not going to go all over the kitchen! I would share the recipe but it wasn't great... I think it may have been a little over processed- hehehe.