praying with a baby

I love praying around Mason. Mainly because I can peek at him while he looks at us. If I'm within reach, his favorite thing to do is to slap me in the face. I know, rude! He does this same thing if you are sleeping. If you are not within reach, he loves to stare and see what you are doing. He'll look up at your face and stare. His curious little mind is just blown, I'm sure. Once before when we were praying with a group of us, he crawled around just looking at everyone's faces.

Happy Monday!

Kaolee

Milwaukee Beaches

I have flown into and out of Milwaukee, but that has been the extent of my previous time there. This time around, our situations were that we had some time to spend there. Oh, the houses! Absolutely breathtaking. When I go again, I want to walk down the sidewalk and just admire these houses. Big, beautiful, and full of character! And each one is just as beautiful as the last! Across from these houses was the beach! And it stretched, and stretched!

The day was beautiful, and everyone was out enjoying the weather. There were people laying out, playing volleyball, biking, walking, people watching. It was perfection.

Here's to hoping you have a perfect weekend!

Kaolee

Bay Beach Amusement Park

We went to Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, and it is the absolute perfect spot for kids. There were rides that Mason was able to get on as well. My favorite part is that there is no admission charge, and you pay for what you choose to ride. The ride tickets are 25 cents!!! And most rides take 1 to 2 tickets. Isn't that just spectacular? I so wish we had one of those here in Vancouver!

On Mason's first ride, I was a little nervous about him flopping around (there is belts). I asked a couple if it was okay for Mason to ride beside their son. Mason did such a good job, and his expressions and joy was completely priceless!

He sat still on this ride, and kept glancing at the little girl to see what she was doing. He rung the bell once after seeing her do it. Oh man, he is just way too cute!

Unfortunately, we got rained out before we could try all the other rides :( We so need one of these here!!!

Kaolee

Downtown Appleton

I never appreciated historic downtowns until a couple of years ago. And now, wherever I go, I look for these areas. I love the independent shops that lined these streets. The restaurants. The yoga studio. I just love walking up and down the strip.

Downtown Appleton was especially wonderful. Lawrence University is located in downtown Appleton so there were so many beautiful buildings all around us. I could not take enough pictures of the area. We were there after all the shops had closed so unfortunately there was no browsing to be done :( However, there were beautiful churches so that made up for the lack of browsing.

Kaolee

New Zoo & Adventure Park

We visited the New Zoo in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It did not disappoint. We went during a weekday so there weren't a lot of people. There were quite a bit of animals out, and the price ($7 for adults) was not as expensive as other zoos that we have gone to.

These goats had a big play area. These stairs have a walkway to the other side where the goats can also play. Just beware not to walk under the walkway if there are goats above doing their business!

Caption this!

Beautiful feathers on a peacock.

There was some zip lining involved, where someone had to take 10 minutes to relax before stepping off. Let's just keep that between you and I, eh?

My baby penguin and I.