Milwaukee Weekend
I spent last weekend, Halloween weekend, in Milwaukee.
I was lucky enough to get Friday off from work, and since I don’t have classes on Friday’s either, Andy and I were able to leave for Milwaukee on Thursday night. . . in the rain. But, at least it was just rain. It could have been freezing rain, or sleet or snow. The drive down was pretty uneventful. We chatted about this and that, and the farther south we got the better the weather got.
We got to Mark and Shanah’s and it took about 20 minutes before the four of us were all sitting in the same room hunched in front of our respective computers. . . An anti-social and rather geeky gathering.
Friday moring was spent playing with Hannah. :) She is such a wonderful little girl. I am so glad that I am able to see her as often as I do. Shanah is preparing to go back to school at UWM, so we (Shanah, Hannah, Andy and I) went to the campus for their open house. We met up with JoAnn for lunch. After luch we walked around the Student Union looking at all the different stuff UWM has to offer. Shanah found what she was looking for, and Andy was able to pick up some general information for a friend.
And then we went to the library. :) It was wonderful. We went up to the curriculum library and I read a couple books to Hannah. One of the books was Six Creepy Sheep. It’s a cute tounge twisting story about six sheep and thier Halloween adventures. Hannah loved it.
Friday night Andy and I went to see a film at the Milwaukee film fest. Originally we were going to see The Renaissance. However due to some local controvercy surrounding the film we were shown Yes Men instead. I found it to be a very good film. I recommend seeing it if you get a chance. After the movie we wnet back to Mark and Shanah’s. JoAnn and Rob were at Mark and Shanah’s when we got back. The six of us stayed up talking and hanging out for a while before JoAnn and Rob left. It was a wonderful night.
Most of Saturday was spent taking it easy and just hanging aound the house. Hannah, Andy and I weren’t feeling that well, so it was nice to not have to do anything. That night Andy and I went out trick-or-treating with the Batlzell’s. Sam and Travis were so cute. Sam was a princess and Travis was Tigger. After trck-or-treating we went back to the Batlzell’s. Once the kids were in bed we had adult time and played a few hands of Chez Geek. Another wonderful day.
Sunday was a beautiful autumn day, for being outside. After Shanah and Hannah left for church, Andy and I went to JoAnn’s for a pancake breakfast. It was very yummy. :) Then it was off to campus to take graduation pictures for JoAnn. And then it was time for more trick-or-treating with the Batlzell’s. Like the night before it was very fun. The kids got lots and lots and lots of candy. But the neatest thing was watching Sam, who is quite shy, become very comfortable with trick-or-treating. When we started out she had to have someone walk her up to the door. After a while she was ok with someone waiting at the bottom of the porch steps, then at the end of the sidewalk, and finally she was running up to the houses all by herself. :)
After trick-or-treating, we watched the end of a great Packer game, and then it was back to Mark and Shanah’s. We hung out and talked with Mark and Shanah, played with Hannah, and had soem supper. Then we dropped JoAnn off at her place and headed north to home and bed.
All and all a lovely weekend. :)