1st day of school 2013/2014

Well, I've got an 8th grader and a 10th grader this year.  It'll be a great year!

Wisconsin August 2013

 First up, the Bristol Renaissance Faire  Soooooo much fun!!!!!!

 For Doctor Who fans... Don't Blink!

 OH MAN!!  This girl was just going up and down those ribbons.  Sooooo pretty and awesome to watch her!!!!!

 The Joust, sooo much fun!  And 'our' hero won.

 There were a few sprites here and there :)

 Dad and Sophie tried the mug toss game, they both lost... LOL

 Tom, my muscle-man. He got to the bell!

 Some days... LOL

 Wow, the shows were sooooooo much fun!!!!!!

 Day's Inn pool

 Sophie trying to teach Christian how to swim.

 Sprecher's Brewery, Milwaukee.  We went on a tour with my friend Brenda and her 2 girls.

 Our party was on the left side, plus Christian (and Tom was taking the picture)

 Milwaukee Public Museum.  It's like the Field Musuem in Chicago, but only about 1/3 the size.  The kids could go to Field every day and not get bored, so they LOVED this place!!!

 And, our last day, Discovery World.  It's sort of a mix between Museum of Science and Industry and Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, except again much smaller.  FUN!

 Lastly, AJ Bomber's for our final Milwaukee meal.

 Sophie never slept on the way home...

 Christian did.  It's about 3h from us, but with the route Tom took it ended up being 4h!  oops...

Sophie's Summer

First up, theater class.  Actually, she took 2 classes but only 1 had stuff we could take pictures of.  The 1st one was Improv Camp.  She LOVED learning that sort of thing!!  It was all 5 days one week, from 1p-4p.  The 2nd camp was Be Backstage.  They were the backstage crew for the high school performance class.  It was a Tu and Th plus M-Sa of the following week.  The Tu an Th and also the M-F was 1-4p as well as a performance later, and Saturday was another performance.  She stage manager for Friday and lights for Saturday.  Obviously we watched the Sa show... LOL

Art Camp: That was M-F from 1p-3:15p.  The first item was that the entire class put up this mosaic.

 She made 3 other items to take hom: a wire sculpture which was covered in nylons and painted; a mini mosaic (of a waterfall, with trees on both sides) and a painted cutting board.  The whole class also did another item which will be auctioned off for charity. She had fun!

 Snacks made by the cooking camp... :)