This weekend I traveled to Milwaukee to help host my sister in-law's (SIL) baby shower for her twin babies. (A and P have named the girl Velma and the boy Freddy with Mommy and Daddy as respective middle names.) I had not been to Wisconsin in about two years so it was a lot of fun seeing everyone and catching up. It was pretty funny that many of Tim's aunts did not even recognize me at the shower. They just walked right pass me. Hmmm, I don't think I look that different. The boys must have really aged me.
Speaking of age, it seems that our Wisconsin Saturday nights have matured as well. On Saturday night, I got to go out on the town with my SIL, cousin in-laws, and their spouses. Back in college/ grad school, on a typical Sat night in Madison we would head out to a bar (no- really it should be bars), drink like crazy, play lots of darts, and on a good night, sing our hearts out karaoke style at the K-kid till the wee hours of the morning. It would be followed by a slow stumble home and maybe on the way we might have a swim in the lake or even in the fountain in front of the Engineering building.
This time, we all piled into Phil and Megan's minivan and headed downtown to eat veggie burgers and fried cheese curds (at Bella's Fat Cat). We even had not one, but 2 designated (pregnant) drivers in the mix! Then we stopped on the way home to pick up frozen custard (at Kopps-mmmm), headed back to Ron and Melissa's to drink delicious home-brewed beer and play virtual instruments, while singing our hearts out to rock band. It was really fun and I had a blast, but I am amazed at how wholesome we have become. We even found ourselves sitting around watching the results of a dog show- don't ask, we cater to the most pregnant one of the bunch. ;-)
Speaking of age, it seems that our Wisconsin Saturday nights have matured as well. On Saturday night, I got to go out on the town with my SIL, cousin in-laws, and their spouses. Back in college/ grad school, on a typical Sat night in Madison we would head out to a bar (no- really it should be bars), drink like crazy, play lots of darts, and on a good night, sing our hearts out karaoke style at the K-kid till the wee hours of the morning. It would be followed by a slow stumble home and maybe on the way we might have a swim in the lake or even in the fountain in front of the Engineering building.
This time, we all piled into Phil and Megan's minivan and headed downtown to eat veggie burgers and fried cheese curds (at Bella's Fat Cat). We even had not one, but 2 designated (pregnant) drivers in the mix! Then we stopped on the way home to pick up frozen custard (at Kopps-mmmm), headed back to Ron and Melissa's to drink delicious home-brewed beer and play virtual instruments, while singing our hearts out to rock band. It was really fun and I had a blast, but I am amazed at how wholesome we have become. We even found ourselves sitting around watching the results of a dog show- don't ask, we cater to the most pregnant one of the bunch. ;-)
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All Josh talks about is how times change once your 30 and your wife is pregnant. He can't figure out which is more pathetic, getting home at 11:30 or watching a dog show :) I still wish we would have seen best in show, but I will watch the reruns.
I was beat from the Friday night drinking. Apparently we finished off 6 bottles and only Karen, Laura, Linda and I were drinking it. Yeah, I know, in college I could drink like that 3 days in a row...not anymore.
Go Big Red! Ahhh the good old days. Right...Madison, when party of 3 plowed through 3 pitchers and would not call it a night until ordering Gumby's Pokey Sticks at 2:30 AM. Is that now referred to as Pre-Kids (PK) versus After-Kids (AK)?
Unfortunately, I think it has nothing to do with having kids...it is just getting old :)
I find myself yawning around 11pm now - Id like to think I could still party with the young uns but my 2 year old tells me otherwise - the next day!!
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