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. ;-)
