On Wisconsin!

Back in September I was able to make it to a football game and to make the day better I won tickets to a tailgate party before hand from a local radio station. I took my friend Kait as Arick is a field assistant for the UW Marching Band, so he already had front row seats! Every home game by the way...so jealous. He gets paid to stand on the side lines. Needless to say he LOVES it! OK on to MY game day fun....

                                         Do you know which one is Arick? Good me neither!
                                         I do know who the girl in the white hat is.

                                                                    The SEA of Red!

Dear Fall, WELCOME HOME!

There is something to be said for routine and Fall brings just that to our family. Even though we do not have a school aged kid(s) it seems to still bring structure to our lives. By the spring I will be jumping for joy at the thought of Arick being home every night and us not having anything planned, but right now I am welcoming our schedule with open arms!

Let me tell you about our new schedule....

Monday: Arick is on a bowling league with his Dad and Uncle, so that means Jacob and I have a night at home alone! Tonight I decided we would have a picnic dinner in the living room while watching a movie. I partly started this because neither Jake nor myself are feeling 100% right now and it seemed like a cozy fun idea that would hopefully encourage Jacob to eat a little something. FYI: 3 apple slices...better then nothing.

We watched Monsters VS Aliens and at first I thought there was no way Jacob would watch it. Figured it would for sure be over his head, but he laughed at the funny parts and said Uh-oh at the, well, Uh-oh parts.

After dinner we got all dressed for bed and made a cozy spot on the couch to cuddle. 80% because I love to cuddle with my little man and 20% because my head feels like it is going to EXPLODE!

Jacob was asleep by 7pm and boy how he needs a good night of sleep so lets hope he is in a deep deep sleep until 6am tomorrow morning. So there is our Monday night and I personally loved it. I think a picnic dinner, movie and cuddle time on the couch will be a new part of our Monday night routine. Sounds perfect!

Tuesday and Wednesday's Arick will be working for the UW Marching Band as a field assistant.

He goes directly to the practice field after work and gets home about 6:15pm everynight. That is only a half hour after I get home, so our evenings are about the same as usual. Well except for 1 thing. Normally I come home to dinner but now that we are both not getting home until late we start to get creative with the slow cooker! Arick loves working with the marching band and I love it too! He has some pretty great friends that he and I will get to see a lot more and this is a HUGE perk...

Do you see the tiny black suites on the side lines? Yup that is him! He gets to conduct from the sidelines and see the entire game from the field. LUCKY LUCKY guy! He has such a love for marching and music. This really is something I would never ask him to give up. No matter how crazy our life will get.

I should do another post about the marching band....hmmmm OK that will come later. I really must tell you about the fun experiences he has had with them and the wonderful people/kids that make up the UW Marching Band!

Alright so back to our FALL schedule...

Thursday's Arick comes home per summer schedule and picks Jacob up from daycare, makes dinner for us (love this part!) and it is either a TARGET night or a low key night at home.

Friday's Arick is back with the marching band and home early for the Saturday game!

Saturday's are a new adjustment for me. In the summer our weekends are all planned out. We don't have to think about what we are going to do we just check the calendar and "it" tells us. Now that Arick is gone for the day I am trying to find a good balance for Jacob and I, and I think Iam getting there. Of course by the time I am there it will be summer and time for the calendar to rule our lives again.

OK so now we are to Sunday! The only day we get as a Family all together. This day is just for us and we like to do whatever it is that we feel like doing. Last Sunday we went for a drive and ended up at this really cool playground in Jefferson. It was at an elementary school that made me think of the school in Harry Potter. Super cool stone building! Wish I had pictures to show you, but once again my camera is mad at my computer and they are not talking.
This Sunday was filled with a whole lot of nothin! We were all feeling under the weather and so a day at home was exactly what we needed. Now if this sickness would kindly leave that would be SUPER!

THE END

Im With The Band

This weekend was full of fun, sun and a few 1st for Jacob as well. On Saturday we went to our friends cottage on Lake Wisconsin. It was a lot of fun because the friends were our marching band friends. We normally only get together with this group of people during football season while Arick and the rest of the guys, and girl are conducting on the sidelines. It was so great to catch up with this group of people. I am looking forward to seeing them all again at the drum major try outs in August.

So for the 1st I was talking about...Jacob had M&M's for the 1st time. I know not that big of a deal but HE sure thought it was, so I think its totally worth mentioning. The 2nd 1st was a ride on the Merrimac ferry which we all thougt was pretty great. Then lastly Jacob had his first boat ride! I was a little nervous for this because I had no idea how he was going to do, but he really did do a fantastic job. He LOVED every minute of it...even the end when he was ready for his nap. He got a real kick out of the sounds and the feeling when he laid on the floor of the boat. If it wasnt for that pesky life jacket (that mean old mom and dad made him keep on) I am positive he would of been fast asleep.

Thanks Messer's for the wonderful day!!

Our ride on the Merrimac Ferry!

JACOB'S 1st BOAT RIDE!!
We could not keep this little Monkey off this wall!
All tuckered out by the end of this exciting and FUN day!