We decided to truck it over to Milwaukee on Saturday for the Holiday Folk Fair and visits with Tim's and Uncle John's afterward. At some point during the fair, we got a text and the next Charlotte noticed was cousin Madilyn walking toward our seating area! Auntie Missy showed up at the folk fair as well. While inspired by the ethnic dancing and Polish Dill Pickle soup, the best part of the day was the marienette stuffed animals we allowed the girls to buy, and we allowed ourselves to constantly detangle the fish wire attachments. Natalie is totally into Oragami these days so she got to sit a spell at the Japanese table and watch an expert quickly throw something together.
We headed over to Tosa to visit with the Wessings and baby Wessing with her yummy, huge cheeks and chubby feet. We played for a bit and then were joined by Aunt Lynn, Uncle John and Mary. Natalie and Mary are so close in age, I try to encourage their friendship by tales of lil baby photos and time stamped memories of their tiny days. At some point, baby Molly was startled and cryed so Natalie didn't want to pose for any pics holding her. Charlotte is still Molly's keeper...she loves her. When we went to Dave & Busters, I noticed that Natalie was very into her own thing with the many distractions there, and Mary and Charlotte kind of hung out.
It was fun, until Lance reached the end of his rope. We didn't leave D & B until after 10. He went out to pull the car up and while we were on our way out, I got a loud cell phone demand that we join him. Redface.
The kids enjoyed. The HOliday Folk Fair is definitely on our list again next year, maybe not Dave and Busters though...we'lll see.
