Zaya's Milwaukee Birthday, Take 2

So a couple years ago we went to Milwaukee to celebrate Isaiah's birthday and, well, we all had so much fun that Zaya decided this year we should go back.

So we caravan'd up to Milwaukee and met at a small park right by the Lake and did our thing.

Climbed trees, played in the fountain, frosted cakes, blew out candles, gave Zaya his presents and cards (one of which apparently Eli got a pretty big kick out of).

Then we went down to this corner of the lakefront where you can fly kites. Even if you think it's not windy enough, when you get down to the point, it's plenty windy and you can get your kite as high as you want it to go.

Mae and Sophie took a turn...

Pax took a shot at it...

And then I did my thing.

And then as we were going through the pictures from the day dad had a thought and started sifting back through pictures. And sure enough, check this out - the first one is me from May, 2012, and the second one is me from a couple weeks ago.

Looks like a 2018 trip to Milwaukee to fly kites is definitely gonna have to get on the calendar.

Milly-Vaw-Kee, Day 2

So day in Milwaukee was just as good, if not better, than day one. We hit the Lakefront for some summer fun.

But before we get to our day, check out these photos from two years ago when we did much of the same. Here is me at 4 and Mae at 2 years old.

Alright, now that we've got that covered, we took to the park and at the end of a seriously long game of Base (which is like tag only there is a home base where you're safe) I found myself far from Base with Eli chasing me. Well, as you can see, I gave him quite the run for his money. He eventually got me but then collapsed to the ground and stayed there for about ten minutes. Girls rule, boys drool buddy.

Got out our kites and flew 'em high. The Milwaukee lakefront is the perfect spot for flying a kite. The wind comes off the lake and next thing you know, you're out of string and you can barely see your "flag," as Mae likes to call it.

Meanwhile, Pax was getting into some yoga in the park with a little "downward dog" yoga posing on his mat.

And then it was time to hit up the group bikes. We got all six of us on there - Mom and Dad pedaling in the drivers seat with Eli in the middle and the three birds up front.

And here's pretty much mom and dad's favorite picture that's ever been taken.

Kids 'N' Kites

So the annual Kids N Kites was this past weekend and Mom took Sophie and me up to Montrose Harbor where we met some of our other friends and had at it.

There were tons of really cool kites, and then after watching them fly we went to a booth for some painting fun.

Mom got me a kite while we were there so I took it home and today Dad and I flew it today out front in our park. First we had to get set up. Dad would hold the string to test the wind and I would hold the back.

And then our kite flying hit a snag because... there was no wind. Enter: improvisation. Dad made like Walter Payton, cradled me like a football and sprinted for the end zone while I held the kite string and the kite followed up in the air behind us.

And then our kite flying hit a snag again because it found a tree.

What the...

But in case you didn't know, my Dad is a ninja so a kite stuck up in a tree 25 feet in the air is what we call no big deal, and we were shortly back in business.

And by the way, there has been a LOT of fun stuff going on and some great pics of Mabel taken, so CLICK HERE to see what I mean.