I took off Friday and Makai and I went on a road trip to Wisconsin.
Our first stop was in the Bayview neighborhood of Milwaukee where we met up with Amanda for breakfast at HoneyPie.Bayview seemed like a young, trendy part of Milwaukee with a lot of cool bars, restaurants and shops. Amanda and I both had the pork belly benedict. Makai had eggs and toast with their house-made jam. He liked it. Can you tell?In the bathroom they had a ton of intricate needlepoints that I’m sure were thrifted. Mom was at work when we arrived in Greenville. I was kind of tired from driving so I laid down for a while and dad and Makai made a snowman with the little snow that was on the ground. This was Makai’s first snowman. When I asked him the snowman’s name he said “FROSTY!”My dad made beef stew and we brought it over to my Aunt Ali’s house. We visited for a long time with her, my cousin Skyonna, and one of Ali’s friends. Makai brought his A game and was singing and dancing and tumbling and showing off, in general. Makai loved playing with Katrina, Ciara, and Skyonna’s old toys and especially loved playing with Tucker and Ahmi, Aunt Ali’s dogs as well. At the end we got to say hi to Uncle Dave just for a few minutes when he arrived home from work.While we visited we didn’t realize that it was a blizzard outside. For hours! I drove all the way home going only 25 mph because I couldn’t even see where the roads were!Makai liked watching dad use the snowblower the next morning. And Frosty looked like he gained some weight!
The whole reason we came up for the visit was to see Daniel Tiger Live. It showed in Madison, Milwaukee, and Appleton, but not Chicago! Makai was so excited to see the “concert” even though he had no idea what it was. He was talking about it nonstop at school before we left. We told him he would be seeing the REAL Daniel Tiger, not the cartoon!I had never been to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center (PAC) before. It was really good. The lobby areas were bright and sunny. The theater was comfortable and nice. Big but not huge. There were a number of activities for the kids to participate in before the show. We took our photos by Daniel and the trolley, there were coloring and sticker activities where you could make a crown, and there was dancing and singing to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood songs.I wasn’t sure about the balcony seats we got. I wasn’t sure if they would be too far from the stage and therefor not engaging for a 2-year-old. He was way into it, though. Sitting on the edge of his seat and singing along to the songs he knew!Funny thing, when we got to our seats I heard someone say my name and it was an old friend I haven’t seen for probably 15 years or more. Married and with a kid!
This is what the show looked like. This is not my photo, just one I found online: After the show we met up with Aunt Connie, Kelly and Katie for lunch at Red Robin in Darboy. Aunt Connie asked Makai, “do you like cookies? What is your favorite kind?” Makai said “Chocolate!” and she said “You’re in luck! I made chocolate chocolate chip cookies this morning!” So we went over to visit with her and Aunt Sue for several hours!By the afternoon the snow was melting. Here’s a frosty update.And on the day we left: