al's bday

this post is going to boring for everyone but my mom probably.  so feel free to skip it.

for my birthday typod and andie decided to surprise me in wisconsin!  they picked me up from work on wednesday and from then we basically partied all week.

first i was greeted by a mountain of presents typod insisted he picked out.  i loved everything and was glad that my mom got me wrinkle cream and baby stuff.... do you think she's trying to tell me something?!

then we went to a tepanyaki restaurant for dinner.  it was delish, but this couple at our grill made the evening pretty awkward.  our waitress was in love with andie's polaroid cam and loved taking pictures of us in the restaurant.  here's just a sample of the awesome images that were captured:

then we went to culver's for some oreo custard sandwiches and whatever mess typod got.  i wanted a br turtle pie, but was afraid that they make them with graham cracker crusts here.... later in the week i went to br to check it out and for future reference they make them like they used to in the 90's!  with chocolate wafer crust!  i know what i'm getting next year!

the next day david2 convinced us that the fair was only 1/2  a mile from our house so we walked.  guess what?  it's way farther than that.  but we made it.  it also happened to be the warmest day this summer and definitely not a day for jeans.  let's just say it was sweaty.

these are some fried cheese curds and fried oreos, which surprisingly are pretty good.

this is typod getting ready to ride the slide!

he loved it.

then we found an indoor part of the fair after we were complete greaseballs.

then we went to chicago for some deep dish pizza, anthros and baseball.  it was the bomb!

typod was loving the pizza:

david2 did too, but he likes looking serious in every pic.

then we took tyler to wrigley field to check it out.  the cubs were on the road, so we didn't get to see them, but it was still awesome.

then we went to us cellular field to check out the whitesox vs. the indians i think.  it was so fun and the hot dogs were really good.  better than dodger dogs even.  thanks for the tickets mom!

then we went to the magic mountain in illinois which is conveniently located 4 miles from the nearest souplantation.  andie decided we all needed to take solo shots while waiting 2 hours in a line waiting for the thunder storms to pass.  magic mountain was lame and made us wait out the rain and then wait for the rides to dry.  it took forevs.

it was also the first time that i wore sneaks to a theme park.  let's just say i felt like a tourist, but my feet were comfy the whole day.

 

we spent $15 on this refillable souvenir cup because you could get free refills all day.  we decided that if we got 5 refills it would pay for itself.  after 3 cups of soda we stuck with water for the rest of the day.

david kept looking up stuff for his orientation that started the next day.

andie had to hide her purse under her shirt for most of the day because this magic mountain makes you buy a locker at every ride if your stuff doesn't fit in your pockets.  we were able to use some jedi mind tricks to get out of  a few locker purchases, but some guys were sticklers.

i believe this pic is in front of the 4th anthro we went to in 3 days.  what can we say?  we love them.

in their last hours in the city we took them to see the milwaukee side of lake michigan and we took some pictures so you guys can check it out!

i'm pretty sure our guests loved wisconsin and you will too!