Trip to Wisconsin

This weekend we took a short trip northeast to La Crosse, Wisconsin. Ryan will be spending a month there next year and we thought it would be fun to check out the hospital and the town where he will be living for 4 weeks. Plus, it's a potential residency spot after he graduates, so there's a chance we could live there for 3 years. It is a small town right along the Mississippi River. While it was hard to imagine myself settling there long term with my family, I think it would be a great place for us to spend 3 years. We'll see if that happens.

La Crosse Children's Museum

Racing boats down the Mississippi.

The trains were his favorite part of the museum.

Maddie found a hand puppet and snuggled right up to it.

Isaac with the farm animals.

This is the closest he'll get to having a dog as long as he lives under my roof...

Shopping for onions and milk at the grocery store.

Playing with the dump trucks.

Driving the fire truck.

She can never get too much of her own reflection. :)

The Hotel Swimming Pool

Our hotel had a kiddie pool with slides and fountains for the kids. They LOVED it and probably swallowed a gallon of water each.

I think she had gone down the slide 30 times before Isaac warmed up to the idea. He ended up loving it almost as much as she did.

Here Ryan is telling her at least 10 times to sit down--there was only one time when she didn't listen and tried to cowabunga dive down the slide.

All tuckered out after swimming.

Here are a couple of videos of the kids at the pool. The first word out of Maddie's mouth after going down the slide and immediately trying to wriggle out of our arms was either "down!" or "more!"--both so she could climb right back up the steps and go again. These videos are especially for you, Corey, since you never seem to tire of the cheesy clips.