Fun times with our friends

Yesterday and today we've enjoyed spending time with our good friends from Lacrosse -- my college friend, Dani, and her husband and two kids. The kids are 4 and almost 2 1/2, so they are the perfect age for playing with Ben & Maddie.

Today I took the day off from work and we all went to Como Zoo. It was chaos there and Ben & Maddie were kind of banshees. As a result, we didn't get photos taken.

But tonight I snapped a few of the chaos in our living room just before bedtime...

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Lacrosse trip

I took Ben & Maddie to Lacrosse yesterday and today to visit my good friend Dani and her family (she has a son who is 2 and a daughter who is 4). We hung out for the better part of two days, chasing around the little ones and catching up on life since we don't get to see each other as often as we'd like.

The highlight was visiting the new baby chickens, which they got last week. But Ben & Maddie were enthralled by everything -- all the toys that they had never played with before, the new sights and sounds, the new friends to play with. Then there was the swimming pool, the Barbie power wheels, the bubbles, eating dinner outside, and having popsicles AND ice cream all in the same day!

On the way back tonight, we had dinner with my brother in Rochester. Ben & Maddie kept trying to say "Uncle David" but it kept coming out like "unkie". It was hilarious.

Here are some pics....

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Here are a couple videos: