More Summer pictures

So doing this blog is also a way of procrastinating doing other important things.. but also the fact that I have gotten e-mails from people saying they are tired of looking at the same posts over and over.
I finally talked to one of the few friends I have left last week (I think I might still have three), and was commenting on my 'disapperance' for a while.  I explained that my job and the girls had gotten a bit more complicated, and I needed to take control over some things.  But now I was trying to emerge.
I was not kidding about that, except my emerging feels like a turtle.  I have to put my head in when things get tough and ignore the outside world for a bit, then come out again.

Anyway, the rest of the summer was great.   I did many field trips with the girls and then talked about them to see what they had learned.  These trips included: Circus World, Devil's Lake, International Crane Foundation (I have been a member for the last three years and love going there), Chicago Museum Of Science and Industry (At some point of the trip I thought I was at the Field Museum, I started realizing I was in a different place when I could not find the dinosaur), The Geology Museum at UW Madison, Little Americka with my friend Lisa, Colombian Independence Day in Middleton, Milwaukee County Zoo, Sun Prairie's Corn Festival, visiting with our friend Father Gus Copps in Monona and the visit of 5 girls from Ohio who stayed with our girls at La Casita and have been adopted by a Lutheran pastor and his wife in Ohio.
 Attached some of the many pictures we have.  We continue to look for more things to expose the girls to.  Thanks to Bam for helping us with that as well by taking the girls to Mke. and taking them to the Art Museum and plays this weekend.

Milena at Geology Museum

Future Scientist?

Mirellen loves to draw

The dinosaur skeletons were fascinating to Yesica

Very proud of their drawings

Great magic show at Circus World! How do they do that? 

Dog face painting #1

Dog face painting #2

All the puppies, but one who went missing due "teenagerness"

"Star of the Mini Horse show"

At the Crane Foundation

Crane 

At Lake Mendota? We think, outside Father Gus' house

Visiting Father Gus, an 'old' family friend

At the Museum of Science and Industry

I thought this was only for mice

Next to the mini train display at the Museum

Electricity Display was fascinating

First Train ride for Yesica and she fell asleep (this was on the way back though)

Mirellen too... 

Somebody did not go to sleep, too excited about the what the day's happenings

Mirellen and Paula at Colombian Independence Day

Doing Cumbia Line

Did I close my eyes? 

Our new friend Jennifer from Medellin

At Little Americka

Little Americka ( a jewel in tine Marshall, WI)

Waiting for Go Karts at Little Americka

With my best friend Lisa, about 22 years of friendship and still standing. Lisa lost her  dear husband Bruce recently. I admire her strength and the fact she is always there for me. 

Done at Little Americka

With former Cordova sisters, at nearby Park 

Cordova sisters are now Zielenski

I always end up throwing the garbage!

Is this good corn or what? 

Mami, can we buy this bunny to take home? 'NO'

What about this cow? Definitely NOT

How about a goat from the Zoo? They have a better life there, have you seen their bellies? 

Just looking at these pictures makes me tired. I can't believe we did all these things!  There are so many things to do in this great state and surrounding,  I don't think we will ever run out of things to do.