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This is the problem with waiting so long in-between blog posts.  I cannot remember what I’ve written about.  For example, Zach’s Eagle Project was almost a month ago, but did I update it?  He has made a wonderful binder that has all the info about how it went.  I think I’ll ask him to transfer it to a blog page so that all can read the specifics.  He was also in the Princeton Union Eagle, but I can’t see a link on their webpage for the article.  So far I don’t know if they don’t post their articles online (which would be weird) or if it just takes a while to find it.  I will add a link here, if I come up with one.

Madison was nice.  I have been posting with a group of ladies on a messageboard who all had all 2007 babies within a month of each other (except for those of us who went early or late!)  We drove up Saturday morning (originally it was going to be Friday, but Gabby wanted to go to a friend’s birthday party) and went straight to the Zoo.  The drive was pleasant, everyone stayed away, we stopped for lunch from the cooler and a potty break, and got there in about 5.5 hours.  After the Zoo we went to Old Country Buffet with our group of 24 people, and then swimming at the hotel pool.  The next morning we had breakfast then went to the incredible Olbrich botanical gardens which are lovely and had Mark and me salivating for beautiful plants as opposed to an empty berm! After the drive we went to the Wisconsin Dells and were able to check in early.  We went to the outdoor waterpark, then the wave pool, then the indoor waterpark.  The next AM we checked out and went to the indoor waterpark again.  The kids had a lot of fun, as did Mark and I.  Dylan insisted he was big enough to go on a ride, which was a 40 foot waterslide on a raft.  He got to the top and changed his mind and walked down all the stairs.  Then at the bottom changed his mind and insisted on going up again. He sat on the raft, and as the guy running the ride pushed it over the edge he said “No! I don’t want to go!” but it was too late and he screamed “I said no!” the rest of the ride.  On the wave pool he wanted to ride on the raft but was too small and slipped right though and was underwater until Mark picked him up by his feet.  So he had a kind of traumatic time, but recovered nicely and had fun in the lazy river and kiddie-pool. Then we came home and rested.  Just in time to go camping at Many Point Scout Camp in a couple of days.

I have video of Dylan’s ride, and also had he got progressively more annoying singing on the way home at youtube. I’ll try to embed here, otherwise the addresses are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRzy06fLHwc  and  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_leJeOSDEU

I also have a ton of pictures, which can be seen at Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84523&id=579103778&l=2f96747abf

(However, I admit I don’t know if you have to be a FB friend to see these.  When you upload them there is something that says “Share these pictures even with your non-facebook friends) so if this doesn’t work I will try to find out how!)