Like most vacations, we ate out almost every meal. Our favorite family place is downtown Hartford,
The Mineshaft. We usually visit every time we're in town. They always have new beers (local micro brews) on tap and the food is pretty reasonably priced.. especially if the entire family is going. What once was a small restraunt, is now huge and includes a full arcade upstairs for the kids to play in and earn tickets to trade for prizes.
Because I knew we'd be going out to eat, I thought ahead and purchased a bunch of small dress up items from the dollar section at Target before we left. It was really fun to bust out the pirate and magician. All the kids liked them and I'm sure the waitstaff appreciated it too!
Chey and her Auntie Angie
AAARRRRRGGG!
Plain noodles with side of fun please!
Never seen so many tickets!
Notice the concentration tongue hanging out?
We did take a break from eating for make some gifts for Maddie's Great Grandma and Grandma Doris at a pottery painting place. Maddie had fun and it gave us something to do for a little bit.
After painting the top of the Snow White costume that Maddie borrowed from my mom's house went right back on. She would have lived in it forever if she could have!
One of our favorite parts of our visit was visiting my dear friend Tina and her family. It's hard to believe how much her girls are growing up. They showered Maddie with a million Build a Bear outfits and a new WI cheerleader bear. (good thing we left room in our suitcases!)
Jim's Bakery in Slinger holds very special memories for me from when I was little. It was located around the corner from my grandparent's house and as the oldest I would walk the little cousins and my brother with just a few dollars and come running back with ice cream dripping down our arms. They still make a "baby" size cone that would compete with a "regular" nowadays and very inexpensive. With new owners, I wouldn't recommend the food there but if you had ice cream as a kid like I did... go back and see the cones with the cotton ball ice cream tops that show the available sizes.. judging by the amount of dust on them, I'd say they're circ 1980 for sure!
Maddie and her new build a bear
Kyleigh, quite the ham! Always a grin on this girl!
Sarah remember when you looked at me crazy when I asked if McDonald's had the free baby cones for the kids? Here they are! Must be a WI thing!!
Maddie and her Great-Grandma Marie
It was so sad to say goodbye to all our family and friends but we had a really great time and made some fun new memories!
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