Mitchell Park Domes {Milwaukee}

I was lucky enough to chaperone my son's field trip last week to the Mitchell Park Domes. I love the domes, but I don't get there often. Pretty much, when I chaperone field trips, lol. If it weren't for field trips I'd never get to go anywhere fun! 

It's been a crazy spring here in Wisconsin, & this day was no different. When Michael & I left the house at 8:00, it was about 60 degrees. 10 minutes later when we got out of the car at school, it was about 80 & humid. That does not make for a fun school bus ride into Milwaukee. But it could have been worse. It could have been snowing! 

So if you've never heard of the domes, there are 3 of them - Tropical, Desert, & the Show Dome which is seasonal. We visited the Show Dome first. Don't worry, I won't share all my pictures LOL.

We went to the Tropical Dome next. Why not, my hair was already trashed from the humidity LOL.

Actually, I think this was my favorite. I liked the beautiful spring flowers in the Show Dome, but the Tropical Dome had things I'd never seen before. And I'm not talking about the dinosaurs. 

Last but not least, the Desert Dome. I was a little afraid to enter, thinking I wasn't going to be able to breathe, but the temperature was actually quite cool. 

I had such a great day visiting a great place with a great bunch of 5th graders. If you are in the Milwaukee area, check out the Mitchell Park Domes. Definitely a fun day for all ages! 

Our tour of Miller Park

Hi all!! Hope you're enjoying your weekend! I am spending the day catching up on things so I can enjoy Mother's Day tomorrow :)

I just wanted to share some pics of a super fun day my family had recently. We've only been to one Brewers game since Miller Park was built, & we had a blast. What could be more fun than a game?? A TOUR of the stadium! 

We went with our 4H group, & we decided that we were going to have a potluck lunch before the tour. Unfortunately the one day it wasn't 70 & sunny, was the day we planned to have lunch outside. It was wet, it was cold & we all ended up eating in our cars. 

Except for the few diehards you see here - don't they look cold?

The seagulls were hanging around our cars, waiting for some scraps. Wow, are they MEAN! What do they call them?? Rats with wings? Can you see that one about to ambush the one with the food? LOL - they were quite entertaining!

Here are the boys with Mickey, all decked out in his Brewers gear - in front of the Pro Shop, which is full of all things Brewer - insanely priced, of course.

Here are the 3 of us with Bernie Brewer -- you know, the dude that goes down the slide when the Brewers hit a home run? Pardon my hair, as I mentioned it was RAINING!

I couldn't NOT take a picture of this -- this is where Bob Eucker himself sits when he announces the games. Even if you aren't a Brewers fan, you MUST know Bob! Mr. Belvedere? Major League? He's a riot!

Lots of these in the press box walls - they should really keep those windows closed -

Matthew & me in the dugout -

Here's Bernie's slide I was talking about. Back in the old County Stadium, he used to slide into a mug of beer, lol. Can't believe they took his beer away :(

Standing ON THE FIELD -- looking at home plate -


We had such a blast -- I highly recommend taking a tour of your baseball stadium -- I'm sure they all do it -- check their web site! 


I'll be back tomorrow with my card for Sundays with Crissy!

Our day at Jelly Belly

Hi all! Happy Monday to you! I am working on a card but it's been a busy few days, & this week is not looking much better. My son has his very first track meet, then he has another on Thursday. I asked him how long the meets are, & he said "I think about 2 1/2 hours" - Ok, I've been warned :)

So I told you I would share some pictures of our day at Jelly Belly. If you love looking at people's pictures like I do, then this is the post for you! If not -- then you might want to move on to the next blog. BUT I do have a funny story to tell you at the end :)

Matthew really wanted me to take a picture of him "holding the Jelly Belly". Well as you can see we weren't even close -- & he was standing in the middle of the parking lot -- & there were cars patiently waiting -- so I took a few shots & hoped for the best. No editing program in the world is going to make it look like he's holding it, lol. 

Even though this isn't the factory where they actually make the Jelly Bellies, we did get a tour of the warehouse & they had stops where they showed various videos of the Jelly Bellies being made. Look at this cute little train we got to ride on!

LOL we had to wear these paper hats "because we are going to be around food". Ummmmm ok we were nowhere NEAR the food -- they just wanted us to look silly :)

Look at all the ginormous Jelly Bellies! Is it sad that we guessed each flavor? We are definitely Jelly Bellyholics :)

Of course, the train drops everyone off right at the door of the retail shop. No one is leaving without purchasing some Bellies!! What I really loved -- & I wish I'd taken a picture -- was the Sample Bar. They had every flavor available for taste testing -- including the very FUN flavors below --

I couldn't bring myself to try anything crazy like moldy cheese or pencil shavings -- I stuck to my favorite, Top Banana. And do you see that price? The "real" flavors were $9/lb -- the "questionable" flavors were $12/lb!!!

We had a great time & will definitely go back. See that rather large bag in Michael's hand? $26 worth of Jelly Bellies -- & I think we got off on the light side! You should have seen some of the loads people were taking out to their cars!


Now for my funny story -- if you are my Facebook friend you may be groaning since I already told the story there LOL -- on the way back home I wanted to stop at an outlet mall that I used to go to when Matthew was little. I think last time I was there was when I was pregnant with Michael, so that would have been 2002. Well I drove to where I thought the mall was --- but it wasn't there. It had been a while, maybe I had the wrong road. I headed more south, but I was almost to the Illinois border. I knew that wasn't right! So I went back north & figured I had to hit it, you could see it from the freeway. Well pretty soon I'm realizing that we are not going to the mall. I could NOT find it. I came home & called my mom, & asked her where it was (she used to go with us). She told me the road & that's exactly where I'd been. So I did a bit of Googling & found out the mall was DEMOLISHED! Not only was it gone, but they tore it down in 2005!!!! OMG I laughed soooo hard I was crying! It had been gone 7 years & I never even knew it! hahaaaaaa well in my defense -- it was about 45 minutes from my house -- & once I had 2 kids, well I guess I didn't get out much. Ohhhh that was such a moment. I swear my kids thought I was out of my skull. They kept saying "um mom -- there is NO MALL here". Ahhhhh that is my life -


Well if you're still with me, I hope you enjoyed my day at Jelly Belly & the non-mall! I will back (hopefully) in a few days with that card :)