every year the medical college of wisconsin hosts a great trick-or-treating activity for the medical students and their families. i guess we didn't think two trunk-or-treats was enough candy already, so we put katelyn back in her costume one last time.
i guess katelyn had forgotten that we had already practiced this trick-or-treating thing because she was a little hesitant at first. it was fun to watch as she realized there were big bowls of candy waiting for her at each stop.
we saw a number of reactions from katelyn as she realized people were handing out free candy and that mom and dad were letting her take it. at some of the bowls she was very polite and only took one piece, at others she grabbed handfuls, and at some she just stared into the bowl laughing.
i think she's getting a little too comfortable with trick-or-treating. here she decided to just stay and sit by the candy.
she even made some stops to admire the decorations.
by the end she was worn out and had a bag full of candy. or maybe i should say that tyler and i had bag full of candy.
our last stop was in the cafeteria to munch on some yummy donuts and drink some delicious apple juice. we found this cute little set up and had to take a picture. katelyn was all too willing especially because there was a little chair set up just for her.side note: nobody trick-or-treats on halloween day here. they have set dates and set times when everyone is supposed to trick-or-treat. our set day was october 26th (sunday) so were unable to go. so weird.
we had a hard time pulling her away from the animals. she
they flew in to chicago, so we headed down, spent a wonderful evening at my cousin's house (thanks joy!), and headed out the next day. my cousin joy got us into this great museum called the science and progress museum. it was huge! we literally could have spent the whole day there. instead, we stayed about 3 hours. there was just so much to see, but we had to get back to wisconsin.
we spent our first available day exploring the wauwatosa/milwaukee area. we found the first lighthouse built in wisconsin, looked at a dirty part of the beach of lake michigan, and drove around and enjoyed the beautiful architecture. we even got to see some of the first signs of fall. i can't wait!
the last day they were here we went to old world wisconsin. this is a place where they have restored a bunch of old houses, shops and farms just as they looked long ago in wisconsin. you walk around from house to house and get to meet the people who "live" in them. then you learn all about their life style. the adults were all very interested in this. katelyn on the other hand just wanted to walk around and watch the animals all day.