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Wicker Park is open again!

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 Our closed playground finally reopened a couple of weeks ago! We have been jumping the fence at many other playgrounds for a while now,  but out closest and most beloved Wicker Park has been tightly shut up; it is also very public and seen, so I think there was just less room for shady plays.  Alice is happy to be back in the swing of things! Alice is growing up fast! She is really enjoying the big girl swings now - here she is getting a feel for pumping on her own. 

Skiing at Devil's Head

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 Time to head to the summit of Devil's Head Resort in Wisconsin...although a 3 hour drive, it does not take long to reach the actual summit of Devil's Head, if you get my drift (snow drift? maybe another pun opportunity there). BUT, we still love this little geographic feature with snow- a great place to get Brock back in the skiing saddle. Devil's Head Resort is kind of a pit (of Hell! pun opportunity taken at .3%). But I think we still love it a little. It is so 80's ski movie, straight out of hot tub time machine. Brock was enamored and also shocked by the TV - "it's a box mom! Look that TV is a box!!" yeah. The hotel is also infested with bugs! Lady bugs. Which I am not sure why that was "ok", but it somehow was. Our soft spot for Devils Head I guess. Here are our little friends crawling around on the carpet. Oh yeah, and there were also a couple of wasps.  Sweet Alice tried to "play" with the lady bugs and then was distraught when

Spring inside

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 Is Spring here? Inside, yes.