Basketball and Ski Brule

Last weekend Coworker Eric gave us tickets to see a Badger basketball game. Grownups flipped a coin, mom won, boys flipped a coin and Peter won, so away we went. The Badgers were playing the Owls. We figured that the Owls might have a good chance to win since they are an excellent bird of prey but after the 1st half, they only had 12 points we figured it was going to be a blow out! Peter had fun trying to capture action shots. This one was pretty good! Badgers won 85-31. I felt bad for the Owls and would cheer them on once in a while, but YAY Badgers! Cousin Lisa asked if the boys wanted to help out with the Ski Brule float in the Green Bay Holiday Parade. The boys have never been in a parade. Jamison was excited...Peter nervous and claimed that he didn't want to do it. I told him he was and he would have fun!. (and I thought it would be fun to get the cousin's kids together...heck...get the cousins together outside of a funeral.) What we didn't know was if the boys were 2nd cousins or first cousins once removed? How does that work?Some floats hand out candy....this one hands out SNOWBALLS! The boys jobs....make snowballs. The grownup jobs, hand out snow balls. We couldn't throw them...but a gentle toss was ok. Behind us were the alpacas, better in back instead of in front of us. The kids had a great time and were able to keep up with the demand. Before the parade was over Jamison asked if he could do it again next year! Peter was being camera shy but we eventually caught him on camera. The parade was being televised so hopefully they got on camera! After the parade we went to Aunt Diane's house to dump the remaining snow....and then a snow ball fight! Couple ice chunks were thrown...they hurt....so after a few penalties we had the ice ball toss. Thanks for inviting us! You can count on us again for next year!