Oh I wish. . .

Lando

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It has been busy the past couple of days. Your Dad and I saw the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile on Thursday with your cousin Lilypad, Aunt Meg, Uncle Alex, and Gpa at HyVee. (Now this isn't the pictures Grandpa took while we were there, but he hasn't shared them yet. Hopefully he doesn't doesn't forget where he saved them or accidentally delete them.) Your Aunt Meg and Uncle Alex laughed at me because I thought there would be a line. Who wouldn't want a wiener whistle? So we all got whistles and stickers and saw the wienermobile. I will admit, I was disappointed they weren't grilling hot dogs. I think they regretted laughing at me since I sang to Lilypad the whole way to their house "I Wish I Was an Oscar Meyer Wiener." Lily loved it! Your aunt didn't.  

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Following the awesomeness of the wienermobile, the weekend only got better. (I know, how can it get better than the wienermobile?) We left Joey Ramone with Grammie and Gpa and headed north to the Dairy State for Summerfest. (Joey played a lot with Lilypad and Josi on Friday and enjoyed getting under the pool table.)  While waiting for the train at Union Station we learned how not to be parents by observing and took naps on the train before pulling into Milwaukee. Friday we heard several not so good bands, but ended the night with the Goo Goo Dolls and Dropkick Murphys. Saturday was Permanent Crush (from Chicago and not bad for being an opening band), The Get Up Kids, and Dashboard Confessional.

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Lando, so far we have had Ethiopian in Chicago at two different restaurants, once in St Louis, and now we can add Milwaukee to the list. On Saturday we ate lunch at Alem Ethiopian Village on Wisconsin Avenue. We of course had the sambusa, which has been the been the best sambusa so far. It wasn't served with the berbere sauce, but they were huge and awesome. From there we moved onto our mesob of Siga Keay Wot, Yemiser Wot, Gomen, and Fasolia. Of the four different restaurants we have been to, it was one of the best. (Your Dad and I can't agree which one we prefer. We like different ones for different reasons or preferred foods.) While at Alemm Ethiopian Village, we bought you a game. According the box, it is the "first card game using Amharic Alphabets." Basically it is a vocab game with different variations.

With some referrals, on the unofficial boy list, we could be as low as #4!!!! It has been really promising to see some movement on the list these past couple of weeks. We have no clue where we are on the girl or siblings lists.