Ten Years Ago Today

It hardly seems that long ago, but ten years ago today my baby was born.  It is just a blink of an eye.

We gave Alison her presents shortly after she got up, and she was very happy at what she got.  I think that her favorite thing that she got was a karaoke machine and an extra microphone (because she loves to sing along with her music).  I also went out early before she got up to get The Lorax, which was released on DVD today.  And as always, she got a music that plays Happy Birthday. I have to say it is getting harder and harder to find new, unique music boxes that play Happy Birthday.

Afterward, Ali wanted to go the the Milwaukee Art Museum.  It is something that both Kris and I wanted to do ever since they opened the Calatrava addition, we just never got around to doing it.

Alison had a field trip there this past spring and she was excited to show us all of her favorite things.  There was also an exhibit called "The Posters of Paris".  I also thought it was a very interesting exhibit.  This piece was made for pins.  Every shape is made from hundreds and thousands of pins with the shapes being made from the heads.

 
After a couple of hours looking at paintings and sculptures Ali was tuckered out so then we went to the Milwaukee Public Market for lunch, which was also a place that Ali wanted to go.

When we were done we got in the car and I had to go around the block in order to get around the one way streets and get headed going north.  While we did, we had a celebrity sighting, Tommy Shaw of the band Styx.  If we had stayed where we were sitting when we had lunch, he would have walked right past us.

That was about it for Ali's day, except for going shoe shopping when we got home.  Ali wanted a couple of pairs of shoes (Converse Chuck Taylors and a pair of casual, boat shoes).  But we had a heck of a time finding a pair in the styles she wanted, let alone a size to fit.  We didn't get back from shopping until about 6:30 or so.  And then I had to fire up the grill for dinner because she wanted to make burgers and hot dogs on the grill.

Finally, it was time for Ali to blow out her candles.  This year, Alison didn't want a cake.  Instead, she asked for a birthday cookie.  It was hard to get the candles to stand on it because it was a flat cookie, but I managed to do it.

So all in all, Alison had a very good birthday I think.  She was a little tired from running around, plus I had to go to work in the morning, so we put off watching The Lorax until tomorrow.  I looked it up on IMDB and it only got a 6.4 rating, so I can't wait to see how they butchered this story.