2014 Brown Family Spring Break: Baraboo, WI!

For spring break this year, we joined Grammy and Grandpa Brown and the Tieman crew up in Baraboo, WI!  Grammy and Grandpa rented a house and we all bunked together for the week.  We had never been to Baraboo so there was plenty to explore.  We went to the nearby Circus Museum, which had all sorts of old circus train cars on exhibit as well as a magic show.  We toured a home that has extensive model train tracks running throughout the property - all over the yard and even in the basement.  It was impressive - the kids loved it.  The retiree that runs it is very passionate about his trains!  The kids also went on a hike or two with Erik and Aaron leading the way, and we all enjoyed playing outside (when the weather got warm and sunny enough - it was WI in March after all, so not balmy!).  We even had a nice fire going in the pit in the backyard, which is always festive and fun.  Erik and I took the kids over to Kalahari indoor water park, which is part of the Dells, for a quick day trip, and I heard more than once that it was "the best day ever."  The conquered the water slides and could have gone on them 100 times more.  We promised another trip there soon.  We also enjoyed movies in PJs at the cabin, especially Grammy's showing of Mary Poppins, which the kids had never seen.  They loved it and are still talking about it and singing the songs daily now that we're back home.  All in all it was a very fun week, and we enjoyed spending the time with family, especially little Charlie who is only about 6 weeks old!  There is a picture below that made us laugh, Gavin asked to hold Charlie and then after a few minutes asked for a phone to play games.  Newborns are super cute, but they don't make the best conversationalists apparently.  Had us all laughing!