Grandma Stewart Visits!!

Daniel's mom, Debra, came into town to visit while her husband was off in Austrailia (!) on a long business trip! Oh my goodness, did we have fun.

The day after she arrived was Saturday and we all went out to Milwaukee to see some sights. We took a ferry boat tour up the Milwaukee River, which turned around in Lake Michigan. So, we saw the city on the river, and saw the gorgeous, enormous lake at the end. Notice the lighthouse. Lighthouse? Aren't those for oceans?

Next we stopped by the Milwaukee art museum. This huge white structure is newer and was added onto the original museum, which is very boring on the outside. It definitely draws the crowd and is just cool (and there's not even art in it!). We probably saw 4-6 wedding parties taking pictures while we were out.
Inside the museum

The art museum from the side
From the front entrance. Those "wings" or the "sail" or the "fin" are made from many white beams that acutally close up toward the center at night. Funky, huh?

Then, there were halloween cookies

Eliza's signature cookies: blob of frosting, shake of sprinkles, and handful of candy corns (that she would later pick off).
Grandma and the kids played board games, did puzzles, and dressed up in tutus. She even went to help out in Andrew's class one morning and got to go chaperone Abby's field trip to a play!

Just before she left, we took Debra to see the Kohl's headquarters. So, here's a look at it!

The cube

Well, when Grandma wasn't busy with the kids, my Mother-in-law and I got projects going! We shopped for curtain and pillow fabric (another "before and after" to look forward to), found a few living room accessories, and shopped for the many pieces to the kids' halloween costumes. We zipped around town like crazy women and got a lot done! With her lovely assistance, I even painted that kitchen wall on her birthday! (And had the tape off before dinner.)