somewhere in southern wisconsin

Friday afternoon was very exciting. Evan had his first eye check-up...with Grandpa! We tried our best to get Evan to cooperate, but he just did not want to sit still. But, Grandpa was able to get just enough information to determine that Evan’s eyesight is normal :) Oh, I forgot to mention that a few weeks ago Evan had his 9-month check-up with our pediatrician. Not too much to report, but he has jumped up to the 80% in height, so Eric is very happy.

Anyway, after the eye appointment Evan went with Grandpa home to his house to hang with Grandma so that Eric and I could go out on a “date.” The State Journal is a sponsor of the Parade of Homes, so we got to go to a fancy preview party and then a tour of the homes. We weren’t expecting too much, so we were pleasantly surprised to find amazing food and even more amazing homes. I think Eric got somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 plates of food. But with items like roasted duck confit wontons with dry sake plum sauce, fried mini fish tacos with cabbage and avocado lime cream, ancho rubbed beef tenderloin on crostini with garlic boursin cheese and aged balsamic drizzle, who could blame him! (Free booze didn’t hurt either).

Check out this awesome home:

The weekend also brought more graduation parties and what seemed like gallons of rain. That put a damper on the opening weekend of the outdoor pool, where Eric will be once again managing (and still doing his full-time job at the indoor). It will be a busy summer for him, and I’m very impressed at his commitment and excitement towards all he does. Evan and I will visit him whenever we get the chance.