Cheese Please

Ah. Another Cheese Days has came and went. Curds consumed, beer drunk. Long ass parade sat through. All in all a successful event.

It was Addisyn's first Cheese Days. Well, second in a way. She was being cooked during the last one. Us two hung out Saturday morning while the rest of the fam-damly went golfing. I took her down to the square early to just walk around and see what all was there. Unfortunately and stupidly I forgot my money so I could not take advantage of the short cheese curd line. The crowd was pretty thin so I let her out of the stroller for a bit by the stage and she went to town dancing to the yodeling. She's such a silly little girl. She loves to dance and she's got some of the cutest moves you'll ever see. Describing them won't do justice but there's this one where she'll stick one arm out to the side, palm up and spin in a circle. It's such a ballet move. I think the look on her face while she does it is priceless as well, like she's really into it.

After that we wandered around some more then headed back 'cause it was nap time. After her nap and lunch we went back down and holy cats was the square packed. She wasn't too happy that I wouldn't let her out to dance again. On the way back to the house she kept going "Weeeeee! Weeeeee!" or saying "Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?"

That chick is getting smart. Which I know babies are a lot smarter then we give them credit for and I know I've said that before but to see it is kind of cool. I was holding her and talking with some other people and she just started to say "I...I..." so I look at her and she's pointing to her eye. For no good reason she just decided to point it out. So then I asked her where my eyes were and she poked one then proceeded to try to pry it open. Then to see if she was quick on her feet I asked where her ears were. She got it no prob. Then to the nose, then back to the eyes. She doesn't know mouth yet but when we were saying it and pointing it out she was giving us her look that says "ok...ok...wait...wait...I'm thinking...I'm thinking. Got it!" She gives you the same look when you do something new and soon enough she'll do it or say whatever you were trying to get her to say.

She was also really into saying "I got it!" We were playing with a ball when it started on Saturday. I took it from her and said "I got it!" then hid it. So she gave me her little thinking look, found the ball and yelled "I GOT IT!" So I snatched it back, hid it again and she found it and yelled "I got it!" again. Then later I think I asked her where her cup or something was that she had so she held it up and said "I got it!"

She's also into cleaning and picking up. I handed her a baby wipe and pointed at a table so she went and wiped it up. She found some of her shoes on the floor so she picked them up, went to the closet and put them where they belonged. Hopefully she keeps that up! This helpful stage could be quite the benefit for me. I can get her to do stuff! I tried to get her to put my shoes on my feet for me and she sure tried her hardest but couldn't quite get it. We'll work on that. She also likes to walk on her knees. She'll go three feet, face plant, get back up, go another three feet, face plant again. It's funny.

Ok ok ok. Enough about Addisyn already.

The rest of Cheese Days was great. Beer tent adventures Saturday night with huge beer bottles being used as weapons. The parade that lasts oh, about 2 hours too long for me. I did make out like a bandit with loot though. Win! And I saw all the musts. The cows. The New Glarus Fire Department old school ladder company. The giant wheel man. The Racing Sausages. I was surprised there were no politicians like usual.

And I think that rounds out Cheese Days quite nicely. Which means this post is done.

Chow mein fools!