Weekend the third

Mmmmmmm rhubarb
Cutest farmer's market bouquet ever!
Me petting a cow. If you look at this picture more closely you'll see that I am way more excited then any of the kids to be petting this baby calf.
Yay Cows!

So apparently May was a super busy month, and while it was fun I'm enjoying having some more downtime in Madison.

This was our May-
Weekend #1 - Camping at the Kickapoo
Weekend #2 - Daytrip to Chicago
Weekend #3- Helping Mark's parents move (and getting engaged!)
Weekend #4 - I was in Florida
Weekend #5 - Camp Balsams

So though we had lots of fun we didn't spend as much time in Madison and some of my favorite moments are when we're just kicking around here.

So this past weekend that's exactly what we did.

Saturday we went to the Farmer's Market (surprise surprise). It was really nice though because we haven't been able to go and just enjoy the Farmer's Market in awhile. The past few weeks we've been going and parking with only about 30 minutes to walk around. So Saturday we did it the right way. We walked downtown, took our time walking around and looking at all the produce and plants. We were rounding the third corner when I saw this sign: "Cows ahead." I'm pretty sure Mark thought this was a joke. I exclaimed rather excitedly "There are cows!" and he said something to the extent of, "I don't think there are real cows." BUT THERE WERE!!!!! It was Cows on the Concourse. I have been WAITING for this event since I read about it in my Wisconsin travel guide last summer. There were COWS at the FARMER's MARKET. I love cows! I love the Farmer's Market! What a glorious combination! Some might not understand my love of cows, but I think they're beautiful animals. They have the prettiest eyes and they're so warm when you pet them. I may have been the only adult crouched down petting the 3 day old calf, but heck it was worth it. This is one of my favorite things about Madison. There are always festivals and events going on. For the Cows on the Concourse there were a ton of extra booths set up selling dairy products and promoting drinking milk (this is the dairy state after all).

Mark had report cards to do this weekend so he spent a good chunk of time doing that, but we also had some time to just hang out and relax. Saturday night after Mark had worked on report cards for awhile at his apartment we ordered pizza and had a picnic at his apartment (which we jokingly call the storage apartment). It was a rainy evening and it was fun sitting on the floor eating pizza and listening to the rain and birds singing outside. He did more work and I started working on some new art projects.

Sunday we did more of the same - he worked on report cards and i worked on art. Then we did "Ride the Drive". Some of Madisons busiest roads around the capitol are closed from 10-4 and open only to bikes. It is way cooler than it sounds. It's a 6 mile loop and it was so much fun to be able to bike on those roads and not have to worry about cars! There were tons of people out riding bikes and everyone just seemed super happy. Sunday evening Mark and I watched Up and just relaxed. It was a lovely weekend.