Tuesday, July 03, 2007

The $50+ Souvenir Summerfest Cup

Monday I played hooky from everything and spent a day with the kids. For those of you who don't know, around July 4th every year, Milwaukee plays host to Summerfest, the nation's largest music festival. 11 years ago, it was one of my first dates with Sheryl.

The weather today was beautiful. Around 75 degrees, sunny with a slight breeze here in Chicago. So around 10:30 I (Sheryl was stuck working), loaded all three kids in the van and drove to Summerfest. Before we left I stopped at the bank for some cash. As we were pulling out of the bank's parking lot, Meghan realized she never had breakfast and a Dunkin Doughnuts was in the area. $5.00 later we had 7 doughnuts (BTW, DD has free Doughnut Mondays in July!).

Off we were to Milwaukee. About 75 minutes later, we arrived at the park and ride lot where we met Charles and Harriet, my in-laws. The parking was free but he bus to Summerfest was $9.00. Eventually we arrived at the main gate. Much to our surprise as part of kid's day at Summerfest, admission was free until 3:00!

My relief was short lived. Once we were in the door, there was plenty of ways to spend money.

$3 for 3 balloons for the kids
$20 3 subs and 3 sodas (1 in the souvenir cup) for lunch
$2 for the bounce house
$2 for the street act juggler
$9 to ride the skyway (1 way)

Total spent (without gas money) $50. At the end of the day, I had three tired kids, the photos and my $50 souvenir cup. But you know something? The kids had a great day and I'd do it all over again next year!



Did I mention, the Summerfest grounds were on the shores of Lake Michigan. Here are the kids at lunch time.


We let the baby loose for a couple of moments.


Here's the juggler! Notice that very sharp knife.


A view at the Harley Motorcycle parking lot.

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