1. When you went to local festivals such as "Bratfest" or "Cornfest":
#GrowingUpInWisconsin Living in a city where there is a 3 day festival named after a sausage
2. When the Packers were your life:
#growingupinwisconsin wearing packer jerseys to church
3. When cheese has to be a part of every meal:
#growingupinwisconsin when in doubt, throw some cheese on it
4. ESPECIALLY when that cheese is cheese curds:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin I know what REAL cheese curds are and yeah, I eat them by the pound @ Hollandale Grocery
5. When you never ever got a snow day because Wisconsinites can handle the snow, right?!
in winter, when its 30 below, every school is closed but yours, then trying to make it there without crashing, that's #GrowingUpInWisconsin
6. When you never ever know what the temperature is REALLY going to be like:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin never really knowing how to "dress for the weather" because it always changes five times a day
7. When you knew it was ~summertime~:
Wearing shorts and a t shirt when it's 40 degrees out. #growingupinwisconsin
8. When That '70s Show was your favorite:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin Getting way too excited whenever Wisconsin is mentioned in TV shows or music.
9. Or when this happened:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin feeling personally victimized every time a Disney or Nickelodeon show made a joke about Wisconsin
10. When people not from Wisconsin don't know Wisconsin:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin everyone out of state thinks you own a farm...
11. When, once again, Packers were life:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin u cried when Favre lost his dad, u prayed when Deanna had cancer, & u hated Rodgers until u found out he was Jesus
12. And when this was totally acceptable:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin pre-gaming during church is acceptable if it's Packer Sunday
13. When beer:
#growingupinwisconsin beer is acceptable with any meal.
14. When you're always and forever obsessed with Culvers:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin // Forever getting a kids meal at Culvers just for the free scoop...
15. When you never agonized over what you should eat for dinner:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin My dinner was cheese curds and ranch dressing 😂
16. When life wasn't fair:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin Having the water park capital of the world, when 8 months of the year are winter 🎅🏿💯
17. When all vacations were predictable:
everyone goes "up north" during vacation #GrowingUpInWisconsin
18. This:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin
19. When cavities weren't the concern:
At family reunions, there are 5 coolers of beer and a 12 pack of soda #growingupinwisconsin
20. When everything deserves a tailgate:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin TAILGATING ALL THE DAMN TIME. PACKER GAME? TAILGATE. BREWER GAME? TAILGATE. BEYONCÉ'S IN TOWN? TAIL. GATE.
21. When they made you learn the polka in gym class:
#GrowingUpInWisconsin
22. And finally, THIS:
Home sweet home. #growingupinwisconsin
Ah, good ol' Wisco. We love you!
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