Sidewalk paint.

Cornstarch + water + food coloring = lots of fun on a hot day. Paintbrushes, old tennis balls & hands & feet made a big ole mess. Fun times for all!




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Go Cards!

We have been talking all spring about taking the kids to a Cardinal's game and yesterday was the day. Thanks to Craigslist, Paul was able to score us some good tickets in the shade which was nice since it was 92 degrees yesterday! We made it through 7 innings and I only had to spend two of those chasing Jonah around in the halls. When we left the Cards were down by two but came back to win in the 10th inning. We had fun I think. I didn't see much of the game!

With my sister Bethany. Did I mention she's living with us till the end of July??

Baby's first Cards game.

Slip N Slide

Last summer Leah loved the slip and slide. However, I tossed the one we had last summer. It was pretty gross & part of it was broken. It saw lots of mud and grass and such. Yesterday we stopped and Marshalls and LEah went through the check out line with daddy while I was cruising the clearance section in the back. She talked daddy into a new slip and slide. This one has a tunnel to go over it too but we didn't get that part up yet. We invited some playgroup friends to come over and try it out with us (yes us, I took a turn too). Leah loved it, especially when I picked her and Jonah up and threw them down the slide super fast!

36 hrs in Nashville

Back in April my friend Ronda and I hopped on an airplane early on Saturday morning headed to San Antonio! It was a great 36 hrs visiting our friend Jennifer who moved down there with her family in March. We had a small shower for Jen and then hit the Riverwalk for the rest of the evening. Fun times for sure!

Of course, it may be the last time I ever get to go anywhere. Paul had quite the time with the kids!

Weekend in Nashville

Paul had a meeting for work at Opryland Hotel down in Nashville so the kids and I drove down at the end of the week to hang out with him. We learned that 3 nights in a small hotel room with little people is less than ideal but we survived. We spent some quality time in the swimming pool and exploring the gorgeous gardens at the hotel. Supper at the Aquarium and lunch at Wildhorse Saloon were pretty cool too.

Ready for swimming!!

Pretty girl in the gardens

Ice Cream!

swimming with daddy!

my two trouble makers

The Aquarium

Stressed out parents!!

Blog Schmog

ugh, I am miserably behind on blogging. I missed posting about our sort of fun weekend in Nashville. I haven't posted about my fun 36 hr get away to San Antonio to see my friend Jennifer. I haven't posted about my sewing adventures. I haven't posted about hosting a huge babyshower for my playgroup. Really, I think it's the spring weather. We are busy but I'd rather be outdoors than in front of the computer. I shall add a few pics. Then back to to the grind around these parts!

Ready for some baseball!

Yup, we are ready to watch some Twins & Cardinals games. Looks like we may have a future player on our hands. Paul got both kids balls & gloves for Leah's birthday!




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Easter Sunday

We attempted to get a decent family photo and a decent photos of the kids together but this is about as good as it gets!

 

 

 

 

City Museum

This past weekend we got a visit from Auntie Abby and her boyfriend Ryan. We were happy to see her and glad she made the trip all the way from Minneapolis. On Saturday we took them to City Museum. It's tought to describe what the place is all about. It's a combination of art and jungle gym and junk. The entire place is construced from materials "found" in the city of Saint Louis. Fun times were had by all. The rest of the weekend was great too!

 

 

 

 

How does your garden grow??

Well, our garden isn't growing at all yet but after a week of 70+ temps I sure hope we see something before too long! Leah was super excited to get some seeds going this year. I wish I had been organized enough to do some ahead of time in the house but with a month worth of company every weekend, it just didn't happen. Oh well.

I'm hoping we get a bit more out of our little bed than we did last year. Last year was sort of a "test" and I figured out what we needed more of. Greens Beans and Sugar Snap peas are taking up most of the space, along with carrots, lettuce, & chard. We will do some buckets with tomatoes and peppers and a few herbs up on the deck too I think. Last year the tomatoes and pepper got eaten by squirrels. Hopefully we can keep them away this year. And hopefully we will have some seeds come up. Jonah really got into the whole "digging" thing and may have dug up more seeds than we got planted!

 

 

 

 

Four!

My baby girl is four. For some reason this birthday was a hard one for us. She all of a sudden seems so grown up. Tall, pretty, opinionated, sassy all that stuff. I remember being pregnant and wondering what sort of personality she would have. . . .and know we know!

So what is Leah doing at four?? Totally into art work. Girl spends TONS of time sitting a the counter with crayons or markers. Give her a scissors and glue and you may not see her till supper time! YOu'll hear her though because she never stops chattering!! Music is another love. SO much that she requested a stage and lights to do her own shows! hmm what else

- calls herself a daddy's girl
- loves her brother as long as he doesn't touch her stuff
- play makeup was her favorite birthday gift along with the stage her daddy built her
- loves to talk to people on the phone
- interested in dinosaurs and this morning wanted to know if they live in volcanoes
- close to her friends. nice that she has had the same ones for quite a while now. making a few new ones too!

so much more I could say about my girl. I can only imagine what I'll have to say in 4 more years!!

Running

 

This past Saturday we packed up the kids, some friends, & the bottle of Bailey's and headed downtown for me to run the Saint Louis Saint Patty's day 5 mile run and to catch the huge parade. 11,000 other people ran the race too and it was quite the experience. I'm glad to say that my kids know that exercise is important. They know that mommy likes to do it and that's why I haul them to the YMCA several days a week. They know that we do it to stay healthy and that it can be fun.

Now of course I'm not sure it was too fun doing it in 40 degree weather and then standing around in the same weather to watch the parade. And I'm sure it wasn't too healthy sipping Baileys after the race but good times none the less. It was all made better by the fact that our old friends, the Hansens, made the 8 hour drive down from Green Bay, WI to enjoy the festivities with us. I was thrilled that I treated them to thier first "corned beef and cabbage feast" and that they liked it!!