Special time with Dad

My vacation ended early since I had to go to Portland for a client meeting on Thursday & Friday. Pete stayed home with the girls and did a few more fun adventures on his own (I was quite jealous!) He made a beautiful planting table for me with Rosie & Anna (their first woodworking project with their Dad). It is really nice, and I am excited to use it. I can finally get organized & it has wheels! On Friday, they went to the History Museum to do an art class of some kind. I came home around 1pm, and then we headed to the pool & gave Dad some time alone!

On Saturday, we went to Joanie's pool & had a great time, as always. Thanks Joanie for a great time & a great dinner!!!

Rosie, Anna, Alison, Wil, Jo & me having popsicles!

Jo swimming with Dad & laughing the entire time!

Mmmmm - this is delicious!

Day at the Museum?

That's what we thought, but it only lasted 30 minutes. We tried to go to the St. Louis Art Museum to show Rosie & Anna some really interesting art since they are so interested in drawing, painting, etc. They tried their best to be interested, but the real issue was Josephine. What were we really thinking - a 1 year old would want to view paintings? Come on....

Next stop - the Zoo! Got some good pics before we went into the Museum though!

See Anna pout....

See Anna smile.....

Trying to keep Jo out of the fountain.

Pete & Jo on the train at the Zoo. She is totally Daddy's girl!

As we were leaving the Zoo to get some nourishment, the Gombas' arrived. Rosie was so happy to see her best friend, Gabriella. So, we walked around & the kids used my camera to get some great pics of the animals (I won't bore you with them). Then, we went to Fitz's for some hamburgers & Fitz's root beer. A very fun day!

National Night Out

The 1st Tuesday of August is National Night Out, and Cottonwood Court is the place to be (every year except this year). We were out there for 1 hour before the downpour! The evening cooled off & it was a perfect night to hang with our neighbors, have fun with the police cars & fire trucks, but alas, it rained! The best part of the night was learning how to hula hoop! Teresa & I figured it out after Rosie showed us. It uses some much needed stomach muscles too!

We usually have a great crowd but the "fun people" only showed up until it started raining!

Go Anna & Rosie Go!

Our next adventure in St. Louis - Grant's Farm

I guess I took a break from my computer this week too.... Sorry - I'm going to enter a bunch of blogs now!

Tuesday's event:
It was a hot & steamy day, but we went to Grant's Farm anyway. It's funny that the heat doesn't even affect Josephine. She just keeps going & going!

Who said vacation at home can't be fun?

We are being boring this summer and just taking a week off & staying home. We did go to Disney World in March, so we can't really complain too much! Anyway, we are doing St. Louis sites each day this week & probably hitting the pool every night. It is really HOT & STEAMY this week, but it is August! We went to the Arch today, and then we ate lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I did hear "it's so hot" a few times from Anna today.

Having fun at the pool!

Taylor running through the fountains!

Anna in the same fountains - did you notice her cast is half the size? It got cut down since it is healing so well!! Yeah - 2 1/2 more weeks of a cast (right in time for school to start).

Seems like all I do is post about getting wet, but it is August in St. Louis. Not much to do but swim since it is so muggy & hot. I don't mind because before we know it, we will be back at school & in the heat of soccer practices & games.

Tammy asked us to go to Des Peres pool since it is practically a water park! Paul is in Rosie's class, and they are good buddies. Taylor is in Anna's class, and they are also friends. It worked out great, and they had a blast doing the slides, lazy river & just playing in the pool. I only got 2 pics all day because Jo was attached to my hip all day. She has a little cold and probably should have been taking a nap at home, but she will get lots of sleep on Sunday....

A really cool art camp!!

Above is a showing of their creations!

One of the best camps we did this summer!! This camp was called Camp Confetti, and this woman puts in on in her house. She uses recycled stuff to make all kinds of interesting art projects. Rosie & Anna loved it. They each drew a leaf that I plan on putting up in our new bathroom. Seriously, they are very talented at drawing. They gave me an A+ for finding this camp. Yeah for me (for once!)