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!)

Getting wet at Des Peres Park.....

We love the parks with water sprinklers - they are perfect for Jo! It doesn't require too much packing for me & is a good way to spend a summer evening. I like to be outside as much as possible since I am inside all day at work plus it wears out Jo. This time, we went to Des Peres park.

Tried to take some pics of the girls....

I really really tried, but I needed Pete to distract them while I snapped away. I got a few, so let me know what you think. I plan on doing it again (possibly same clothes) when the cast comes off.