Crown Center Trip

On one of my days off in February I decided to take the boys to Union Station & Crown Center for the day. Here are a few pictures of all the fun things we did there.

Avery stirring the porridge in the "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" playhouse.

Eli posing in a knight board @ the Crown Center playhouse.

Eli & Avery playing at Science Center

Eli and Avery posing in the "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears house"

Eli patiently waiting for our food to be delivered on a train at Fitz's

Eli and Avery pretending to fly a rocket-ship at Science Center

Gingerbread Houses and Visiting Santa

Elias and Avery visiting with Santa


Eli creating his gingerbread house


Avery working on his gingerbread house


The finished products!!!

Halloween

We had a wonderful halloween this year! The boys quickly caught on to trick or treating this year and came home with a load of candy.

Avery my sweet Brown Bear



Elias the bear hunter


The hunter caught his bear early on:)

Preschool Pumpkin Patch Trip and Mr. Potato Pirate Pumpkins

Instead of carving pumpkins this year with the boys we came across these Mr. Potato Pirate pumpkins which were a big hit!!! Thanks Target :)

Eli's preschool class had a field trip to a pumpkin patch in Independence last week. The weather was beautiful and the kids had a fun time-- picking out their own pumpkin, going through the corn maze, eating a picnic lunch, playing in hay bales & slides, and a bonus was having their cousin Ashlynn ride with them in our truck.

Funny Faces

Elias and I being silly one afternoon.  Avery refused to put the glasses on :)

The boys just LOVE washing dishes and want to do it all the time.  Hope this lasts through through high school!!!

Family Memories of September '09

We took a family trip to Saint Louis a few weekends ago and it was a great time!  We took the Amtrak train, which the boys loved.  A few highlights of our trip included:  City Museum, Discovery Room @ Science City, Build A Dino @ Science City, The Gateway Arch, Ferry Boat Tour, Union Station, etc.  We hope to do it again some day.

Build A Dino @ Science City

Discovery Room @ Science City

Avery on the Train

Eli & Tony on the Train

On our way up to the top of the Gateway Arch

My baby turned "3" this month!  

You are such a loving, affectionate, happy, curious, smart, and wonderful little boy, luv you!!!

 

Weekend Camping Trip

We headed to Big Hill this weekend for a camping trip.  It was a perfect weekend for camping.  The boys had a wonderful time.  After setting up camp, I headed down to the dock to tell the boys to come up for supper.  The boys were throwing rocks into the lake and I was watching the fish jump all around.  Next thing I knew Avery had taken an extra step and fallen into the lake!!!  I immediately jumped in after him, needless to say the boys didn't go down to the dock without us close by.  Here is a clip from our flip after the accident.  Eli was pretty shakin' up and was so sweet to his little brother.