Playing at the Park

These kiddos LOVE to be outside!! I love watching them running around, digging in the dirt with sticks, trying to climb trees, and hunting for big leaves.

Her crazy face

I love my days with these sweet faces!

A Fun Day

Last Monday, I had a Groupon that I had to use by the end of February for bowling.  Jack had never been before.  He loved it!

  We had bumpers and that big metal ball track thing for toddlers. The bumpers helped the grown ups' scores, too. :)

Jack was so cute. He would wait for his ball at the ball return. He'd grab it and just walk right up to the lane, hoist it up on the metal thingy, give it a push, and then stand back with his hands behind his back.

Kate wanted to take the shoes home. Ha!

After bowling, we had to take advantage of the GORGEOUS weather (is this seriously winter????) and headed to the park.

We ended the day with dinner at Uncle Scott's. Ahhh, I love days like this with my sweet kiddos.

Can't Believe This is February

Seriously, aren't we supposed to be staying in enjoying hot chocolate the whole month of February? 

This has been the warmest winter I can remember.  I'm not complaining... it's just kinda weird.  

We took advantage of the 65 (!!!) degree weather yesterday and headed to the park. 

 

What a great day!! Jack even surprised us by going down the BIG slide all by himself!

Impromptu Picnic

Every other Tuesday, we have started attending a group called MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). I think we are really going to enjoy it. It is held at a local church and there are a ton of moms and kids.



The kids go play in their little classes while the moms eat breakfast, talk, listen to a guest speaker, do projects, or other activities.



Kate loves going (we've only been twice, but she has a blast). Jack has a lot of fun, too.

It's early... it starts at 9:00, which can be tough getting all three of us ready and out the door by 8:40. It's nice, though, because after it's over, it's still fairly early and we can run a few errands and be back home by nap time.



Last week, the weather was GORGEOUS!!!!!!! I am just loving this fall weather.

We had just gotten a super cute blanket for picnics and it was already in the back of the van, so we had an impromptu picnic at the park.

Kate asked for bagels, so we drove through St. Louis Bread Company, picked up some bagels and I already had a few snacks in the car.



We headed to our park, spread out our blanket under a big tree, and feasted on bagels and Teddy Grahams. ha!



Then, the kids played and played and played. Jack had a hard time staying on the equipment for his age. He is fearless. He climbed to all the high slides, tried to climb the rock wall... he's my little daredevil.


Can you spot him??


I love days like this!! Our days at home are wonderful, just playing all day and lounging around. But, I love our "adventure" days, too.

Playing at the Park

A couple Tuesdays ago, I picked Kate up after work and realized how NICE it was outside.

I figured we had some time to stop by the park before we went home.

I called Mark to see where he was and as it turned out, he had taken the day off to work on his photography webpage. He came and joined us, too.

It was so fun and it made us SO ready for spring.

Kate hasn't been on a slide too much, so she was a little nervous.

See... can't you just SEE the nervousness???? :)

She made this face every time she went down.

I think she looks so much like my baby pictures in that one above.