Last week, we made a quick, 3-day trip to St. Louis for a "mini-vacation." We stayed with my grandparents and it was a treat to see them again. Kayla was just infatuated with Grandpa's treasures in his pockets -- a pocket knife and his sunglasses!
I was so happy that Grandma got a chance to hold Tyler -- he was especially "cooperative" during this stretch!
We went to the zoo in St. Louis . . . a tad bigger than the "World Famous Topeka Zoo!" I was worried the temp. was going to be too much, but the shade made it very tolerable. To be perfectly honest, I am not a huge "zoo person" we had a nice time spending several hours there.
We gave the kids the choice of riding either the train or the carousal -- and Joshua "convinced" Kayla that this was the ride of choice . . . big brothers have a way of doing that!
My "baby!" ( . . . Joshua, not the monkey . . . just for clarification!)
It was fun to see animals that we never get to see here . . . like the camel. Would you believe that THIS, yes, THIS animal was the first one Joshua wanted to see? I never realized they were so . . . um . . .not visually pleasing! We can now check it off our list . . . we have seen a camel!
A big 'ole turtle
Flamingos!
Penguin -- these were cool!
We also went to the "Magic House" -- a hand's on kids museum . . . and thanks to some great coupons, we only paid for two tickets! We spent over two hours there, and still didn't get to see everything b/c the kids were entering "meltdown zone" (aka nap time) and thought we'd spare the innocent spectators! I just realized how few pics I took -- we were took busy running from one exhibit to the next. If I get super motivated, I may snag some from Bryan's phone.
This was a three-story "Jack and the Beanstalk" leaf-thingy that the kids could climb up and down on. Kayla was game for trying it right away . . . but it took Joshua a while to warm up to the idea. By the time we left, they were both climbing the entire thing.
This electro-static ball thing was cool. Joshua's hair really didn't do much . . .
but Kayla had AWESOME hair for this!
Yes . . . I can definitely attest to the truth of this sign . . .
. . . and this sign!
We had a blast there -- and would highly recommend the place to other families with small kids. Especially with the coupons . . .I know, I'm such a geek! Have a great week everyone!
Last week, we went to the zoo and Kayla got up close and personal with the cat!
The train ride that followed . . .
Tyler's first train ride made a huge impression . . .
Yes . . .that would be the "gun" my son made out of a corn cob . . .
For all you PA people . . . look what I bought at our grocery store last week! I was ecstatic!
Celebrating another potty training milestone . . . we're gettin' there, folks!
OK, so tonight we went on a bike ride. While we were out, we saw 3 hot air balloons. Bryan got the idea that we should "chase" them -- so, we went back home and all got in the van.
We went about a mile and realized they were actually coming towards our neighborhood.
The one balloon finally landed in a field about a mile away.
Puttin' it all away! The funny thing is that on our way back home, we realized that the 3rd balloon actually landed IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Like . . . on a street about 3 blocks away from our house. Crazy. Bryan was pretty bummed we didn't see that landing. I must say, it was a good, spontaneous, un-planned family activity! (Can you tell I'm TYPE A???)
