The other night we went with J’s parents and brother to Chuck E Cheese. Of course Ben had fun, but I don’t think he had as much fun as these two. There’s nothing quite like two almost 30 year old brothers playing a video game meant for a 5 year old.
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An Animal Affair: St. Louis Zoo
Since I’ve been such a bad blogger lately, I am just now getting around to posting about our trip to the zoo two weekends ago. I had been nagging asking J to go to the zoo since Summer, but let’s face it, 95 degrees and animal droppings do not sound like fun. As it turns out our procrastination paid off and we just happened to have one last weekend where it was 70 and sunny. We seized the opportunity and off to the St. Louis Zoo we went. Oh, look it’s a monkey. Wait, what is he doing….. Just enjoying a little snack that he pulled from his rear end! That’s right.…
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7 Things
You know how much I love a meme so here is yet another one… 7 Things I Plan to Do Before I Die 1. Decorate my house exactly how I want it. In every room. 2. Visit Italy. 3. Actually read all the books on my book list. 4. Bake a pie from scratch. 5. Give our parent’s an all inclusive trip somewhere involving sand and water 6. Eat at the Melting Pot 7. Go to Chicago with J 7 Things I Can Do 1. Cry on cue. 2. Say the thing everyone is thinking but won’t say. 3. Get ready in under a half an hour(from shower to out…
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Too Cool For School
On the way home from preschool today I turned around to look at Ben and saw this. He’s awesome.
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Monkeying Around on Halloween
Halloween was such a blast this year. The festivities started a few weeks ago with our annual tradition of carving pumpkins.Wanting our child to keep all his little fingers, we opted for painting instead of carving. He did do a great job though of separating the pulp from the seeds. J and Ben’s pumpkins. Noticeably mine was absent and there’s a reason for it. It was crap and I was pretty disappointed in myself. The Friday before Halloween, Ben’s preschool had a fall carnival with games, face painting, and prizes. Ben did so well sitting still to get his face painted. I was sure that both Ben and his teacher…