St. Louis Silliness!

The kids and I headed to STL for a 9 day trip. It was so much fun. Of course, the kids love to play in grandma and grandpa's basement since we don't have one! Mom and dad have more toys now then I think they did when we were little. Anyway, the kids played downstairs a lot and got to spend a few days playing with Kate, Jonah and Will (their cousins) while they were in town too! That's always complete chaos, but I have to say that all 5 of them smile the biggest when they all get to be silly together.

We fit a lot of fun stuff in this time since Bradley is a little older and ther is a lot of fun stuff to do right around our house. We went to a drive through animal forest park, the zoo, a barn, Purina Farms dog show and Ella went up to preschool one morning with grandma. They loved seeing all the animals and the weather was gorgeous! At the animal forest park it was the best trip ever, we saw every animal that you can possibly see there walking through the forest and has dome elk right by our car. At the Purina dog show there was a little barn as well and Ella got to help milk a cow! I didn't think she would do it because she will not touch anything remotely yuckky! But, she did in fact help milk a cow.....twice!!

It was a nice break to get away and the kids had a blast. On the morning we had to leave I told Ella we were getting on a plane that night and she was really sad! At the airport she was shouting (very loudly), "I miss you guys already" as we were weaving through the lines of security! Both kids were good on the plane, so we survived....if you're a mother of a toddler you know the dreaded feeling of hopping on a plane with a busy little one!!