Balloon Glow - September 19

This is really cool! St. Louis every year sets off a whole bunch of hot air balloons from Forest Park. This year there was over 65 balloons. Spence was working Cardinals Game so the girls and I went with one of the other Seminary wives and her two boys.

This is Jess, Noah, and Hudson:

We got to be right up front to see a good view of them blowing the balloons up and taking off.

Our beautiful little girls watching the balloons fly away . . .

We had a blast! It was an amazing site.

Then we spent two hours in traffic trying to get home . . . praise the Lord for DVD players and Noah not minding watching Cinderella.

Magic House

Back in September, one of the Presbyterian churches rented out St. Louis's children's museum for a Sunday evening. One of our upstairs neighbors (Melissa, pregnant with # 2 due at the end of November, and Ella) are members and invited us to go with them. We had lots of fun!

The girls enjoyed the pizza parlor: taking orders, serving and running the cash register.

And of course, grocery shopping. What's more fun then being able to grab all the stuff off the shelf!

The water works table. I guess maybe playing in water could be more fun??

Rockbridge Weekend

Every Labor Day weekend we spend with Grammy Vicki's side of the family, the Gareys, at Rockbridge, MO. It's a trout fishing ranch.

First, we have to fish . . .

Then we get to play . . .

Daddy's great at both!

The girls love both, too!

Along with me having to pack us up, Maddie has started folding and packing her baby doll clothes when we go trips.

The Cook!

Maddie loves to cook! She saw this recipe on Playhouse Disney from ZeFronk.

Very simple . . . cherry tomatoes, cut and gutted, then filled with cottage cheese and sprinkled with sprinkles. She did an awesome job making them but then didn't want to eat them. She liked them, but didn't want to eat them.

Maddie's First Day of Preschool

Maddie started school on August 27 . . . the same day as Daddy!

This is the class pet: Janie the Rat

Spence is a little disturbed by it.

Apparently the teacher picked it because rats have good social skills.

Maddie's 4!

Maddie's birthday was back in August.

The morning of we opened presents . . . .

Rode the carousel at the mall . . .

Sang "Happy Birthday" and enjoyed some cupcakes!

After a restful afternoon nap (yeah, right!) . . .

Grammy, Grandaddy, Mammie & Popo all came for the weekend to celebrate with us!

This explains it all . . .

For dinner on Saturday night we took the grandparents to Guido's at The Hill. Baby had to sit with us at the table. Little did Maddie know how hungry Baby was . . . she ate all the bread Maddie gave her. The look on Maddie's face was priceless!!

We can't believe our little preemie is already 4!