Locks of Love

I have been growing my hair out for almost 2 years...at first it was the last thing I could think of during the chaos of having a 1.5 year old and a baby to care for...then one day my sister and I saw the same Oprah. It was Hilary Swank cutting her hair for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. That week we both decided to grow our hair for a good cause. Well, my sis is loving her long hair and in no rush to lose the locks. I on the other hand have lived in a messy ponytail for the past 6 months and decided the time had arrived...adios long hair. I am back to the bob!!!

Fun In The Lou

The past couple of weekends have been filled with family fun - last weekend was capped off with E's first Cardinal game ever. I guess that's the difference between the first and second - J's first game was when she was 4 months old (opening day at the new stadium, no less) whereas E had to wait 2 whole years before we managed to get the whole family there. Definitely good times to be had. We had a ton of fun, managed to see a great game and lots of fireworks thanks to 3 homeruns and the finale win.

This Labor Day weekend we enjoyed ourselves at a friend's bbq, Sunday spent at Grandma and Poppy's and on Monday we took the girls down to the Boathouse for some paddle boating. Russ definitely had his work cut out for him - paddling all of us most of the time. J helped some (in her own beautiful way :)) and I paddled when I wasn't being smothered by children. He definitely got a good workout in today!!

We wrapped up our outing with lunch at Fitz's where E got to experience her first root beer!! It was a huge hit :)

Just Hanging Out...

Days have been flying with nothing crazy to report. We have been blessed with beautiful weather for the end of August so we are trying to play outside as much as possible. Here are some pics of an afternoon spent outside with "chalk paint." My friend Sara gave me this idea from her blog. It's super easy - corn starch, water and food coloring - and I agree that it was more fun than your standard sidewalk chalk. After all, there must be a correlation between fun and mess :) While her kids are a little older than mine - you can see what E was most interested in!! Luckily it was cool enough for her to wear jeans for the next two days as her legs were dyed bright green, yellow and blue from the food coloring. Maybe we have a future scientist on our hands? J was definitely taken with the painting aspect of the activity - at least when her sister wasn't trying to destroy her precious artwork...

Other than some fun stuff around the house, we spent Tuesday and today at playgrounds around STL. . Russ was traveling Tuesday so I figured a perfect night to have a McD's picnic at Buder Park and run some energy off. Today was so pretty that we met Robyn and Mickey up at Suson Park for a couple of hours to play, picnic and see the animals.

Good Times.