Swimming with Nanny and Poppy

Diane and Wally have a great swimming pool just about 10 minutes from their house.  Diane has taken walt and baxter there, but our whole family has not had the opportunity to go.  We had a great day. 

Fun with Nanny and Poppie

We decided that we needed some Nanny and Poppie time.  So we headed south to Jackson to spend the weekend with Diane, WAlly, and Bruno.  We went to the amazing water park that they had there.  The kids LOVED it.  I wanted to stay on that lazy river all day long.  We didn't take the camera to the pool so i have some pictures from after while Wally and bob were bbqing  Love the pictures of the 3 generations bbqing!

Tree Hugger

So we went to Francis park on Thursday morning.  We stopped at McDonalds first and all got a yogurt parfait.  (Much to Walt's dismay, I think that at 9:45am he still would have had a "fish sammy")   We found a picnic table and we were enjoying our yogurt, when Francine said (out of the blue) "OH NO..... tree"  and she says it with a sad face.  I look over and see that there is a giant tree stump. :)  i told her maybe she should give the tree a hug.  Then the kids and went to play on the tree.  It was another beauty of a day in St Louis. 

Getting Ready

So getting shoes on and clothes on some mornings becomes a challenge.  On Wednesday she ran and hid and then tried to use a foam noodle to fight me off.  :)

Zoo with Playgroup

It's Tuesday so it means that it is another playgroup.  Today we met at the zoo.  The carosel is free at the zoo for the first hour that it is open, so we got there just in time to ride THREE times in a row.  Francine and I were done after 1, but walt loves that carosel. 
Then it was off to the chimps, rhinos, anteaters, HIPPOS, and Elephants.  The hippos were swimming all over their pool.  Usually they are just chilling in the water, but not today.  It was a very exciting area today.  Francine sleeps with a purple hippo aka 'Po (thanks Auntie Amanda), so she was excited to see her favorite animals. 

Saturday....

It felt like a Sunday yesterday because bob took off Thursday and Friday.  It was awesome to have those extra days with him.  We decided to take in one of the many park concerts around us and went to Lafayette Park to see the Ralph Butler Band.  It was great.  THe kids especially liked the sno-cone tent that was set up!

Country Mouse

Friday we went to Wentzville/Lake St Louis area to hang out in Todd, Paige and Hadley's area.  First we stopped at Zachary's playground.  It is a fun park.  Then it was off to put Francine down for a nap and grab lunch.  After lunch the mom's went shopping at the 5 min away Von Maur (sara's favorite store) and the dads and kids played outside.  Then we thought we would go to the pool even though it was chilly.  We were denied, I guess it has to be 72 degrees.  It was 70.  And it was too late to go bowling, so it was a night of more playground and friend fun outside.  The dads bbqed for the moms and it was a delicious dinner!

 Francine was devastated that we could not go into the pool!!!

 Paige and I bought matching pjs for the girls, walt was a little sad he was not included!