Enjoying the Great Outdoors

This summer has been unusally mild for us here in St Louis, but I am definitely not complaining. The kids love being outside, but we need a fence soon! They are way to fast for me to keep them from all running off. They love their playhouse that a friend let us borrow.

Hello!

Welcome to my house! Cory likes to control the door.

Knock, knock, who is there? It's Cory!

Running down the hill.

Ella looking cute as usual.

Kelen! Come help us!

What do you think this does?

Let me try.

No need to look over here Mom!

Drivers Beware...

there are some new drivers out there. Oh, how the kids love to ride their cars on the deck. It is like a mini racetrack around the patio table. Sometimes it is like bumper cars.

I am so innocent.

Cory speeding pre haircut.

I can't get the horn to work.

Summer haircuts

We bought a new hair trimming set and Daddy found his calling. He buzz cut both of the boys for summer. Cory's hair was just so out of control! Here is the end result. A couple of studs!

Magic House

We made our first trip to the Magic House this summer. The kids loved it, but it totatlly stressed me out! They have a great toddler area that is gated off, which was great, but with only Kevin and I to watch the kids, we were still outnumbered! The triplets wanted to run and investigate everything, which was fine except there was still some stairs and things that I knew they couldn't quite do on their own yet. So, Kevin and I worked up a sweat trying to chase all of them and keep them from getting hurt. If I had one more person with us it would have been perfect. But we got to meet alot of the other MOMMES families. I think there were about 30 families there with 3-8 kids each. It was crowded!

Check out that hair!

Playing with the boat.

Hey, that guy looks just like me!
Up and down the stairs. Get out of my way!

Playdates!

I know, I know, I haven't blogged in so long! But we have been pretty busy with summer activities and lots of playdates. I am now trying to catch up with posts about all the stuff we have been doing.

We have done a lot of playdates with the Nimmons triplets, who just turned 2 this month. We have also done some playdates with some other friends in the neighborhood. I think this has helped alot to get the kiddos used to being around other people and in different environments. And it has really been great for me to get out and visit with other moms! They have a blast playing with all the new toys. We have also taken them to several parks where they can run around and play.

All 6 of the kiddos at Tiffany's house.

Sweet Gabrielle and Jacqueline

Ella checking out the big toddler area at Zachary's Playground.

Playing with the bench! This is fun!
Cory LOVED the cool slide! So did Ella!
The K-man. Wiped out on the way home.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! We had a pretty laid back day today. We made a trip to LOWES this morning, Kevin and I got some sun on the back patio during nap time, then we watched the kids play with their water table on the deck this evening.

Thank you babe for all that you do for our family. After a hard day at work, you always come home and make time for some good chasing, tickling, and wrestling before the kids go to bed. We all love you so much!