Random catch up

Here is a quick catch up of what we have been up to...
Starting to get out more and explore our new city. Went to a park for a picnic on Saturday night, it was pretty and fun we will for sure go back.

Here is belly at 16 weeks





Girls want to be cool like dad in his shirts, hats and shoes


Ani has been scared at bedtime lately so she will crawl in bed with little sis, and its so cute we have to get pics before putting her into her own bed. I love these pictures!!



And we have been starting to get out and meet more friends and neighbors, it's been nice to have people to chat with and let kids play. One mom had a cookie party and the kids made elmo and cookie monster cookies, Joss had a lot of fun.


And she is super cute:)

Back to School

The girls started school last week. It was really needed! We were getting bored and cranky with each other and I just need a little alone time with a super cute 3 year old:)
The night before we did our back to school fashion show, and guess what? It turned out great this time! No crying, yelling, pouting like last year. Just silliness, dancing, and lots of diva attitudes.





Caught this as dad was leaning down for a kiss during a dance. Cute



And Ani might win best poses and moves again this year, she is pretty crazy.





Ani is in all day kindergarten which is tough, she is getting a little better after a week and cries a little less but she is exhausted and not used to all this learning. She told me she hates growing up, you have to color in the lines! She also came home saying "the boy on my left is annoying and the one on the right is obnoxious"!
Ave is loving school-of course. She jumped right into it, found friends, loves her teacher, sits by a cute boy etc.
Ry on the other hand has had a harder time. 7th grade in a new school is tough. It was really hard for me to drop her off on the first day cause I knew how nervous she was. Each day seems to get better for her, luckily she is outgoing and not like me! She will be fine as soon as she makes some friends I am sure.
And the boss and I just love the quiet house to ourselves. I am so glad to have this time with her and get to pay all my attention to her, its tough when you have 3 loud sisters to ever get heard, she will yell "my turn to talk" over and over until you let her talk.
Dad was able to meet us for a few minutes for after school icecream which was a great surprise and Aunt Beth and uncle Mikey were in town visiting so they were there too. Which they loved cause our family misses out on a lot with us being so far away.

Top it off

We have had a pretty crappy summer. After moving to a super humid area we sit home every day. The most fun we have is going to the grocery store, the library and happy hour at Sonic for slushies. So with the girls starting school in a few days we decided to go have some fun to top of the summer break. We decided on St Louis, and Jesse's co-resident and his family came with us.
I can not even describe to you the amount of fun we had! The 2 1/2 hr drive not so much fun, but the rest yes:)
We started out at the Saint Louis Zoo which is free, you just walk right in. Which was crazy because it is an amazing zoo. We had fun at the zoo and saw penguins and puffins for the first time, but it was hot! After about four hours the kids had had enough. So we drug them to a nearby park and had a picnic, and then I poured icewater on them to cool them down, they loved it!
From there we hit Ted Drewes famous custard shop, it was so good! The kids had custard in little St Louis Cardinals helmets and loved it!
Then we went to a place called City Museum, it is definitely not a museum. It is a huge building that they built mazes, slides, tunnels, wire climbing areas, rope swings, magic shows, ball pits, ramps, etc. I cant even describe this place besides saying it was so awesome. We saw grown men giggling and moms and dads playing right with their kids, it was comparable to Disneyland for sure! So much fun!
There was an art area and the kids loved sculpting with clay, painting pictures, making collages, etc this area was a big hit for our artists. Aniston actually loved the whole place and went down crazy scarey slides, swung on rope swings, and slid down skate ramps right along with the older kids. She was awesome. Joss had a lot of fun too but hers was downsized to the kiddie area, the train, building with blocks, and painting. Ave loved it all, except the slides. She had fun running wild with Ani and exploring all the tunnels. Ry on the other hand did nothing. She sat and read the entire time. She went outside and climbed a few things but thats about it. She said it would be fun with friends or cousins but apparently we are not fun. Her loss:)

We finished the night off with some pizza at Vito's and watching fireworks by the arch. It was a pretty fun last minute ending to our summer break.




Our group at the zoo. And yes this is the only picture I have of Ry with us.


We loved the penguins!


Cooling down with icewater showers and a shaded picnic


City Museum







The family ( and mylee) having frozen custard.