And Dance!

He may look like his dad, but he gets his dance skills from his mama! James just started doing this dance sequence during our animal search at Lone Elk. Disclaimer: it's hard to search for animals all tied down in carseat. Both kids were out of their seats, searching for buffalo, elk, and turkeys. We were going about 5mph and were one of the only cars on the trail........

ABC

So, James has been singing his ABC's forever but he will never let me film him doing it. Finally, he allowed me to tape him! I love how James uses the pan as a microphone and does his little dance on the chair. Enjoy!!

Spooky Spooky Spooky!

The kids love dressing up in their skeleton costumes and running around saying "Mr. Bones"! Keira says " Ahh Eeee Booo". We have had lots of fun this fall season apple picking, pumpkin picking and spooking people with these cute little skeletons. Every year the St. louis Zoo is haunted at night. Everyone is welcome to visit in their costumes and enjoy the spooky jack o lanterns, ghosts, gobblins and scary lights and sounds.






Keira

James

Check out the video!

Bison, Elk and Dodo Birds....Oh my!!

A perfect day for the kids always includes a drive through Lone Elk Park and a visit to the Wild Bird Sanctuary. Lately, we have been going almost daily! The kids will wake up and say "look for animals, buffalo..and deer...and what else.....bird house....and water and trees and ....what else.....mama coffee"!




Look, a little cage for the kids when they are naughty! They like it!

Here are some cranes. There are all sorts of birds here including vultures, bald headed eagles and owls. All of the birds at the sanctuary have been injured and are being rehabbed.

Look, a lone elk!

Bison!!

Check out this video. It was bison mating season and the animals were getting a little too close for comfort....

Baby for Hire

Will play at weddings, funerals, other special events. Will work for snacks.

NO, that's James's coffee!

Ahh, a nice long walk in our favorite park on a cool morning. I was helping Keira feed our favorite horse, Tommy-Oh, when I turned and discovered that James was enjoying my cuppa joe! Watch the video at bottom.

Be sure to watch this video for a laugh!

Catching up.....Fun in Florida!

We took a little road trip to Destin, Florida last week. The kids were great during the 12 hour drive! They watched movies, read books, and snacks.

The kids played for hours in the sand and surf. It was the perfect family vacation with little ones!

Ben dug a giant hole in the sand, threw in some toys and the kids had tons of fun. We called it our "Trap n Play". It was....perfect!

Here we are at Beachside, Fl. This is the small town where The Truman Show was filmed.

James and Keira have decided to be buddies this evening. Here they are on our balcony overlooking the ocean.

Sand, ocean, tons of fun!

Mmmmm, Nan!

This is our favorite Indian restaurant. We usually go here for the lunch buffet on the weekend. The kids love the food and music, see for yourself in the 2 videos below! In the first video Keira is loving her nan and dipping her nan (this usually ends in quite a mess). In the second video, the kids are dancing to the Indian music playing in the background (you can't really hear it in the video). Doesn't James look like one of those cute little kids in Slumdog Millionaire? Enjoy!

Swing, Swing Swing

The kids love the swing at Grammy's house! They will swing in it all day if you let them. Be sure to check out the video at the end!

Chillin at Grammy's house....now where is my latte?

Swimsuit is on, let's go to the pool and eat pizza and swim!

This is Tina, my grammy's lesbian dog. Seriously....

Keira is about to plant a big kiss on James, how sweet!

Gotta love this video....

A Day at the Farm

"What are you looking at?"

We have discovered a new favorite place to spend a day in St Louie.....the farm! The kids love this farm, which is actually a county park. There are several barns and pastures, a very nice playground, walking trails and a lake with fish! So much to see, do and smell! Animals include horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, turkeys, rabbits, goats, ducks, and more!

The kids just ran free on the farm, going from barn to barn checking out the sounds and smells of the farm!

This sheep's wool was so thick!

The pigs were stinky and made loud oinking noises!

"Baa, Baa!