World Series 2013 Game 3

Kevin's parents have season tickets to the Cardinals, and since K1 was in Thailand and Kevin had a marathon the next day, I got to go to Saturday's game 3 with Louise.

I don't go to many games. It is something that Kevin does with his friends, or Louise and Kevin (1) do with the boys, but I normally do not go. I was just telling Kevin that I would like to go to a meaningful game, since I usually end up with tickets that others pass on. And then a few days later I was asked!

The game was.... crazy. If you have not heard (Where the heck have you been????) the game ended in the strangest, most bizarre way a WS game has ended ever. One word - obstruction. I won't go into it, since there is more than enough on the internet to explain it, but it was a game where I will be able to say "I was there!"

Before the game, but since I tried to spend my time watching the game instead of taking pictures, this is the best picture I have of the field.

Ozzie Smith threw out the first pitch!

This was the 7th inning when the Cards scored 2 runs. I didn't even think about the camera during the 9th inning.

Gwyn's Hair

Gwyn's hair is awesome. Sometimes she let's me braid it, twist it, and I have been able to put it in awesome pigtails since she was a few months old. But whenever I pull it up, the short hair on the sides falls out. She is (FINALLY! okay with headbands. But for now, she still reminds me of Judy, the girlfriend from Revenge of the Nerds. (Side note - excellent movie.)

Does anyone else see it?

UCDC Pumpkinland Visit 2013

Each year our preschool takes a visit to the farm down the road for Halloween/Fall. This year it was all about Gwyn and Joel. Joel is a boy in Gwyn's class, and his older brother Noah happens to be Colin's best friend from preschool. (They do not attend Kindergarten together.) You may remember Noah when Colin was learning to say his name when he was called No-no and the No-Ya. (They met when they were two.)

I love this trip since the pumpkin patch is kept open just for us. It normally closes at 5:30, but it stay open to at least 7:30. (That is when we leave, but we are never last.) It is so dark, you need a flashlight to walk around. I have wanted to walk through the maze that late, but I am not sure that would be a good idea. We lost 2 flashlights this year (Well, Colin did.) but at least we did not lose a wedding ring like last year. And Gwyn was so brave that she just went into the dark Tower of Terror on her own. I had to get in behind another family to just try to follow her. Nothing like the boys.

Here are some pictures!

A replay of American Ninja Warrior training.

Gwyn just had to do anything her brother did... until Joel showed up.

Chillin with the boyfriend.

Swinging with Noah.

Between all the activities, they held hands.

Last week, UCDC had a field trip to the Litzinger Road Ecology Center. (Sounds like a place Megan would like.) Aunt Cathy took Gwyn, and here a a few pictures from the trip. Joel is in most of them. I tried to get a picture of the holding hands at the pumpkin patch, but it was too dark. I am glad Cathy got one!

Pumpkin Patch 2013

This weekend we headed to Thies Farm's Pumpkinland. It is one of my favorite pumkin patches in St. Louis. (They have two locations, and we are going to the other one this Friday with Gwyn's school. They stay open late for us, and we are there when it is dark. I love it. You need a flashlight just to walk around.)

For a trip down memory lane, here are Halloween posts from yesteryear: 2010 Boo at the Zoo, Pumpkinland 2011, UCDC 2011, Halloween 2012, and an October 2012 McWeekend with the Kerr's. (To the best pumpkin patch ever!)

All 5 of us went up this year! Even Gwyn.

At the top. The boys were too interested in the "American Ninja Warrior" course to hang out for pictures.

She is actually smiling with her eyes open!

While the boys practiced being ninja warriors, Gwyn spent a lot of time on the horse. (She is going to be a horse for Halloween.)

The start of the "American Ninja Warrior" course. For everyone else at the pumpkin patch, it is just an obstacle course. Most of it is in the background of this picture.

Part of the ANW course.

A bit more. As the day got more crowded, they were not able to run through it, but they still had fun.

Gwyn enjoyed the slide of the ANW course.

A rare moment. I am not the one taking the picture!

Possibly, my favorite picture of the year. We are all looking at the camera, our eyes are open, we are smiling, and hair is not in our faces!

Gwyn chasing her brothers in the maze.

Kevin stopping for a snack.

The weather was beautiful! Coats came off after an hour.

 

Waiting to go down the slide.

She loves to be carried. I blame her father.

Overall, another successful trip!