Gwyn In Jail

Some nights, after story time, the boys like to keep Gwyn in their room for a few minutes. They call is "sister time." Sometimes she is on the floor, sometimes she is on the bed. When they are done talking to her they yell for one of us to come get her.

The other night, they yelled for us to come get her, and that "She is in jail!" This is what we saw.

A Stingray Eating A Fish

By Kevin.

4th of July

This year, like last year, we spent the 4th of July in downtown St. Louis. This year, however, we stayed in a hotel. We had dinner downtown on Saturday night at one of the boys' favorite spots. Then went swimming at the hotel. The boys had fun in the pool, but were a bit overwhelmed by all the other kids.



Afterward relaxing while eating popcorn, we headed to the Arch grounds for fireworks. (Gwyn spent the evening at Downtown Grandma's loft. She wasn't up for the heat or the loud noise.) We tried a new location this year. I liked last year's spot better, because we could see the Arch, but we still had fun. The boys even got glow sticks to play with, and we ate funnel cake and fried Oreos. (Neither boy liked them. I didn't either. Of course daddy did.)

Colin doing one of his favorite things - eating the popcorn.

Kevin pretended that his glow sticks were light sabers.

A view of this year's fireworks.

A view of last year's fireworks.

The next morning we met up with DTG and Gwyn for breakfast and then the four of us headed back to the Arch grounds for the Air Show. (Gwyn again spent this time at DTG's.) However, it proved to be too hot for me and the boys. After lunch and two planes, we headed back to get Gwyn and cool off.

Hanging out after breakfast.

Walking to the Air Show.

How Gwyn spent most of the weekend.

Overall, it was a very fun, but hot, weekend. We really liked our hotel, and the boys had fun. Maybe next year we will see the parade, if it isn't too hot.

Faces Of Gwyn

I was taking pictures of Gwyn wearing a bow (only the second time) and she made so many cute faces I wanted to post them! Being a mom of boys, it has taken me a long time to warm up to bows, especially since she could have started wearing them at one week!

Playing Hockey

I like the ice skates they wear.

Hair Cuts

The boys needed haircuts for the summer. They were getting so hot with the long hair, so we decided to shave their heads. Both were more than excited to get the same haircut as daddy. So this week we did it. They both did an amazing job. Even Colin stood and waited the entire time, with very little fidgeting. As you can tell from the pictures, they were happy!

BEFORE



AFTER (They each got to take a silly picture and then a smiling picture with their new hair cuts.)

I am throwing in a few silly-hair pictures of Gwyn.

Army Guys

Last week the boys put their army, police, and fireman guys up around the stairs. They told me it was to protect everyone "while we were sleeping. This way, nothing can get up the stairs without us knowing."

Colin's Crazy Hair

Yesterday's post had me looking at old pictures. I forgot just how crazy Colin's hair was. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.