For Madeline's birthday weekend, we went down to St Louis, MO, to surprise Caleb's mom. Her birthday is July 21, just one day before Madeline's, and we thought it'd be nice to get together and celebrate the birthdays! We rented a house together with Valerie and Will's family, plus us and Ted and Jan. The weather was boiling hot for part of it, but we made do.
Happy Birthday to Jan and Madeline! The clown's face got squished
on the trip down, but the kid's didn't seem to mind.
See? I told you they didn't care.
(That's Chase going for the cake, although each kid tried to steal some! LOL)
Madeline was less enthused about the cake...
With a little coaxing, she finally decided it was a fun thing to play with.
We took the kids on a couple excursions that weekend. On Saturday we went to Purina Farms. The kids loved seeing all the animals, riding on the kid-size tractors, and going for a wagon ride. However, it was so HOT!!! Madeline kept turning beet-red and we'd have to go back to the lobby area where there was air conditioning. Here are some pictures from Purina Farms...
Such glee!
"Mom, I want to play in there with the piglets!"
She LOVED getting to pet them! Again, she really wanted to get in and play, though.
Madeline with her cousin Graham.
Gabriella and Will, enjoying the John Deer tractors!
The next day we decided to try an indoor activity. We all went to the Meramec Caverns and took a tour. Inside it was beautiful! Most importantly, though, we learned that kids under 4 (which all of ours were) are too young for caves. They were bored and fussy the whole time (hense the pacifier for Madeline in the shot below). The adults enjoyed the view, even if the kids didn't appreciate it yet.
There is still so much more to share, but I think we're bordering on picture-overload! I'll try to post again in a few days and pick up where I left off.
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