Community Group

Thursdays are now community group night. Tonight I decided to give the kids a bath before leaving. They were in desperate need. We then headed to community group. They love going. The little boy has a bunch of trains...and my boys love trains. I'm glad they have a good time. Charley gets to head to bed as soon as we get there. She is usually wiped out.

Jon and I love community group as well. It's a great time connecting with people from our church.

Bug Hater

Justus is not a bug lover. Actually anytime he sees a bug he yells for me to come smash it. I think he might be a little scared of them. It doesn't matter what kind of bug either...if it is moving he wants it killed. Today he took matters into his own hands. That poor ant.

I See You

While Justus was at school we headed to Sam's. I purchased a box of wipes and a few other things. This afternoon Matthias decided to wear the box around and peep out the hole saying "I see you." It was pretty cute.

Homework

It was such a beautiful day today! I love fall weather, and so do the kids. Our homework for today was to burn off some of Justus' energy. His teacher said he was extremely hyper today. We headed out after nap time and I let the kids run around. They had a good time, and I'm happy to go outside with them now that the weather has begun to cool off.

Musical Chairs

Today turned into a little game of musical chairs. Jonathan won tickets to the Rams game...and the tickets were in the suite. Well...I had to work and I couldn't get out of it, so I recruited my friend Kelly to watch the kids for a couple of hours. After Jon had left for the game and I had left for work, Jon realized that he had the kickoff time wrong and that it was actually an hour later than he had originally thought. He called Kelly, but she had to leave our house by 5 o'clock. He then had to call his sister to come down to watch the kids so that Kelly could leave and so that he could enjoy the game. In the end it all worked out and I'm sure the kids loved having a variety of guests to entertain them.

Payback

Today was Founder's Day for Edward Jones, which meant that we headed to Grant's Farm to celebrate. Each year Ed Jones rents out an event/place. Other things they have done include the St. Louis Zoo, Grant's Farm, and Barnum & Bailey's. Anyways, we headed to Grant's Farm this afternoon. We got lunch, free Grant Bucks that could be used anywhere in Grant's Farm, free bottles for the goats, free carousel rides...okay so pretty much everything was free. So the goats at Grant's Farm are pretty aggressive. They know what's coming when people come inside their area....bottles full of milk being held by small children. They will do just about anything to get at those bottles. Last year Matthias got pinned up against the fence by a small, aggressive goat. This year the boys decided to tag team and chase this poor unsuspecting goat around as payback.

The Little Red Wagon

In addition to the swing, our neighbor got her wagon out of her shed yesterday and cleaned it up so the boys could play with it. The boys have had so much fun with it. Today they took turns giving each other rides on the sidewalk.