She's Practically Perfect...In Every Way!

Last Thursday Kathryn and I went to see Mary Poppins at the Fabulous Fox Theatre! This is her (very early) birthday present from me. First we went to lunch at Olive Garden (her pick). We dined on soup, bread sticks, grilled chicken, broccoli, and spaghetti. Kathryn drank Sprite and water, and I just had water. After lunch we drove to the theatre, arriving early enough to look around, get her a booster seat, and marvel at the magnificent theatre. (And learn the word, magnificent.) Kathryn was worried that we were going to miss it so she kept encouraging me to go to our seats.

The musical was so wonderful. We have been listening to the soundtrack, so Kathryn was familiar with all of the songs. She kept asking me if they were real people on the stage and when she got to go up there! She got a little sleepy before intermission, but perked up for the last half and thoroughly enjoyed when Mary Poppins flew right over our heads! We were on the first row of the balcony, so we had a great view. I hope she remembers it forever!

My 21-week belly

This is the first belly picture I had taken! I didn't show at all until I was about 18 or 19 weeks, so I hadn't felt the need to be taking pictures. Hopefully now I'll take a picture each week. Look for them and give me a hard time if they're not here! I've gained about 8 pounds. We had our ultrasound on August 13th. We have the baby sex picture in an envelope in our kitchen and we haven't opened it yet. We think me might open it while we're on vacation in Colorado. So...we'll see!

Sparkly Toes

Do you love our glittery toes, or what? I have a friend that is a lover of glitter as well and she bought me the supplies to glitter-fy our toes, in exchange for riding my road bike in the Lake St. Louis Triathlon. This was our first application. Next we have blue, red, pink, & purple to try! Can you tell which kid's foot is which? Sydney wears a size 9 and Kathryn wears a size 9 1/2! In the first pic, Sydney's foot is on the left, and Kathryn's is on the right.

Awwww...in this one you can see my deformed toe. Now you know my imperfection! (I hope you know that I'm being facetious. (I have many.)

Primary Water Party

This morning we went to the Primary Water Party.

Kathryn choosing the healthy food out of the pool with her feet.

Kathryn carrying water in a can with holes for a relay race.

Sydney too!

Kathryn playing in the sprinkler.

Swimming with Friends

Friday after the farm and the gym, we were invited to go swimming with our friends. The girls had a lot of fun playing together.

Windridge Farm (cont'd)

After we picked blackberries, we drove back to the Cresthaven peach orchard. It's so fun to pick peaches! Before we knew it, we had 9 lbs. of peaches! Friday evening I made a Peachy Bread Pudding and on Sunday I'm going to make a Peach Cobbler.

Windridge Farm in New Melle

Friday morning we got up super early and drove out to Windridge Farm in New Melle. We waited with about 30 other people until they opened and then we hit the blackberry fields. It was a nice cool morning and it was so nice to be outside picking fresh fruit! The berries were so big! We enjoyed picking off of the thornless bushes.

FIRE!

I came home from the store the other morning to this scene! When I drove up, all I could see was my cul-de-sac full of fire trucks! I asked a bystander if they knew which house it was and luckily (for me) he didn't point at my house! I had to park in our neighbors driveway because ours was blocked. It ended up being our neighbors house (the ones with the elaborate Christmas display). Everyone got out safely, but they will have to entirely gut the upstairs. A fireman told me that it started in a bedroom, but I still don't think they know exactly what caused it.

Sydney's 3 year old pics

Wood River Illinois Triathlon

Mike participated in the Wood River Trithalon on Saturday. A couple of our friends from church also participated. Check-in was at 6:30 am, so he went early with the other and the girls and I got there around 8:15. Mike didn't start until 9:30. The girls had fun decorating signs to wave at Daddy when he swam/rode/ran by.

Mike ended up winning 2nd place in his age group with a time of 1:11. After the awards we had an awesome lunch. We love this triathlon because it's so family friendly. Your whole family gets to eat lunch and swim in their community pool! This year Kathryn went down the HUGE water slide all by herself! Sydney wouldn't even go on it with Mike! We headed home around 4.

That evening I went to see Hairspray at the Muny with some of my girl friends from church. I was pretty tired, but managed to only doze a little bit during the second half!

St. Charles County Fair

We had so much fun taking the girls to the St. Charles County Fair in Wentzville. The girls fed goats and donkeys. Sydney was bolder than Kathryn, until the donkey nibbled her hand...then she was finished.

They had a butterfly house where you could catch butterflies on these sticks dipped in Powerade.

The girls had so much fun riding the rides. They rode motorcycles, the ferris wheel, these little hot air balloons, and a mini roller coaster.

We ended the night by watching some bull riding. The girls' favorite part was the girl who carried the flag around the arena who was decked out in red, white, & blue sparkles.

Pioneer Day

We had a Pioneer Day activity at church at the end of July. Us girls had fun dressing up. (Mike did not dress up. Are you surprised?) We brought a bean & sausage stew and pecan bars. We had fun playing pioneer games and eating yummy food!