Queeny Park

We love to explore the many, many parks around us and especially love to find unique parks that offer something different for the kiddos. We stumbled upon this park just minutes from our house and spent a great Friday morning enjoying something new.

Aww...look at that cutie. That's my big boy!

Always the watchful (and often the overbearing) big sister :)

Peek!

Cuteness overload

"I got this mom."

Wait for me, Lily!

After coming home from the park, Lily wanted to play "restaurant". She's such a sweetie, and I love our days together. Of course, this is very easy to say as she is sleeping peacefully in her bed. :)

August Picnic

Today we met my friends at the park for our monthly picnic. The weather was absolutely beautiful. We are so ready for fall! As my friend Sara's sister said, that's what August in St. Louis will do!

Once again, William got Lydia to himself today. Too much of this cavorting, may lead to a future Lydia Deetz.

Hee hee.

Week with Mary and Katie

These pictures are far overdue, but better late than never I suppose! They are from our whirlwind week in June when Mary and Katie came to visit. We packed so many activities in that one week that everyone was exhausted by the end and needed a vacation to recover from the vacation. Included among our activities were: a trip to Missouri Botanical Gardens, two trips to the pool, a "Mad Science" program, a ducky program at the library, a picnic lunch at Faust Park, a birdwatching program at the nature center, an afternoon at the Magic House, William's naming ceremony, and my cousin Maria's wedding (and Katie's spa birthday celebration which I already posted). It was a lot, but we really had a blast.

So, after only a mere two months, here are the pictures. As you can see, I took the easy way out by creating a slideshow. I also got tired of doing the captions after the fifth picture so Carl volunteered to do the rest (well maybe volunteered would not be as accurate as conned into it). So this is a disclaimer that the majority of captions were created by Carl. Proceed at your own risk.

Make a free digital slideshow

Aunt Kathy's 60th Birthday Party

On Sunday afternoon, we went to my aunt's 60th birthday party at the park. It was a big family gathering because after all, big family celebrations are what Italians are all about!

From left to right: Uncle Vito, Aunt Kathy, Grandpa, Aunt Chris, and mom

(missing siblings are Uncle John and Uncle Sal)

Just the girls - Mom, Aunt Kathy and Aunt Chris

Aunt Chris & family

From left to right: Cousin Maria, her husband Dan, cousin Patrick, Aunt Chris & Uncle Tom

Aunt Kathy & family

From left to right: Cousin Jenny, her daughter Kailey, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Ron, Sammy (Andrea & Brian's daughter), Brian (Andrea's husband), and cousin Andrea

Swingin' Sammy

William with Aunt Chris & Suzanne

The four of us (notice how William is gradually losing clothes as the day goes on)

Trying to keep the baby cool & hydrated on a hot August afternoon

Finally Grandma strips the baby

Angela attempts to entertain the baby

I love my Aunt Angela!

Two tired, hot and sweaty kids at the end of the day - all in the name of good family fun!!

Birthday party #2

Lily's BFF's brother had his 2nd birthday party Saturday evening. He knows how to do it right. He was the only boy amidst 8 little girls, something he'll probably appreciate much more in about 10 years.

The birthday boy

Hangin' with the girls

Lunch date with daddy

Today we met Carl for a picnic lunch at his work. They have a great playground (actually now 2 playgrounds) just steps away from the entrance of the hospital. Conveniently, there are some trees next to the playground that provided nice shade for our picnic. We love to see daddy in the middle of the day!

Picnic #1

We have 2 picnics today. The first was with my friends and their kids. Luckily for William, Patrick and Charlie were not there today, so he had Lydia all to himself.

"How you doin'?"

What a guy, he even offers to rub her feet after a long day playing at the park. That, or he wants to play "This little piggie"...

Lily enjoyed a new water element at a new park!

Picnic at the park

My friends and I had our monthly picnic at the park on Friday. We did not stay that long due to the ominous weather, but we got a few updated pics of our littlest ones.

Lydia - 7 months

Patrick - 6 months

William - 6 months