Category: Motherhood

Andrew’s latest brew Brew-masters (of disaster) Fresh bread our neighbors baked and dropped off for us. Thanks Trish and Scott! Tower Grove Farmer’s Market Shorts twins More swiss chard from our garden Creepy koi at The Botanical Garden We have been enjoying our summer beyond belief! Every day is packed with all sorts of adventures. … Continue reading “Goings On”

Monday morning we went to the zoo. And got drenched by a torrential downpour as we sloshed through rivers of water back to the van, past a car that had stalled in the middle of the monsoon, abandoned by a wet and distraught zookeeper on her way to work. We literally had to dump water … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Pirate Ship Fort”

One of our favorite summertime destinations is the Missouri Botanical Garden. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings, admission is free for St. Louis City and County residents, so I usually take the boys on Wednesdays. And even though it it pretty crowded on these days, the garden is so vast that we barely notice the extra … Continue reading “Favorite Places: The Missouri Botanical Garden, Plus A Discussion on Schooling and Civility”

*Andrew “strongly recommended” that I change Adventure Day to DIY Fun, as this better captures the content of these posts… so I begrudgingly oblige.* This morning’s adventure DIY fun is a lot less complicated than the last two. I know that some days you need a last minute idea to occupy the littles that involves very … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Shadow People”

These guys love adventures. And while real fishing is definitely in our future, traveling to a pond or lake or river with three little men who think they can swim (but can’t) and handing them sharp little items to get stuck in lord-knows-where sounds like one of my worst nightmares, so for now, we will … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Magnetic Fishing Game”