In Liam’s effort to avoid his nemisis, salad, he informed us tonight at the dinner table that he is going to eat salad when he is six. I guess he thinks he is buying himself some time. By the way, he did end up eating a bite of salad.
This was another good one…I know I always say they are good, but if they weren’t good I wouldn’t have read them all the way through. That said, this book is about a woman who starts out as a Harvard grad student who discovers during the course of the book, with the help of recovering addicts in the halfway house where she has started working to do research for her schoolwork, that she is stronger than she thinks she is. She learns to not only stand up for herself, but to stand up for others as well.
Our last day we went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Not only was it beautiful, but they have a brand new children’s area. We had a great trip, but it is good to be home.
We went to Grant’s Farm today. The boys really enjoyed seeing all of the animals, but their favorite was the animal show. After soaking in all of the fun at Grant’s Farm, we headed back to our hotel, caught a nap, went swimming and then had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
We headed over to The Magic House today. It is a children’s museum and it was so much fun! We could easily have gone back for another day of fun. After catching a nap, we went swimming and then had dinner at Landry’s.
We headed out at about 10a.m. and stopped at noon at a McDonald’s so we could eat and so the boys could run around a little before piling back into the car. We drove to Union Station where we stayed, unpacked a little and headed over to the St. Louis Zoo. They have a great zoo! The boys had a great time seeing all the animals. My personal favorite was the penguin house.
We started our day with a yummy breakfast at the Waffle House with Grandma and Grandad and then headed off to the county fair. It was hot, but we had a lot of fun and got to see and touch quite a few animals. We ended the day with a frozen lemonade treat.
Colm has discovered the word “mine” and he REALLY seems to like it…everything seems to be his. He has also started saying “darn it”. When he says it he screws up his face as if he is really frustrated and slaps his thigh. (He learned this from his brother.) I am waiting for him to put the two together and say, “Mine, darn it”, in a moment of complete frustration when his brother has taken a toy from him.
My new lotion must not smell as good as I think it does. I put some on about the same time that Liam was walking into the kitchen where I was standing and he said, “Peeeeooooooh, what is that awful, stinky smell?” I may smell bad, but at least I’m moisturized.
The other day Sean and I both received pamphlets in the mail from Dennis Moore. Mine has a mother on the front gazing lovingly at her toddler. On the inside there are numerous pictures of children and families. The topics that are covered include: child-support payment legislation, consumer product safety legislation and info about the children’s gasoline burn prevention act. All of these topics are important and pertinent to many people, including mothers. What I thought was interesting was the difference between what I received in the mail and what Sean received. Sean’s had info about the Gas Price Spike Relief Act, transportation equity and alternative enery supplies and there were pictures of cars, subways and an oil field. Interesting.