Weekend Recap(s) - Family Time

But we've been having some fun on the weekends lately so I thought I'd give an update. A few weekends ago we went on a family float trip to Meramec State Park. I was nervous because I had never been on a float trip before and wasn't sure what to expect but it ended up being really fun. Dan, Meghan, Willow, Jordan, Kim and Steve's parents were all there. So there were plenty of people to occupy Steven. He had a blast I think. He's still a bit scared of the water and clings to one of us like the jaws of life when he's in it but he had a good time. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures and was waiting for family members to post some so I could steal them (cough cough Meghan and Jordan) but no one has yet so just use your imagination.

We had a family day (just the 3 of us) at the zoo a few weekends ago as well and that's always fun. We really love the zoo. There's just so much to see and do you can really make it a different trip each time. We saw the penguins of course, because that's Steve's favorite.

Side note, did you know the penguin exhibit is closing soon and won't open re-open till 2015? Steve is sad about that but we have seen a lot of the penguins this summer so that's good.

We stopped by the ape exhibit and saw this cutie sitting by the window. Steven thought it was pretty cool. They are fun to watch!

Pucker up!

We rode the train too. We don't always ride the train and this time there was a pretty long line but mommy is prego and she is tired. Steven wanted to go see the lions all the way at the back of the zoo so we decided a train ride would be good. Steven almost lost it when we were stopped first in line when the train was full, but whew! We all made it onto the next train. (2 year old drama, I tell you!)

You guys should hear him say "All Aboard!" Too cute!

We saw the lions but there really wasn't anything to take a pic of. They can be very elusive and were all mostly at the back of their enclosures. Side note, I was really surprised Steven asked to see the lions because we had him in our bed just a few nights earlier complaining about the lions under his bed...but whatever.

 

After the big cats, we walked around the rest of that area. We saw the giraffes were like really close up to the front of their enclosure. You never get to see them this up close and it was really brief but very cool!

The soon begin to retreat when people started noticing they were so close. But it was pretty cool to see them so up close. Their heads are HUGE! And their tongues are so long and black! Very cool.

We heart the zoo!

We also started Steven on tumbling class a few weeks ago. He has been doing somersaults all through our living room and on our bed for a few weeks so we thought a tumbling class might be fun. There was a Groupon for this place, Kids World Gymnastics. That isn't too far from our house so we went for it. The first class was just Steven and another little girl. He was really excited and wanted to climb all over the equipment. It was exhausting but I think he had fun. The second class there were more kids and Steven had trouble taking turns and waiting for others to have a turn. Sigh. Lots to learn at 2 years old!

A few weekends ago, Meghan invited me to go back to school shopping with her and Willow. I cannot believe Willow is headed to Kindergarten this year already! She grew up so quickly. So us girls set out to shop! It was fun. We picked out a few things for Willow and she was super cute wanting all the pink and girly stuff. Made me excited to (hopefully) have a girl of my own someday!

SHOES!

About halfway we had some party crashers who met us at the mall. Steven loves Willow and wanted to hang out with her. So we had some fun at the mall play area and on the carousel.

 

Then we did a little more shopping and Steven satisfied my craving for a kid that loves pink stuff. I think pink is right up there with his favorite colors. He wanted to try on all the pink shirts Willow was trying on. Silly kid!

 



 

Headband/eyewear, tomato/tomatoe

So that recaps a few weekends ago when we did some fun stuff with family! Hope everyone else is enjoying their summer too!