Mississippi River

We spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon on Mud Island down by the Mississippi River.  My kids love running and playing down there so we try to go every once in a while.  After running along the river and playing lots of tag and chase we headed to Movie and Pizza Company for dinner.  It was a perfect night to sit outside and enjoy the breeze.

The boys found a huge ant hill and Maggie was transfixed by it.

If there is open space than you can bet my boys are running free and wild.




We saw lots of barges pass by while we were out there.

I love this of Maggie looking up at her daddy.
     
Miller did not want his picture taken =).


Maggie was showing me her "Lu lu" lovie.

The day isn't complete unless someone cries because they were beat while racing.

Daddy then talked to him on the bench about being a good loser and that you can't win everytime you do something.  He also talked about being the younger brother since he was one too.

A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Spiderman and the Children's Museum

Miller has dressed up as Spiderman almost every day this week.  He went to lunch, church, and the children's museum all as Spiderman.  He has also slept in his costume almost every night.  The funny thing is he doesn't like it when people call him spiderman when we are out.  He wants them to call him Miller. =)

Miller, Maggie, and I enjoyed the Children's Museum on Thursday morning.
Maggie loved the grocery store area. She shopped and shopped!
Miller enjoyed it too.

We had a fun morning together!

Some fun activities

Since the weather has not been that great lately we have been creative with our inside activities.  We did a little science activity the other day and it was a big hit with Austin.  You drop vinegar tinted with food coloring onto a pan filled with baking soda. It bubbles up with colorful fizziness.  He loved the activity and played with it for a while.   Miller on the other hand didn't last very long.  He just started to make a mess of everything.

On a rainy afternoon we brought out Austin's Pre-K ready books for him to practice his skills and made a little project for Miller.  He really enjoyed putting the cheerios on his name.  I wrote his name and put the glue down and he placed the cheerios on it.  He did a couple different words like daddy and Maggie.

Austin's Pre-K class had Dinosaurs with Dads at school the other morning. The students were to collect recycle goods and bring them to school to build a dinosaur with their dad. We counted down this special day for weeks. Austin was so excited. He is a little obsessed with dinosaurs right now so it was combining two of his very favorite things...dinosaurs and his daddy.