Cardinal's Game

We were happy to get free tickets to the day game today. It was definitely an adventure taking a curious toddler on the Metro and to Busch stadium! It turned out to be a lot of fun and we didn't feel bad about barely watching the game and leaving early.

On the Metro! She loved to look out the window and say "choo choo" since we told her it was a train.


We stayed in our seats for almost half an hour. That's a long time with a wiggleworm!


We went to the family area to let her run around. I was casually glancing around the seats and spotted my good friend Jen from high school!! She was supposed to come to our bbq but couldn't because she got ENGAGED on Sunday. Congratulations, Jen and Justin!! Isn't God so good to put two old friends just a few feet from each other?


This is the best one we took...


Walking on the "balance beam" while waiting for the Metro. Also, I call those white pants "leggings" and Nate calls them "sliding pants."



Cutest Cardinals fan? Definitely!

Please!

Hanging out

Deals 9-4

I went to CVS Sunday morning and did some couponing for the first time in a few weeks. It was great! I spent $4.50 and got everything here. I did use a $10 gift card I got for $6 from a deal-a-day website, so technically I spent $10.50. Still pretty good!

-box Apple Jacks
-box Corn Pops
-Skintimate cream shave
-2 packages of baby Orajel
-2 Hershey's Air Delight
-1 Dove candy bar (the CVS coupon machine printed a coupon for a free one!)
-Carefree panty liners (almost always free for these)
-Physician's Formula palette blush (price is $11.50)
-ReNu travel size contact solution
-Nexxus travel size hair mouse (I need travel stuff for our trip!)

BBQ

We had a great turnout and beautiful weather for our annual bbq yesterday! About 35 people came and it was so great to see everyone. We even managed to have a friend take a picture of the 3 of us. What a way to celebrate our 6 year anniversary :-)

City Kid

This morning we headed downtown with our friends Lindsey and Jake. We spent a while walking around the City Garden and playing in the fountains. It was a really cool place! 2 city blocks right in the middle of downtown blocked off with a splash pad, big sculptures, lots of grassy area, and a wading pool with a big fountain.

I call this "Big City, Little Girl"






Violet and her buddy Jake


Checking out the big sculpture


Playing inside the big head!


We all started to get a little hot and hungry so we headed to Foam on Cherokee Street for lunch. It is a really cool place with a lounge area complete with a toy box for little ones!


We ate Companion pretzels with black bean hummus. YUM! Lindsey and I made another playdate so we can make those homemade marshmallows featured on "Feast" magazine's cover.


Two cute city kids!

Getting ready for the bbq

We're getting ready for our big bbq this weekend and Violet is very helpful.

Filling the baby pool for all of the kiddos





Sweeping the deck


(and sweeping the grass?)


Gotta make sure your nails are in tip-top shape




We can't wait to see everyone!