Wednesday, September 23, 2015
My neighbor's mansard
Our neighbors are hard at work on their mansard and doing a kick ass job. I feel poor for them- that level of restoration is an investment!
That's a wrap! Summer 2015.
- Pole Position with cousin Patrick. I think he had more fun than the kids. Good luck to him as he moves to Chicago to start college at DePaul after 4 years and numeous deployments in the USMC
- SkyZone. Love this place. Just wish it were closer or that we had an option like it in the City of St. Louis.
- Grant's Farm. Goats still terrorizing children. Beer still free.
- Many cardinals games
- Mimi got to go to Six flags!
- Kay went to Wildwood Lodge and Audrey went to Carillon Beach in Florida with friends
- First ever Mizzou football game for kids
- Our cousins moved from Wildwood to Eureka. Love their new pool and set up. I swear my sister in law made her house look awesome in 2 weeks. It's been 13 years for me and I'm still working on it.
- Two summer birthdays - Audrey whose birthday is very close to Labor Day and Mimi whose birthday is close to the 4th of July.
- Things we missed- the kids missed not being able to go to lake with grandma and grandpaTom and missed fireworks this year. Looking forward to the return of lake outings and downtown fireworks in 2016.
- Mimi spent night at zoo. Nice polar bear photo bomb.
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| Gus and John went on many hikes out at Shaw Nature Reserve, part of MIssouri Botanical Garden. They enjoyed very much. |
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| Any graduate of the Mizzou Journalism school knows the importance of these lions. |
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| Loved Laumeier Sculpture Park. Here is Audrey's girl scout troop. |
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| We moved rooms around in the house. This used to be a bedroom. Now it's John's first floor office. Otto likes it too. |
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| In said office John designed cups for the first annual St. Margaret of Scotland Back to School parents house party. Five couples hosted a house party- kegs, jello shots, party punch, band, etc. We raised a lot of money for the school! Look for us again at 2017 auction. |
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| How many parochial schools have their own house band made up of parents? Special thanks to RM who let us use his Soulard space for the party and to the Occasionals (because they only play occasionally). Special guest drummer for the Occasionals was CL who was one of the top guys in my law school class! |
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| It's another party at the Lafayette Square Bath and Tennis. We had 8 tennis rackets - boys vs. girls. |
Monday, August 31, 2015
Missouri History museum fun!
Audrey's Girl Scout troop took a trip to the Missouri history museum to check out the Compton and Dry map exhibit. It was really amazing to look at a pictorial map of St Louis from 1875. The girls enjoyed finding drawn pictures of their homes (or a blank space where a home would soon be built). We then checked out the history clubhouse which appealed to the little girls and big girls in our group. Finally enjoyed some time on playground at forest park.
My house wasn't build until 1884 but my neighbors house is shown.
A note to all you Girl Scout leaders out there. I think the history museum is a great scout destination. Our troop is been there at least four times to visit and for Girl Scout Days. There's always something new to do or see. The best part? It's always free. The St. Louis Zoo, science center and Missouri botanical gardens usually charge $7-$10 a girl for their Girl Scout programming.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Mom, I need a flute!
Found these mansards while trying to track down a used flute for my 14-year-old daughter. Of all the fine arts classes she could've taken somehow she got stuck in instrumental music instead of art. Additionally, of all the instruments she could've played we're assigned the flute.
South county behind lemay ferry road. Those are her feet sticking out of the car window.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
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