We took a long weekend in October to drive to Kansas City and visit with Matt's sister and brother-in-law. We enjoyed being with them, though we hate the circumstances of our trip. We stopped and spent a couple hours at The Magic House in Saint Louis on the way home. I would definitely recommend a trip there if you're ever in Saint Louis with young kids. Our boys had a blast.
We also went camping in October with my family. It's a lot of work to camp with 2 little ones, but it is worth it. Elliott loves to be outdoors and asked repeatedly during the summer when we could go camping again. It rained most of Friday so we loaded up the boys and headed to Opry Mills. Saturday brought fair skies and warmer temperatures so we tried out the new playground equipment and freshly dumped sand for the beach. Elliott and his cousin Savannah had great fun climbing the sand mountains. The highlight of the day for Aaron was meeting a little dog named Chloe. He is quite the animal lover. And of course we made s'mores around the campfire. What fun!
Elliott had 2 cavities filled last week with nothing but "laughing gas". What a brave boy! Now we must detox from gummy bears and the like. Aaron is still crawling everywhere. He leads with his head and frequently has bruises on his forehead from running into furniture. He really should look where he's going but this is a hard skill to teach a 13 month-old.
I really should post to my blog more often, but have recently become addicted to Facebook. I'll work on that. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures from our adventures in October!
The Pumpkin and the Handyman
