Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The Magic House

We had planned to visit an orchard at the end of October near St. Louis. But, I didn't realize that late in the season the orchard's would no longer be offering pick your own apples. So, we ended up making an alternate plan and went to The Magic House. It was amazing and there was so much to see we could go back today and there would still be plenty of things to do! Due to Halloween weekend the Magic House opened during the morning which made it the perfect day to visit. My friend Laurie Cooper and her two girls went with us.

Here the girls are checking out interactive musical instruments:
Titus & Charlotte I got a lot of questions about how close in age they were. They are actually only about 6 months apart but lots of people thought they were both mine.
Faith & Savannah check out the ABC boxes.
The girls loved an exhibit on saving the planet. It was a very creative exhibit on reducing, reusing, recycling. Here the girls are picking locally grown apples for the farmer's market.

Grace making "compost."

They loved the sand.
and the Water.


There is a whole town including a grocery store, hospital, car repair shop, bank, restaurant, and more. We didn't even visit all of it!
Grocery Store

Grace fixing a car....looks like her daddy!
Grace & Faith loved the baby nursery at the hospital. I thought it was fun Grace choose a baby of a different ethnicity to play with. (future brother or sister.....maybe)

Our attempt at a group photo in front of the one million pieces of candy.
They loved the bubble area.


Overall it was a great day- I am looking forward to going back as a family in the future!

A Halloween Surprise Package

The week before Halloween the girls were so excited to discover a package. Here Faith is checking for her name. They loved all the Halloween surprises inside from Grandpa Rick & Grandma Leeanne.
They were especially excited about the new books to add to their fall collection. We had to sit down and read all the fall books we own in one sitting.
Titus loved the teething biscuits.
I asked them to say, "Thank you Grandpa & Grandma- We love you." And this creative work is what I got...

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!

Happy pumpkin day! From my little artist, Grace.