Daddy's work picnic

This year Daddy's work picnic was at Eckert's. We picked apples and pumpkins, Claire rode on the airplane swings and a pony, we went through the corn maze, we ate dinner and apple pie, made s'mores around a campfire, and went on a spooky hayride...all courtesy of The Business Bank. The girls had a great time. Claire had been looking forward to this all day. This morning while Josh was still in bed, she brought his wallet into him and said, "Here is your wallet so you can pay for the apples." Too cute! Claire had so much fun that in the car on the way home she asked if we could pretend that we were still there. Kate fell asleep shortly into the car ride home. Claire couldn't stop talking about the day, but then all of a sudden she was quiet. I looked back and she was out like a light. Thanks Business Bank for a great day!

Claire's 3rd Birthday Party!

Claire had the family over for her birthday party. She was spoiled rotten with great gifts, and this time Kate helped Claire open the presents too. She had aprincess cake with a Dora candle. What more could a little girl ask for? In the last picture you can see she is using her bubble mower while wearing her Cinderella gown. Shortly after cutting the grass she was using the walkway up to our house as a runway and told Aunt Megan F. that she had to say "Here comes Cinderella!" It was really funny...she did it about 20 times!

OUCH!!!

So we thought we would be good parents and take the girls to the park on a beautiful Sunday morning. They were having a great time running around, then, it happened. Josh and I both saw it happen. Claire was running and then all of a sudden tripped on her own feet and flew towards the bottom step of the staircase going up to the slides. She hit her face on the bottom step. She hit it HARD. Of course , she started crying. I ran to pick her up and after one look knew that we were on our way to the emergency room. We got to the hospital and they saw her right away. They glued her cut (all the way to the tissue under the skin) shut and we were on our way. Well, it didn't go quite that nicely, but I will spare you the details. The first two pictures were taken the night it happened and the one on the bottom was taken the next morning. She was such a brave girl. I think she handled it better than I did!

Ameren's Safety Fair

Grandpa W. works for Ameren and every year they have a safety fair. It is a big picnic with games and prizes, food, ice cream, and all the other things that little girls love to indulge in. Before leaving the house Claire insisted on having her picture taken with Kate. The other picture is of us taking a little break and eating Kettle Korn. Yum, Yum!

Claire's 3rd Birthday

WOW! Can you believe that Claire is already 3 years old? I can't. On her 3rd birthday she had school so she took Krispy Kreme doughnuts for her friends. After Daddy came home from work we opened presents...books, trucks, a puzzle, and a scooter. She has been asking for a scooter for months and she finally got it. After presents it was dinner at her favorite restaraunt - McDonald's. Then it was back home for cake

and to play with the scooter. What a great day for a 3 year old!