40 years ago today...

My Mom and Dad tied the knot, and it saddens my heart to know that my Mom isn't here to celebrate such a milestone. I know they had a brilliant 39 years together and she wouldn't want anyone sad today, so I'm trying not to be... When I was a little girl growing up she would always tell me about their wedding day and how it was so exciting and just wonderful. She played the song "How can I be sure" by the Little Rascals over and over again while she was getting ready, and that song will forever hold a special place in my heart. I can't think of a more appropriate thing to listen to today, so I finally figured out how to add music to the blog so everyone can hear a little piece of their wedding day 40 long years ago- I miss you Momma and I love you Dad! Happy 40th!

**Song has been removed to enable the site to load on the wii for gram :)

First day of Kindergarden

Monday was Miles' first day of kindergarden (mom and son did just fine :) He was off to his new school in his new school district and so far he has loved every second of it. That morning there was an assembly at the school and then a parent's coffee at one of the homes in the neighborhood so Clark & I had a Perry play date so Marc & Lisa could meet some of their new neighbors... Clark, as always, had a fantastic time with his cousin.

Perry wanted to play dolls so Clark did in the only way he knew how... by eating them.

And seeing if the eyes come out...

Clark and the ducky having a private moment in the bathroom

The obsession with the train table begins- we might need to get him one of these!

Super Clark was more entertained pulling toys out of the bins than with the entire puppet show set up behind!

The sit n spin is always a crowd pleaser

This smile is just so freaking funny

Killing some time-

On the way home from the grocery store we had some time to kill so we headed to the playground by our house for a little fun. Clark loved going down the slide, seriously I think he did it about 30 times- and crawling through the jungle gym is a new fave of his too.

Clark likes to walk back up the slide as much as he likes going down it!

Clark listening to his Dad and not eating the leaf- good boy!

He LOVES being thrown up in the air!!!

This is how Clark Rolls...

At the grocery store at least! Funny how I used to not even put him in a cart without his little cloth cart cover to protect him from germs- and now... look what we do just to get a couple peaceful minutes to grocery shop. Never say never right?

Tan-Tar-Aaaaaah!!!

Rich had to work a conference for a couple hours Saturday morning in good old Tan-Tar-A, so we hopped in the car on Friday and headed down there. The drive should have only taken 3 hours but of course we followed the instructions on the website so several crazy back roads, loads of mosquitoes and 4 hours later the three of us pulled up to our "rustic resort." It's right by Lake of the Ozarks which is pretty known to all in the STL and even some Chicagoland folks and was fun for a little local mini vaca-

Driving over the lake-



Ah, lovely Tan-Tar-A


Clark had so much fun exploring the hotel room- and of course I was totally grossed out by him crawling on the carpet, but I'm learning to get over my compulsive issues :) Seriously though, he had such a great time in the hotel room, now we know we don't ever really need to take vacations- just go to a hotel for a little while...



Where's Daddy? Oh, there he is!


Chunky thighs are the BEST!


Fine dining Friday night-


Clark got the silver spoon treatment


Clark liked my rose- eating it that is.


My boy and I. Ignore my nasty post-op ear. It's actually looking much better in this pic though-


Taking his morning bottle in bed- This kid really has a rough life!



And watching some cartoons.

He loves his mirrors-

And, right for the cords under the desk... as usual.

They did have outdoor pools, but the indoor water park was super fun and we didn't need to worry about lathering the little man up with sunblock- he hates that!

Floating down the "lazy river," doesn't look like it here but Clark had so much fun once he got used to being in the water. The three of us floated around in the two man tube while Clark got to splash. He got a kick out of seeing people shoot out the bottom of the water slides too.

Every minute or so this HUGE bucket of water would tip over and splash everyone. Clark constantly kept an eye on it-

And on the way home of course we stopped at Clark Plaza... Ok, really that just happened to be at the one stop that was available when we were starving... and our only option was McDonalds... So Clark got his first happy meal. Not really, we just ordered it because it was "Clone Wars" themed and thought it would be great if his first happy meal came with a Yoda toy. He was super down with the bobble head Yoda by the way- and my stomach still hurts from the McDonalds :)

Magic House Play Date

Yesterday evening Clark got to head to his favorite St. Louis hang out with his buddy Adam (who is 1 month younger.) The Magic House is always the perfect place to kill a couple hours and let the kiddos go to town. Clark as usual was SO into exploring all the different areas and was exhausted by the time we left.



The lego room never disappoints, and Clark enjoyed it even more this time. He loved trying to bulldoze over the piles...



This time Clark really had the hang of the tunnels and would go in circles over and over again. Each time he came out the other side he had the BIGGEST smile on his face.

No Clark, don't hit Adam!

Diving right in!

He loved those stars!

Clark hadn't been to the water room yet, and needless to say he had a messy, wet fun time.

And the babies got so wet they went home with just their diapers on! Check out the look on Clark's face :)