Socks on Hands

Brecken is quite the trend setter... He loves to wear my star shirt all around the house. It looks like a dress on him but I think he likes it because its soft. Also Brecken has been wearing socks on his hands. He has been doing it every single day for about 2 weeks... maybe longer. He wants to wear them to eat, in the tub, playing, driving his tractor, everything! He also wants me to wear socks on my hands and Kaile and any of our friends that he can convince. Needless to say I wash a lot of socks:) We don't really know why he started doing this... our guesses: its baseball city out here and we have been watching the Cardinals games (before they lost). He might think they are baseball mitts...Or Kaile has been wearing gloves when he works on the car and has driving gloves for cold mornings. He might just want to be like daddy:) Either way I love this little boy and his imagination. I am so lucky to be his mom.

*This is Brecken's headboard that I made! It turned out so awesome

St. Louis Science Center

St. Louis has so many family friendly spots to visit and the best part... most of them are free! This past weekend we decided to check out the Science center with our friends Christal and Daniel Bridge and Ben and Brittany Lockie. It was an amazing place! We will definitely be going back to see a planetarium show and to sign Brecken up for a toddler science time at the Discovery Center. Brecken loved the dinosaurs, I liked the puzzles and mind twister area, and I think Kaile probably like engineering area best. (Kaile built the St. Louis arch out of big blocks and then we let Brecken knock it over... he was in heaven) Afterwards we went to Forest Park and had a picnic lunch and did some slack lining! Ben and Brittany are amazing at it! The rest of us need some practice...

I didn't get pictures of too much because I was having fun playing with science stuff and chasing Brecken:)

Gateway Arch

Two weekends ago we went to the Gateway Arch with our friend Daniel and Christal Bridge. We rode up the tiny washing machine elevators and looked out the windows over St. Louis and the Mississippi River. It was so neat. I had been before when I was younger but no one else had been. Christal faced her fear of heights which was awesome! Waiting in line is really challenging with an energetic toddler but I thought we did well considering...

At the base of the Arch

My favorite picture

Hiding in the pretend elevator

Waiting in line

Looking out the windows

Love the shadow on the ground

Nose to the glass:)

Kaile's black eye is from playing ward basketball. This is like his 6th black eye from basketball... After the arch we walked around downtown but we forgot the stroller so that didn't last long. We went to dinner at Super Smokers BBQ and it was delicious!

Cheeto Fingers and Licking the Bowl

Brecken loves Cheetos... must take after me:) 

Who doesn't love licking the bowl after making a yummy treat?