Kelly & Parker Visit

At the end of June my sister and niece came to St. Louis and we had a fun-filled extended weekend!  They arrived Thursday afternoon and we went to our house to relax.  It didn't take long at all for the kids to become the best of buddies again.  Charlie and Parker were even paying more attention to each other this time.

 We got out the water table and they had a fun time watering the neighbor's tree, one drop at a time.

Parker wanted her shirt off after Jack took his off.  Monkey see, monkey applies to cousins as well apparently...

Crooked shades!

Friday morning we loaded up the troops and headed to Grant's Farm.  Grandma and Grandpa met us there along with our friends Jules and Adam (& kids).  We rode the tram, fed the goats, rode the carousel, watched the bird show, ate lunch and sampled beer.  Pretty much all the standard Grant's Farm activities.

This is a little blurry, but you can see Jack & Charlie waving to Grandma & Grandpa

Friday evening we ate dinner at my parents' house and just had a low key night there.  The kids played on the neighbors' slide, a little bit of baseball and of course trains.

Saturday morning we hit our neighborhood pool.  Sadly it was our first visit of the season - we need to take better advantage of our neighborhood amenities!  The kids loved jumping in off the side and walking in the shallow end.

Saturday night was another low key night at our house.

Sunday morning we went to a playground near our house.  I don't have any pictures so you'll have to take my word for it.  That evening my parents hosted a family get together so our aunts and uncles could see Kelly and Parker.  It was a nice night and great to see everyone.  There was baseball with Uncle Steve...

 Puzzles....

 Coloring...

 Playing games on Aunt Kelly's iPad with Aunt Jean and Aunt Patty...

 Relaxing time with Grandpa...

 And of course romper room time on the bed....

The next morning Kel and Parker headed home.  We had a really nice visit with them - each time gets more fun with the kids playing together and therefore harder and harder to see them go.  We'll be heading to the ROC in September, so until then we'll have to settle for phone calls and Skype sessions.