Festival of the Little Hills

Every summer down on main street in St. Charles, there is the Festival of the Little Hills.  This year we thought we would be brave and adventure the crowds with the Emma on wheels!  I swear sometimes it seems like an extra set of eyes and hands would be nice.  This is only controlling one child, so I can only imagine what it will be like trying to wrangle two kids!  Oh boy, oh boy, this will be fun!

 

 

Emma walking around main street.

 

Just doing a little window shopping.

 

Meeting people all the time (much like her Grandpa).

 

Walking down towards the river with Daddy.

 

Resting her head on daddy's thick skull.

 

Trying to give 'fives' to anyone and everyone.

 

High five to you!

 

Looks like someone is getting a little sleepy.

 

Watching the choo choo go around the track.

 

Here it comes!

 

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!

 

Emma was trying to find a way into this ride; too bad you have a few more years before you will be able to go on it.

Family Day at the Zoo

Michael and I decided that we would go to the Zoo with just our family this time.  There are many times we have an additional family member present, but we also like to see how Emma will react to certain things.  While at the Zoo this time, we didn't necessarily do anything new or different, but merely enjoyed the presence of one another.  It's nice to have the opportunity to do things with our families, but at the same time we would like to have some memories of just our family partaking in things.

 

 

Drink ready for the train ride.

 

All happy to go on the choo choo!

 

Why aren't we on the train yet?

 

Having a fruit snack and catching up on the news.

 

All aboard!

 

My family

 

Looking ahead.

 

I love you stinky face.

 

Back at ya mom!

 

Silly girl cheesing it up for the camera!

 

Hold on tight; is Daddy driving?

 

Emma was becoming a little squirmy inside the monkey house.

 

Which monkey is looking at who?

 

So excited to see monkeys!

 

Looking at the elephants.

 

Pointing to them too.

 

A mommy and her baby.

 

Best view in town.

 

Again the mommy and baby.

 

Emma making sure I get to see this too.

Jackie's Baby Shower

In just a couple months, Jackie will be having twins!  They don't want to know the sex of the babies which just blows my mind.  Why wouldn't you want to know what is coming so that you could better prepare for the two of them!  While at the shower, I didn't get any pictures of Jackie opening presents or anything because I was too busy taking pictures of these girls.

 

 

Maddie's turn with the baby doll's bottle.

 

Here Emma, do you want some?

 

Now it's your turn Maddie.

 

Hugs for cousins.

 

Where did you go Maddie?  I have alot of bottles!

 

Great Grandma playing dolls with her great grandbabies.

 

Maddie's turn again with the bottle.

 

Not sure what Emma was trying to feed Maddie.

 

Stare down between real food and pretend bottles.

 

But Great Grandma got them to hug and forget about the food.

 

Emma was getting tired.

 

The silly car ride home:

 

Food Truck Friday

We had heard about these food truck Fridays that would go down to Tower Grove Park throughout the summer, but we never actually went down there, until now.  We had decided that since Greg and Jill were in town we would all adventure to the park just to see what the hype was all about. 

 

Well they should mention that alot of people attend, which means that parking is terrible.  We parked pretty far away, in an area I wouldn't want to be at when it gets dark, but that was the closest we could get.  After walking through the line up of food trucks, we decided to circle back and get a few items to try.  Some of the food was really good, but the price wasn't too good.  And then there were the desserts, which were delicious!  And I could have paid anything to have more of them.  If we go back, we need to get there early for a parking spot and stock up on the desserts right away!

 

 

Grabbing a quick drink while we wait in line for some food.

 

Wandering around where we decided to sit down.

 

Messing with Mommy's straw...

 

It's a good thing the straw wasn't meant to pull out from the top or else it would be long gone.

 

Taking a drink of Mommy's water.

 

Emma being silly; it's what she does best!

 

Close up picture.

 

Waiting in line with Nana, Uncle Greg, Jill, and Uncle Scott.

 

Last time messing with your cup Mom, I promise (wink wink).