Trying to Stay Awake

Brady was exhausted after our trip to St. Louis and not having a good nap with the activities.  He was trying so hard to stay awake!

Zoo

What a fabulous zoo St. Louis has and bonus that it is free!  There are add-on activities like the train and other things but how nice it is free and has some free on-site parking.  My kind of place!  We all really enjoyed our day here.

We got to touch stingrays.

I had never seen a lion in a tree before - interesting.

A train ride with the boys!

Elephants!

CJ and a BIG bug!

These are my kind of frogs - fake.

 Brady's first carousel ride!

Grant’s Farm

We visited St. Louis in September and went to Grant’s Farm for an afternoon.  What an ideal place for toddlers due to the size and activities offered.  Plus it helps that each adult over 21 gets two free beers – thank you Busch family!   In looking at the website it says that the farm is located on the ancestral home of the Busch family.

A tram ride through the park to look at the animals.

 CJ thought this turtle was so neat!

Carousel rides are always fun!

 This picture cracks me up!  He was definitely ready for a nap.

Cracker Barrel

We ate at a Cracker Barrel recently and who can resist the rockers on the front porch!

Nature Center

We have a great nature center close to us.  We have been there a few times and it has been fun.  What a great family activity – a hike in the woods!

Many Faces of Brady

From sad to happy in the space of minutes!

Many Faces of CJ

Corvin has started to really enjoy making faces for the camera as you can see below.  He loves to look at the pictures right away after they are taken  - aww digital!

Last days of being one...

I have LOVED Brady in his shirt from his 1st birthday party, he wore it many times - thanks Mom!  The orange with the polka dots was so fun and it was special that he and Sage shared in the party for their 1st birthday.   Here is Brady in one of the last days he was one and in his '1' shirt!

And yes, ideally I would have posted this before the birthday post,  but oh well!

Happy 2nd Birthday Brady!!

WOW that today Brady is two already.  Such a sweet boy!  We hope you had a great birthday.  Here are a few pictures from the day.  We will celebrate with a party next weekend.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADY!!!!

Balloons to start out the day!

 Ooh!  He had a great time opening his birthday present from Aunt Terri & Uncle Nick.

 Breakfast with candles and singing happy birthday!

Candles at lunch and another round of happy birthday!  He had just blown the candles out all by himself!

Not to sure about this cupcake thing and these people singing to me!

Guess it is pretty good!