Catching up

It has been super busy around our house the past few weeks. It seems like the entire month of August is full of stuff for us to do. Joe went to a St. Louis Cards game a couple of weeks ago, so Lauren and I had a girls night. I took her to a place in Springfield called Jump Mania. She had a blast. She was absolutely fearless, right up to the end. She jumped and climbed and slid down the giant slides, all without batting an eye. At the very end, she got stuck in one of the blow-up gyms, and I could not get her out. After that, she was all done. She has begged to go back ever since. We finished the day with a trip to one of our favorite Chinese food places and then headed home. We spent the rest of the evening playing outside. Here are just a few pics of Jump Mania.

Lauren has been doing really great with potty training. She loves wearing "big girl panties", especially her Dora panties. She hasn't really even had any accidents. I feel pretty lucky. Once she decided she was ready, she has pretty much trained herself.

We went to Tan-Tar-a this past weekend. We had not really been anywhere as a family, so this was sort of a mini vacation. The room was really nice. We were able to pack a lot of activities in a short period of time. We went swimming a couple of times at the indoor water park. Hunter had a blast. Lauren thought it was OK. The kids swam for a while at one of the outdoor pools. Lauren had a blast. Hunter thought it was OK. Joe and Hunter road go-carts and played video games. We all played mini golf. We went bowling. We had some great food. All in all a nice weekend. Could not have asked for better weather. Lauren wore this silly purple hat all weekend