{ weekly recap - July 18th-24th }

We love making smoothies for breakfast & for mid-day snacks.

Our current favs...Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie and Peach & Spinach Smoothie.

CJ toted these superheroes around with him everywhere at a friend's

birthday party at the indoor inflatable center. He loved taking them

down the slide.

I don't think we will ever get tired of dressing up like superheroes!

T was on quite the winning streak playing Skee-ball...his new favorite game.

Daddy's birthday dinner at Anthony's with spaghetti & meatballs

We celebrated Daddy's birthday by staying the night at Crown Center

We swam for hours, did lots of exploring, ate lots of yummy treats and

had lots of fun in the city.

The boys were exhausted after a long day in the sun. This is

how they fell asleep...so precious!

Pillow fight!

CJ outside Liberty Memorial

The birthday boy with his two boys outside of Union Station.

Later on we went through the Choppers exhibit which

we all loved.

{ weekly recap - July 4th -July 10th }

+ Watergun fight with Gigi & Grandpa...best way to cool off on a hot day!

+ Started off the week with a BANG with lots of fireworks in our cul-de-sac. Parkville is the best for Fourth of July!

+ Boys loved the paratrooper Fireworks

+ Making funny voices in the fan

+ J grilled lots of good food for our Fourth of July bbq including Asian Hamburgers, Mozzarella & Garlic Chicken Sausages & lots of hot dogs for the kiddos.

+ Mid week ice cream treat at Paradise General Store

+ Petted a cute lil' dog

+ Hosted a Snow Cone Party for our friends/neighbors after the Fourth of July parade

+ Dressed up in our knight/dragon gear for a birthday party

+ Indian War Paint (T did all by himself...can't you tell) :)

+ The boys' new custom skateboards arrived in the mail and Momma made sure that they were completely geared up with their protective equipment from head to toe

+ CJ takes his lawn-mowing seriously

+ Ate lots of fresh veggies/fruit from our garden & the farmer's market

+ T made this dinosaur to protect all of the koi fish in the water garden

+ T & Gigi took an unexpected dip in the koi pond

+ Fresh grilled peaches from Waverly & homemade vanilla ice cream...double yum!

{ weekly recap - June 27th-July 3rd }

+ View of downtown from the top of the Ferris Wheel

+ Parkville's Fourth of July Carnival

+ Drive through the West Bottoms

+ We had another visitor this weekend

+ Sushi Night

+ Playing knights & vikings

+ My weekly Farmer's Market yummies

+ CJ curled up on the living room chair to take a much-needed afternoon nap

+ T built a huge fort for all of his superheroes (it is quite the display - it wraps around his room)

+ Saturday morning cartoons in their chairs

+ The boys wrapped themselves as mummies with packaging wrap

+ Sparklers at nighttime

+ The boys new favorite this year - the Smoke Grenade

+ Tested out some fireworks before our real Fourth of July celebration on Monday

+ We attended the International Cop Car Association Show at Zona Rosa - very cool at night with all of the lights going on all at once

+ J tested out his new Royals tank while mowing :)

+ T got most coveted toy - a Super Soaker Water Gun (they have definitely evolved since I was a kid)

+ Spent 4 out of 5 afternoons swimming with friends