M-I-Z Z-O-U

We started off the weekend by hanging our Missouri flag out front. Nate asked me if he had a Missouri shirt to wear and sadly, I had to say no. But Scott's shirt for the big game on Saturday was handy so he modeled for us. I'll have to work on stocking up on Missouri and Georgia gear this week...football season is one of our favorite times of year.


We attended the Missouri-Illinois game in St. Louis on Saturday night. The Tigers won but hopefully we'll see better things out of the defense this season!

L-R: Abatha, Tasha, Robyn, Jackie - my fabulous friends that I met at Mizzou. They are all such amazing women and mothers and I'm lucky to have them in my life. And they all told me that they read my blog! They truly are great friends and humor all of my quirks. Yet they do remind me of them often! Tasha told a story yesterday about me having 10 pairs of khakis when I went college - all neat and pressed in my closet - and only one pair of jeans. Seems odd to me now - well, not really, I still have lots of khakis and I LOVE to iron...but I guess I have more jeans now - see, I have changed girls! It was great to see you and I miss you already!

And finally, my gorgeous brother and the lovely Sarah. I'm not going to stay in the same hotel with you all anymore...you attract fire alarms!

I didn't get a picture of my wonderful parents that attended the game too. It is fun to share these Mizzou experiences with them. My dad talks about the good ole days when he was in college and Mizzou football was stellar. Hopefully 2008 will be a repeat!

Go Tigers!

Go Cardinals!

I'm sure Scott would say Go Braves! It was the Missouri girls against the Georgia boys this weekend...or Cardinals vs. Braves. The Cardinals won on Friday and Sunday, and of course we went on Saturday, so Jason and Scott got to brag. But Amy and I were good sports - at least we can brag on the fact that St. Louis really does love baseball and shows it every game day! While the adults were enjoying some kid-free time, Nate was having a blast fishing and canoeing on Delaney Pond. I don't think he wanted to come back to St. Louis!

Dinner Conversation

Last night at dinner we had the most interesting conversation with Nate. It went something like this -

Nate: Dad, do you know about species?
Scott: How do you know about species?

Nate: Did you know Tigers are an endangered species?
Scott: Where did you hear that?

Nate: Turtles and Lions are species
Scott: Yes! All animals have a species.

Nate never ceases to amaze me with the thoughts that are running around in his head.

First Day of School

Well, sort of...the real first day of school I guess won't be until Nate starts kindergarten, but today is his first day in the Early Preschool classroom. I am sad that I didn't get a picture of his first day at the St. Louis Children's Hospital - Clayton Avenue Center last August, but this will have to do to start our tradition of first days of school.

We had to say goodbye to his teachers in Room 3 (the 2-year old room) and we were all a little sad. But the good part is that he will be at the same center with the same kids, and his old teachers will still be around. The transition will surely be 100 times easier than it was last year at this time!

I wish these photos were better. Nate must have flipped a switch on my camera because all my pictures are coming out with a glow. Who knows. I should give it back to him because he would probably be able to diagnose the problem faster than me with his love of electronics.


He looks like such a big kid with his new tennis shoes. I shed a little tear this morning!

Baby Shower

My cousin Evan and his wife Olga are welcoming their first child, a baby girl, in October. My mom and I hosted a shower today for new little princess. Here are Olga and my Aunt Mil. We were also able to celebrate Aunt Mil's 91st birthday yesterday. We are so happy that she made the trip to St. Louis to attend the shower.

Olga & Evan's little girl will be the first girl to be born in our family since me! How exciting! We are so happy for them and know they will be great parents.


I had to take a picture of the centerpiece I made. I'm not a crafty girl, so I was very proud of my creation!

New Park

Nate and I visited a new park on Friday with the Griggs. Peter is such a monkey!

Pool Time

My normal day off is Friday, but this week I have to go to Nashville for a day meeting tomorrow, so I was off today. Nate and I decided to hit the pool and I was so glad we did because they are closing the toddler pool tomorrow. I would have been toast if we showed up next week to a closed pool! We have been going to the Webster Groves pool this summer and Nate loves it. He likes the water so much more this summer that I think swimming lessons are in our near future.




A highlight for today was that we didn't have to put on a swim diaper! I can't believe how grown up he seems at times.

Whoever invented these tubes is a rich, rich person now. Nate and his "tuba" have lots of fun at the pool.

It is great fun for him to fill up his bucket and dump it on me. Today it was only about 80 degrees (thankfully, it was over 100 at the beginning of the week), so the water didn't feel very good!