Well, the summer is definitely over. Kindergarten has started. Strict dress code at the Lutheran school. No superhero shirts. He pulls it off.
One Saturday at the farmers' market, Jefferson announced that he had a loose tooth. He worked with his tongue for 5 or 6 days. It was hanging by a thread one morning so I sent carrot sticks in his lunch. Bingo. This is what he usually does when you ask him to smile.
The tooth fairy took a check for $10 to the bank and got an envelope full of gold-looking dollar coins. The tooth fairy found it incredibly lame that they even make a Franklin Pierce coin.
On a sweltering Thursday afternoon in August, we sweated through our clothes and most of a Cardinals game.
Because it was a Thursday afternoon in August, we got a great deal on the seats. We were close enough that if we'd shouted at Carlos Beltran, he could probably hear us. By the way, I'm not flashing a peace (or gang) sign. Beltran had just hit a 2-run homer.
2-boyz pouting on a balcony.
Mom gets in on the act.
We bought a Groupon for the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. "Transportation" is a little misleading since the collection seems like 90 percent trains. Whatever they call it, it's pretty great. Miniature train ride was included in the Groupon.
We played a game in which Jefferson stood in front of things and posed however he wanted. We call it "interpretive posing." Exhibit A.
Exhibit B.
Exhibit C. The "C" stands for "confusing."
Anyway, this museum is great. It's a huge open air museum with loads of hands-on exhibits.
Ringing the bell is a two-man job.
When I was a kid, the caboose was fascinating. Throughout my childhood I always wondered what went on in there.
Now I know. Naptime.
This trolley car was rad. It takes you from one end of the trains to the other.
In all honesty, this is one of the best kid-friendly activities in the St. Louis area and we didn't really even know about it. You're outside with lots of space to run around and lots of cranks to pull and wheels to turn. I know he looks serious here, but he's having serious fun.
