Sleeping in the Car??

I don't think Nicholas has slept in the car (before 10pm) since he was 2. Even then it was a rarity. But after missing nap today, he was so exhausted he fell asleep on a 10 minute car ride to do some Halloween costume shopping. I was having a conversation with him and couldn't figure out why he wasn't answering!

I love the clutching of the pink baseball.

Tubes Await

We met with Nicholas' Ear, Nose & Throat doctor this morning, and he has decided we should go ahead with tubes in both ears. This darn fluid just refuses to go away. At our checkup 3 weeks ago there was only fluid in one ear and the doctor had hoped that the steroid would clear it up, but alas, it's still there and fluid has shown up again in his other ear. I asked the doctor if he was surprised that Nicholas hasn't had ear infections (in his whole life he's had only one very mild one we didn't treat), but he wasn't. Apparently at Nicholas' age you really just see hearing issues, which is how we found the issue back in March. So this coming Monday we'll be having a quick little outpatient surgery to stick them in. I assume this means he'll listen to me all the time now? :)

Happy Birthday, Gavin!

Our friend Gavin Lang (his mom Tammy is one of my friends from Bunko) celebrated his 4th birthday with a construction party at his house today. His parents had even gotten some Bobcats for the afternoon for the kids to climb on. What fun for 4 year old boys, huh?

Looks pretty natural sitting up there...

Did I mention there was also a bounce house?? (Nico is the airborne one on the left)

Aaah...power tools!

Tammy made "dirt" cups with gummy worms in these cute pails. Nicholas managed to snag the last pink one. (Gavin is there on the right)

The Langs are great people and always throw a fun party. We're happy to have them as friends!

Taste of St Louis 2008

Yet another cool annual St Louis party is Taste of St Louis. It's held downtown and has booths from dozens of great restaurants, several stages with live music and tons of people.

Charlotte "I love pasta!" King had many choices.

What is he touching?

Oh I see. The underbelly of HUGE bull!

Boys love trucks. And blue lollipops.

Unfortunately since we didn't get there until 6:00, we missed all the kids activities (petting zoo, art projects etc.). We decided next year we'd go early with the kids, then leave them with a sitter and go by ourselves for the night!

We Love Samples!

Driving home from errands this morning, I saw a sign in our neighborhood that said "Reebok and Adidas Sample Sale". We had to check it out. We are big fans of samples - Trader Joe's, Costco...you name it. And while these samples weren't free, they were a crazy bargain. Unfortunately USC and Arizona are Nike schools and we were too late to get any of the Cardinals gear. Nevertheless, we snatched up some Boston Celtics and Patriots gear for our family out East.

While we have no real pro football allegiance in our house, who doesn't love a funny hat?!? Nicholas has now adopted the Broncos. It was the only thing he wanted, so we ponied up the $3.50. The sample guy is having another sale in a month, then around Christmas he sends all the stuff to Goodwill just to clean out his garage! We're SO there next month!

Fun Friday

Tom was able to get out of work a little early and meet us at "Parties in the Park", a town festival for Olivette (just a few miles north of here). They didn't have a Ferris wheel, but they did have pony rides and a plethora of bounce houses and huge slides for the kids.

Nicholas bounced away for 45 minutes before heading off to a baseball game with Daddy. It was the Cardinals final series of the season.

Albert Pujols hit home run in the game. Nicholas told me all about it: "Mama! I said 'Hit a home run, Albert Pujols!' and HE DID! Just for me!" Aaah we'll miss the Cardinals in the off season. See you in the Spring, Albert Pujols!

Up, Up and Away!