August 2012 Review

Gorilla suits.

80 pounds of pork butt for our church’s Backpack Attack.

Twenty-two hours in Georgia for my niece’s senior portraits…

And my sister’s family portrait with her in-laws.

First day of Kindergarten and 4th grade.

My Godson’s and his brothers’ birthdays.

Have you ever seen a hummingbird’s nest?

Photos of my sweet one-year-old neighbor.

Road trip to Kansas City for three things: 1) the new SeaLife aquarium.

2) the new Legoland Discovery Center

3) our friends and their kids (who have their own Legoland in their house!)

Visiting our alma mater as a family for the first time.

Skin cancer excision (don’t worry, it’s just basal cell carcinoma – not the big melanoma).

Toys moved to Jackson’s room and the basement.

Which means our main floor is finally toy-free, after nine years!

Annual block party with our neighbors.

The kids’ first karate class.

The biggest freak out (to date) that I’ve seen my daughter have – which was at the dentist’s office when she needed two teeth pulled. This was before the panic; the teeth never got pulled, but both our anxiety levels shot through the roof!

August ended with a really fantastic treat. Dan and I had dinner plans and nothing else afterwards. He said he'd figure something out and surprise me. We got in the car and he started driving. He pulled up outside the Fabulous Fox in downtown St. Louis and told me to hop out. Tickets were waiting at Will Call: he took me to see The Lion King. Pretty spectacular! Oh, yeah, and so was the show.