Five ‘Til Noon

“Does my foot look asleep?”

During the last big snow, the kids and I dug up an old-fashioned snow cream on the internet.  Very yummy!

Here are our non-snow ingredients: heavy cream (always a good choice), vanilla, and sugar.

Add three quarts of 111 Park front-yard snow …

Mix it all up …

And enjoy …

There’s no such thing as too much pink.

More in the gallery.  Photos by Jackie.

On the way into the mall the other day, it was raining a bit so I started to run, telling the kids that I was “engaging turbo”. I heard the pitter-patter of little feet behind me and just assumed that they were all following. However, when I arrived at the door Jonathan had barely moved from where we started running.

When he finally got to the doors, he just shrugged and said “I don’t DO turbo.”

“Hopefully I don’t make a mess like all my previous attempts”

Pretty good summary of Lana.

Here’s what you don’t want to hear when walking past a bedroom shared by two ten year-olds.

“Here, let me show you something really cool”.

We attended the Forest Park Balloon Glow this year with Brian and Jessica’s family.  It was a little crazy to see how many people were crammed into Forest Park.  The kids were a little apprehensive about the huge crowds and darkness but enjoyed themselves when we eventually found Brian and Jessica and a place to sit and watch the fireworks.

Joy and I have visited Silver Dollar City several times without the kids, and this year we finally tried it with the kids.  It’s a different theme park when you have three kids with you.

More pictures are in the gallery

Ride count

• Wildfire: 2 times
• Powder Keg: 2 times
• Thunderation: 5 times
• Giant Swing: 2 times
• Fire in the Hole: 1 time
• Lost River of the Ozarks: 3 times
• American Plunge: 2 times
• Electro Spin: 1 time
• Mighty Galleon: 1 time
• Elephant March: 1 time
• Grand Exposition Swings: 1 time

Aaron and Lana favored the coasters and Jonathan favored the water rides.