The pictures below are from our day in St.Louis. Preston doesn't remember going to the Magic House before yesterday even though we went last year. He had a great time and so did Austin. I don't think they could ever get tired of going there. It's such a fun, hands-on place to spend a cold, winter day. It seems as though this is the time of year we always take a trip up there. Unfortunately, there is not a whole lot of kid friendly entertainment around here. They always enjoy Chuck-E-Cheese, also. Preston was so wore out from the Magic House that he fell asleep eating pretzels on the way to Chuck-e-cheese. He woke up quickly when it was time for more fun. 100 tokens later and a few hundred tickets won, we were ready to head home. We listened to the kids Veggie Tales C.D just about the whole way home. Preston really likes several of the songs and he wants to hear them again and again. Which I can't complain, it is worship music. Today we got to enjoy another day together. I love my job, I truly feel I get the best of both worlds. I get to be with my kids a lot and I love to teach. It doesn't get any better than that, for me anyways. Today before the boys even woke up I did the big cleaning: sweep, mop, bathrooms, more laundry that never ends, and got dinner prepared in the crock pot. I walked on the treadmill for about 30minutes and finally around 9:15 they both were awake. I let them watch a cartoon so I could get ready. We made heart shaped sugar cookies. They enjoyed decorating them and I cleaned up that mess. Finally, I decided we needed to get out of the house for awhile. The boys were not to excited about going to the mall, so I made the trip short, just long enough to go to Old Navy and JCPenney. We found Jeff a couple of shirts for his birthday which is a week from today and that was about it. A quick trip into Wal-Mart and we were on our way home. We had a Chinese dinner night -Jeff and I enjoyed the sweet and sour chicken that cooked all day over rice and the boys well they wouldn't even try it. So, the boys had shake and bake and rice. We had cream cheese won tons and to top it off- fortune cookies. Lots of fun! A funny moment today....I told Preston to go wash his hands for dinner and put his shirt back on. A few minutes later he came to the table naked as a jay bird- completely nonchalant. He really didn't realize what he had done at first. He must have went into the bathroom and thought it was time for bath, got undressed, remembered it was time for dinner and forgot to get dressed- I'm not sure. But we were all laughing so hard it was hilarious- perhaps you just had to be there to see the expression on his face when he realized what he had done. It's about time for bath, books, and bed for morning will come quick.