St Louis arch

Naturally, we rode up in the arch. 

Note little tiny children with umbrellas center bottom.

In the arch tram 

At the top!

City Museum

It's really hard to explain but let's just say: John found blocks, and having gone 2.5 days without building anything, he built for a half-hour.

Also there was ice cream. And lots of other stuff, but it's... just hard to explain.

St Louis

John scoped things out:

Still raining.

Lincoln's town

We had Springfield to ourselves on these cold, wet days.

A in the Lincoln bedroom.

So we made the most of our time. 

Springfield

RtK 2018

Once again, Team Family Awesome made it 2.4 miles in the pool, 112 miles on pedals, and 26.2 miles on foot! This year, the children fired up their Chromebooks and we kept track on a shared Google doc. We've come a long way from a hand-drawn tally taped to the wall. 

Party creatures

Spring break

After 45 minutes on skateboards

"Hold on Mom, I need to look really crazy"

[puts on hat]

Bridge out

Second grade show

Rumble in the Jungle!

Scenes from the clubhouse

No man is an island

but sometimes this one prefers to walk alone.

Our favorite violist

Live, in concert!

Pulled in by books

One minute he's making lunch. The next he's reading Lego Ninjago. And ten minutes later...

Spring!

Buddies

Schemers

Pastry chef

Here has been the boy

Science fair!

Basketball pictures

Those scrawny pink arms