It’s become something of a tradition for me to post a gallery of the first days of school from kindergarten through 8th grade on the last day of each child’s 8th grade year. So, for the last time, here’s a look back at Chickadee from K to 8:
And a bonus picture of her today on her last day of 8th grade:
On to high school!
Riding the Loop Trolley in St. Louis and at Maifest at Grant’s Farm:
We had a great time at the lantern festival at the St. Louis Zoo!
As a follow-up to the Busch 360 Tour Chickadee and I went on in August, we went on the Classic Tour of the ballpark on Monday, plus we visited the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum and walked around Ballpark Village…it was about the most fun you can have when the Cardinals aren’t in town!
Last week we had fun at the Missouri Botanical Garden checking out their new art installation, and at Eckert’s, where we enjoyed tulip-themed sundaes:
Here’s a couple more photos from our visit to the Tulip Trail at Eckert’s…it was so much fun!
Here’s a look back at the three-day trip to Columbia and Kansas City Missouri Chickadee and I took, starting with a visit to Mizzou:
We had a great time in Kansas City, where we visited the National WWI and Memorial, had lunch at Town-Topic Hamburgers, did a quick run-through of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and road the KC Streetcar:
And we took a small hike around Rock Bridge Memorial State Park and explored a cave:
This was a really fun little roadtrip!
It was pretty chilly at the Missouri Botanical garden on Monday, but it was a beautiful day to see the Japanese cherry blossoms at their peak bloom!
The weekend of birthday celebrations continued today!
Chickadee started the morning off at church, where the congregation sang “Happy Birthday” to her after the service!
When we got home, she opened her presents:
For breakfast, she wanted the coffee cake we always have on Christmas, with a twist…this time, I made it with strawberries instead of cherries.
She requested “Brinner” (breakfast for dinner) for her birthday dinner, featuring Mickey waffles, scrambled eggs, sausage, a delicious fruit salad, and strawberry milk tea with popping boba:
And she picked a chocolate chip cookie cake for her birthday…the decorations were inspired by the colors of the Honmoon in KPop Demon Hunters.
I had such a fun time celebrating my youngest (who isn’t that terribly young anymore!) today!
We had to stop by the library one more time to see the 10 chicks that hatched last week before they moved on!
