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A Mid-Summer Snowball Fight

on July 31, 2015 at 7:30 am ×

Cross country road trip highlight? There were many, but the mid-summer snowball fight we had 13,000 feet up in the Rocky Mountains ranks way, way, way up on the list.

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This is how to road trip. Give them stickers and duct tape and pipe cleaners and scissors and glue and tape and…don’t turn around. They will have the time of their lives and you will, well, you will stay sane. This photo of the mouse is from day 1. It […]

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Hanging On And Letting Go At The City Museum

on July 29, 2015 at 7:30 am ×

It’s not a metaphor. It’s the City Museum in St. Louis, where holding on is every bit as essential as letting go. There’s no place better to be a child in America than this rough and tumble wonderland. Read more about City Museum and other family fun spots in and […]

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Silhouettes Inside The Arch

on July 28, 2015 at 7:30 am ×

Two young women, two silhouettes, ready for adventure, together, hand in hand, with the whole of the wild west out in front of them as they stand beneath the St. Louis Arch.

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What Do You See In A Hall of Mirrors?

on July 27, 2015 at 4:14 pm ×

Greatness. Sweetness. Love. Intelligence. Humor. Curiosity. Wonder. Nothing but light. May she never stop seeing what I see in her right now this minute inside and out of a hall of mirrors.

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A Mom, Her Daughter and a Blue Butterfly Kite on Memorial Day 2015

on May 26, 2015 at 3:20 pm ×

Warm air, cool breezes, a picnic blanket, and a visit from the ice cream truck helped to make our 2015 Memorial Day a super memorable one. Mouse helped as best she could to get the kite off the ground, but let’s not talk about those repeated plummets to the green […]

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123 Sesame Street

on May 18, 2015 at 1:33 pm ×

This. This about sums it up right now. Unfortunately, there was nary a sign of Oscar the Grouch or my main man, er, worm, Slimy in, on, or around the famed metal trash can at 123 Sesame Street.