Perfect Day!

Or as pretty close to perfect as can be. We haven't been to the zoo since last year, and with the temperatures supposed to be in the mid 60's (18 celcius) and which it turned out to be, we decided to head to the zoo. We also decided to bring our bikes and lunch too, since Forest Park has so much to offer.

We quickly found a parking lot and walked to the penguins first (Lucas's request).

It was so cool because it was feeding time while there. I guess we got lucky because they are only fed twice daily.

We also saw lion country and rivers edge (that's where the rhino's, elephants are).

We didn't even see half of the animals at the zoo. The St. Louis zoo is just so awesome, and has so much to see, and we just love to visit.

Around lunchtime we headed back to the truck, got our food and sat and ate lunch on the lawn overlooking a beautiful lake and the art museum. Lucas loved it so much. It was truly amazing to see him be so content just looking at the water - and we enjoyed how quiet he was ;-)

After lunch we jumped on our bikes and rode for 8 miles (13 km) around Forest Park. A lot of people think it's so neat how Lucas sits on the back of Dwayne's bike. He had gotten too big for his baby seat which sat on my bike.

Lucas loved that he got to see so much construction equiment on the loop. They are completely redoing one of the highways in St. Louis, and it was so strange to see the highway we take to the zoo completely gone and just a lot of dirt instead.

We returned to the truck and headed home. We were all tired after all that fresh air. Lucas took a long nap in the car on the way home.

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Foraar undervejs!

Ja, nu er foraaret kommet til St. Louis. Endelig kan vi nyde lange gaature til legepladsen. Vi har ogsa haft en picnic allerede - dejligt! Der er jo nok nogle af Jer der ved hvor meget jeg holder af at tage billeder. Dwayne's hobby er hans cykel - min er mit kamera :-) Og jeg har taget mange billeder i den sidste maneds tid, sa her er et lille udvalg.
Her er en lille blomst ude fra min have.

Jeg synes, at disse traer er sa flot om foraret nar de blomstrer. Der er to store af slagsen foran vores lokale highschool. En dag tog jeg kameraet under armen og Lucas i klapvognen og sa gik vi en tur derhen.

Dejlig blaa himmel. Flaget er fra highschool.

Denne fugl hedder en eastern blue bird. Den sad en morgen ude pa Lucas's gyngestativ, og med min nye lense kunne jeg fa et rigtig godt billede af den. Den sad forst med ryggen til mig, men det var som om at den lyttede til mig, da jeg paent spurgte om den lige ville vende sig lidt.

Og sa om foraret sa skal vinduerne jo lige pudses.

Happy Birthday, Lucas!

Born 3/2/05 at 11.51, weighed 8lbs 11 oz (3950 gram) and 21 inches (53cm) long.

Today is Lucas's 4th birthday. I can't believe he's been in our lives for four years already. I can only say that we're truly blessed, and I love my little man so much!

We had his party Saturday. We decided to do a Curious George theme, figured it would be the last cute thing we could do before he starts demanding Spiderman etc.

We got the cake done, but it did give us a lot of frustration and irritation. But we think it turned out awesome. Don't you think??

Pirate Ship

I can't believe my little baby is gonna be four in about a week. He's gotten so big, and he's such a smart little cookie. He's got such a creative mind, and I love that about him.

This is what he came up with when he was playing with playdooh the other day - a pirate ship!

Mississippi

Sne!!

I tirsdag fik vi sne og noget islag. Vi fik maske 5cm sne. Men natten mellem tirsdag og onsdag fik vi 20cm sne. Vi fik rigtig brugt meget tid udenfor i de par dage.