Spring Photo Shoot

 Hey kids,

Back in March I bought you guys some color coordinated outfits and we headed to the Missouri Botanical Garden to take an Easter photo shoot.  The gardens were more beautiful than I even anticipated and surprisingly, you guys were fairly cooperative.  

Melting my heart!

You can't tell how big this plant was from the photo, but trust me, it was huge!

The secret to this shot is Daddy cracking jokes on the sidelines!

MOSTLY cooperative...

So GQ!

I saw such a great photo op when you guys came across this creek.  I put Daddy in charge of keeping an eye on you and sneaked back to the main path to wait for my perfect shot....

  hmmm

...nope...

...uh uh...

YES!  Perfection!  Tell me that isn't one of those shots that you give yourself a high five on!

Great day, great kids, great shots!

Thanks, guys!

Love,

Mama

Holiday Traditions in St. Charles

Logan and I had so much fun with Valerie, Reagan and Cooper last year at the Christmas Traditions parade in St. Charles that this year we decided to go back with Daddy, Claire and all the Trohas!  We had a great day for it with just a bit of a chill in the air.  It was exciting to see the characters mingling with the crowd on their way to the parade starting point.

Here's MacNicholas, the Scottish Santa.

Mikko, one of Santa's elves...

Frankly, I have no idea who these costumey people are.

Dady and Claire wait for the parade!

 Yikes!  The Ice Queen.

Snegurochka, the Russian snow child.

Serenity, the Christmas angel, followed by Clara and her Nutcracker Prince.

I love this picture of Frontier Santa!

This of course is Father Christmas.

Victorian Carolers making their way down Main Street.

Santa and Mrs. Claus in their carriage!

Reagan and Logan "do lunch" afterward at one of the many cafes downtown.

I do love how the kids got into character for this shot!  Well, except for Claire.  She takes her head-through-the-hole posing very seriously apparently!

I happen to love this family picture!

The kids chatting up Mrs. Claus.

That Frontier Santa.  What a guy.

Mother Goose absolutely crushed on Logan.

The Master of Revels was shouty and rude.  Claire could not wait to get away from him!

She was also not a huge fan of Snegurochka.

Not at all, actually.

Now there's a handful of adorable kids.

Love you guys, and all our traditions together.

Mama