Mama On The Move

The girls and I went to Laumeier Sculpture Garden in St Louis. Some sculptures are just odd.  But entertaining and interesting. Emily and Katie always take pictures of bits and pieces of things while I usually try to get the whole thing in a shot. I also have fun taking pictures of them taking pictures. I really enjoy going to areas like this and I thought the girls would really like it as well. Unfortunately, we were only there a short time before Katie decided she was hot and tired and she wanted to leave.  So we didn't get to see very much of the art at all. I will be going back on my own at some point.  Now, let me just add.  I really do enjoy art and sculptures.  I can be impressed with something that looks really odd because I can see the difficulty, depth or the amount of time a piece took to create.  My years in the Fine Arts building at college have helped in many ways.   Having said that, however, I also remembe...

We took a picnic lunch to Faust Park in St Louis.  The geese are very interested in you if you show up with food.  Then we went to the Butterfly House.  Katie was promptly devoured by a very hungry caterpillar.   If you have boys who thing butterflies are too "girly", never fear.  There are enough creepy arachnids  and insects to keep any boy delighted. Like this giant container of roaches, for example. Katie actually crawled into the bubble so she was surrounded by roaches. I did not.  Then we went into the actual butterfly house.  There were thousands of butterflies everywhere!  They flittered and fluttered all around us. The environment in there is very warm with 70% humidity.  It's like being in a tropical jungle.  Not only are there lots of butterflies, but also lots of cool flowers and plants!  They give you charts with the butterflies on it to help identify e...

And here are the photos of the the cathedral from Katie's camera. It's always fascinating to see what my daughters find to be photo-worthy.

And, just to show you that we all find different things beautiful and/or interesting, here are some of the pictures of the Cathedral Basilica from Emily's camera.  She took exactly one photo of the mosaics.