New baby!

We have a new baby in the Kreidler family! Paul's brother Bill and his wife Gina welcomed Evan Michael at 1:29 PM this afternoon. He weighed in at 8 lb, 2 oz and 20.5 inches long. Mom and baby are doing well following her C-section. Check out The Indiana Kreidlers blog later this pm for pictures of the new cousin meeting his big brothers!

Spring Break - Day 4!

Today Emily experienced Adam's story time at our local library branch. I didn't take any pictures though. At the end of every story time, the children watch a short movie and today's movie was about Chicken Little. All afternoon Adam has been telling us the sky is falling!

When we came home afterwards, Grandpa and Grandma were here! We took them out for an elegant lunch at Sams Club!

Here are a few pictures of Adam and Emily playing outside with a worm they found outside.

Spring Break - Day 3

On the agenda for Day 3 of Em's Spring Break: THE ZOO! Emily's friend Isabel joined us on our St. Louis Zoo adventure. We only did about half of it due to time and a tired 3 year old, but we have a fun time! We rode the train (twice) and the carosel (twice also!). Adam's favorite was the hippo, Em's - the elephant, and Isabel's - the penguins. I personally liked the Gorillas! You'll see why when you look at the video below!

The penguin house - not as neat as going to Antarctica, but as cool as you'll get in the Midwest!

Carosel rides!

Adam's favorite - the hippos.
Gorilla Best Friends! The docent said this "behavior" started a year ago probably out a boredom, but is now done out of habit. She also said that these two gorillas are BFFs! (Best Friends Forever!)

Spring Break - Day 2!

Yesterday we had a realtively quiet day compared to Monday. Emily had a doctor appointment in the morning and then we spent lunch time at McDonalds so Adam could run off some energy before nap. I guess it worked as my 3 year old slept for FOUR hours! Emily went to a friends house for the afternoon so I could get some work done around the house in preparation for our vacation (thanks Marissa and Isabel!).

Here are some pics:

Hiding from my big sister:

Found you! Dinner at Fuddruckers:

Spring Break - Day 1!

I know that Em's break actually started last Thursday but since we were in Illinois closing on our house and my mom was here, Spring Break officially started (at least in my head!) today.

Adam, Em and I went to the St. Louis Science Center today for awhile. While there, we visited the Discovery Room, the IMAX movie theatre, the overpass over I-64, the dinosaurs, and the space section!

Adam and Emily both enjoyed their first IMAX experience. We saw Sea Monsters, a movie that features a dolichorynchops (familiarly known as a 'dolly') as she travels through life's stages. The movie shows the "dolly's" experiences with long-necked pleisosaurs, giant turtles, enormous fish, ferocious flippered crocs, fierce sharks, and the mosasaurs. We also saw some dinosaurs (including a T-Rex)which you know Adam loved! Both kids were a little freaked out at first by the sound and movie because it was very loud and LARGE!

Something I thought was interesting was a scale that computed how expensive it would be to send you to space based on your weight. I'll post those pics and you can see how expensive it would be to send us 3 Kreidlers to space!

Now, I only have to figure out the rest of the week!!! Adam's already talking about the Zoo!

Here's some pics:

The water table in the Discovery Room. Always a crowd favorite!

Adam also found some Dinos in the Discovery Room!Emily is "gunning" the cars below in I-64/US 40 to see who is speeding!Adam and I checking out passing cars/trucks. Emily taking her turn to observe.
How much is costs to send Emily to space - $565,000!

Adam is a bargain at only $220,000!Adam and Mom on the scale!

Happy Easter!

Easter Eggs 2008

We colored this year's Easter Eggs tonight. The kids had fun, but I think next year I need 2 or 3 dozen instead of one dozen!

Now for the ghost of Easters past...