KC-Round 2

Jace's second trip to Kansas City for the summer proved to be much more successful than his initial one. This time he and Mommy drove halfway and met up with Grandma F. and Fabulous Aunt Kay. Jace was able to reside with Aunt Erin during his stay and did a great job of sleeping at night. Napping, of course, was a little different story but he still managed to be pleasant to be around throughout the trip. Jace gets even more props, as this trip was mostly geared towards 'girly' things (i.e., shopping, eating, drinking wine, etc.). He did get to hang with his friend Preston, swim at Aunt Erin's, play with Kona, and eat at some super cool places (one of which being Joe's Crab Shack where Grandma F. acquired a 20-year old admirer--yes our waiter was crushing on her!). After Jace retired to bed at night the girls and Tom Thomas were able to make and consume dozens of cookies, drink some wine, and play some friendly games of Yahtzee (Mommy rules--well she would have if Grandma wasn't allowed to count five ONES as a Yahtzee!) and Scrabble. Mommy wasn't quite up to par with the pictures this weekend so she is adding a couple randoms for your viewing pleasure.

The crew at the Plaza (minus photographer Mommy of course) Jace appears to be in escape mode but to the best of Mommy's recollection this an optical illusion.

Splashing Mommy and himself in the pool

Preston giving Jace a bite of his (Jace's) apple. Preston was very concerned with making sure Jace got his daily allowance of fruit. Every once in a while he would grab Jace's apple from his stroller and take it over so Jace could get a bite in.

Taking a break from shopping

Checking out Aunt Erin's digs

Playing Playstation downstairs---just like Daddy does

Jace is a little bit of a neat freak (hmmm he doesn't get this from Mommy). He doesn't mind getting dirty but he definitely wants cleaned afterwards. He also likes things in their place and doesn't mind picking up. So today he wanted to have some cereal in a bowl on the coffee table-- which is pretty normal--except on this day he brought Mommy his bib so he wouldn't get messy while he was standing and eating. A little odd.

Jace now has 2 identical Elmos. His first one is becoming so disgusting Mommy broke down and got him another. Today he even insisted on bringing Elmo # 1 outside to play where he subsequently pushed him around on his power wheels, drug him around the garage floor, wiped his mouth with sidewalk chalk, and took him for a walk in the stroller. Next, he went inside and shared his snack with him (he was actually shoving animal crackers against poor helpless Elmo's mouth). Although this is quite cute, Jace is starting a new daycare soon and Mommy decided a clean Elmo may make a better first impression!


Summer is winding down so Jace and Mommy are picking up the pace--it is probably fairly obvious that we don't like to stay still for long! The D'Port Zoo is up on Wednesday.........pics to follow!