The snow has melted

Wow. The past week was freezing. Baby girl and I stayed inside as for days. Mark was gone so it made for a long week. We did go to the free family night at the Magic House Children's museum. (What a great concept, once a month, a free family night, so wonderful for those who can't afford the $7.50 per person admission price.) We spent about 1.5 hours there and had the best time. I think we will be purchasing a membership because I can really see us going there a lot. It is close to home and a great activity for those long afternoons when she wakes from her nap early and it is a struggle to keep her up until bed time.

Things are back to normal now with Mark home. Today we went to visit an old friend of mine who has a sweet little baby girl who is still in the non moving phase. So while the little one sat playfully on a blanket, I ran around my friend's house calling my little explorer back to the area where I could see her. I guess baby girl just wanted to take a tour of the entire house.

I'm hoping the nice weather continues for a bit. I really want to get outside during the day and take a walk. I'd really love to go to Mo Botanical Gardens or the Zoo this weekend. Guess we'll have to check out the weather reports.

Other than that, we have our gym and music group classes this week. Baby girl sure loves these. She is so happy to see the other little babies. And she is starting to really like the teachers too.

So many new things to do

We are getting a very busy calendar. I've signed us up for a class at The Little Gym. We had our first class this past Tuesday. It was great. The class is small and there were a few dads there, which is great since Mark comes along.

Next week we start Kindermusik, just baby girl and me. It's a daytime class so no daddy. We went to a trial and of course had a great time. She loves the music and loves to see the other kids and play games.

And our parent educator came for the first time today. I just have to say--Parents As Teachers is THE BEST PROGRAM EVER. Seriously, I think the people at Fit Pregnancy need to explore St. Louis more because I can't believe the support given to families here. PAT has the most amazing workshops, and they are all free. Some are child and parent activity classes and some are parent only classes. We have all of our home visits scheduled and I can't wait to see what we learn from each session. Not to mention, our parent educator is a great resource for fun, free events and places for babies and toddlers.

We've also started going to the MOMS Club events and we had a great time at the social. Baby girl ran herself all around the gym. She hopped on the backs of cars and little boys took her around, she sat and ate a snack, and played with everyone there. She's certainly not shy.

I'm really excited to check out a new place in Mapplewood, CooperElla. This sounds great. And it is near another favorite place of mine, Kangaroo Kids, a resale shop that has great stuff and best of all, lactation consultants, a nursing support group, and baby slings.

Well, enough for tonight. More this weekend on what fun stuff that we have planned for the next couple of weeks.

Happy To Be Home

I have recently moved back to St. Louis with my sweet daughter and wonderful husband, who left his family, all of his friends and a lifetime of living on the East Coast to make me happy. While there are things that I miss about the East Coast, I am ecstatic to be back here. I'm hoping to use this blog to share thoughts on all the things for moms and families around the St. Louis area. I really do think this is a great place to raise a family and I want to share all the wonderful things to do with anyone who wants to read. Please feel free to let me know of your favorite mom and family events too. I'm always looking for things to do.