A Weekend of Fun!

Ryan and Whitney are die-hard Mizzou fans so of course, they made arrangements to go see the Mizzou/Illinois game this weekend.  We love Mizzou football too (maybe not quite as much as Whitney), so we decided to get some tickets and spend some couple time together.  Pam and Rick took Ansley to Grant's Farm (which ended up being closed because they had hit their max capacity-I didn't know that that possible!) and Jason, Ryan, Whitney, the Pingel's, Kurt, Lindsey, and I enjoyed the day downtown taking in all kinds of Mizzou action!  The weather was absolutely perfect for tailgating (this is my favorite part because hot dogs were involved-ha!), we ended up getting really good seats, and Mizzou won!  It was lots of fun! 

After the game, Ryan, Whitney, Jason, and I headed to the zoo to meet Pam and Rick.  They have a special section at the zoo for the younger children where they can pet goats and other animals, so Ansley was in heaven!  She was finally able to see all the animals we've been playing with from her Noah's Ark playset!  She thought it was so cool!   She rode the carousel with Pamaw and Pappaw and then we headed out after a few more animals (we had to see the lion and tiger-Ansley loves to roar!)

 Ansley clapping at the children's show

These are some of the animals she saw up close and personal.
Armadillo on the right...not sure on the left :).

Ansley and the monkey just stared at each other for what seemed like forever!  She even put her little hand up to the window where his hand was.  It was so sweet!

Ansley got into a really giggly mood after seeing the monkey and Jason and I were enjoying her giggles.

Ansley on the carousel with Pamaw and Pappaw!
 

We love getting kisses from our girl

Jason stealing some more...

I can't hardly stand how sweet she is!

 The next day we took Ansley to the Magic House (which was really just for Ansley's entertainment, but we all ended up enjoying it)! I guess we all are easily amused! Ansley and I took the classic Magic House picture, which was the most hilarious thing of the weekend (something I will never forget)! I think she really had fun and learned a lot in the process! We will definitely be going back yearly to the Magic House! It is such a great way to educate the little ones in a different and exciting way! Next year, little Bandermann will be here and little Jansen will have to come along too!

 

Rick and Ryan playing...we all had fun with this!

Ansley was ready to play in the water!

Playing with the water pipeline

We wanted to see how much Ansley weighed...a whopping 22 lbs and 12 oz!

Aunt Whitney showed me the fun ball pit!

Playing with velcro

This slide was a hit

She would rather go up it

How about this face?!

And this one...

Rick took this one of Ansley and realized he had gotten me too!

Surrounded by the BIG bubble!

This was so fun to watch!

My favorite moment of the weekend!

We later ate at Chili's and then shopped at of few of my favorite stores...HomeGoods, Marshalls, and World Market! We spent a little more time than expected, so we ended up eating at Culpeppers in Kirkwood and then headed home.  Ansley was such a trooper!  Her schedule was obviously messed up because of all the fun we packed in to the weekend, but she did great!  St. Louis was a blast with Jason's family and we can't wait to get back!