Photo Brief

This is a little snippet of Hawaii that I get to see each day. I bought it from Kauai Suncatchers at a flea market on Kauai, while my mother-in-law generously let both E1 and E2 choose a small one to give to their teachers as a gift. What I love about it is that it has real sand on it's beach, and the clever depiction of the Hawaiian islands on the surf board.

The pinata became a flower, although a freakish one. The leaf I added wasn't quite to scale, and overall it looked a bit like a water-squirting lapel flower that a clown might wear. A really big clown. It was a bit soft and I thought it could have used another layer of paper mache, but at least it didn't take forever for the kids to crack.

Chris' is a lovely place to dine, just off of South Hampton in St. Louis - I think it's considered to be part of The Hill. We've eaten there many times, before Cardinal's games, before Bradley Childbirth classes, and sometimes just because. The girls love it because of the breakfast food on the menu. We stopped in last night after picking Rob up from work and before we headed to over to visit my father-in-law (he's doing well and came home today).