dual personalities

The OM and I had a fun trip to Jefferson City last weekend. We took the “River Runner” train after work on Friday. The next morning  daughter #1 drove us to Columbia where we checked out the new State Historical Society of Missouri building…

(The sky was grey and overcast when we visited and there was a much more brutalist feel to the building than in this photo.)

The museum inside was small but very nice with some good paintings and drawings by George Caleb Bingham and Thomas Hart Benton.

It was pretty cool. We had lunch in a hip, Brooklyn-esque restaurant and then headed home to Jeff City where we dropped off the OM at daughter # 1’s charming apartment…

…so that we could do a little mid-MO shopping. After a late afternoon glass of wine, we hopped on the train and returned to Kirkwood. It was a lovely, hassle-free overnight visit with daughter #1.

On Sunday I went to church and came home and caught up on laundry and vacuuming and got ready for the wee babes’ arrival later in the afternoon. I had bought them little Valentine presents, which turned out to be big hits. The Jumping Bear stacking toy was for Lottie who, as you know, loves to stack, and the Fisher Price Nifty Station Wagon was for the wee laddie who loves all things on wheels.

Note that he has taken out the Dad, Mom and dog and put more cars in the “nifty station wagon”…

There’s a whole lot of concentrating going on here…

I was pleased. My choices are seldom not always so successful…

In other news, I forgot to watch the Westminster Dog Show last week. I always got a kick out of it, but I’m afraid it has become a bit of a clown show…

That poodle, good grief.

Here’s to the rest of the week! Maybe the sun will come out!

*Christina Rossetti, “The Months”