Thursday, December 08, 2011
Here Comes Santa Claus
Go here to read about my thoughts on Santa. No, we don't do Santa in our house, but we still take our kids to visit Santa - especially since Bass Pro does free photos :) This year every single child sat on his lap with NO crying! Amazing!
Friday, December 02, 2011
St Louis
(I'm never going to get caught-up, so I am moving on and maybe someday I'll go back and fill in missing posts)
We went to St Louis Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last week. We had a great, super cheap hotel room right down the street from the museum we wanted to go to. It had an indoor pool and indoor playground - which was really great because the weather was horrible.
On Monday we got to St Louis at around 3, so we went to the mall to get some dinner and then just hung out in the hotel and the kids went swimming.
Tuesday morning we got up and went to the Magic House Children's museum. I was so excited, because while planning our trip I got a coupon in the mail (yay for one free admission!) for this museum and it was advertising their newest exhibit - Magic Treehouse! Rae LOVES the Magic Treehouse books, so she was super excited. The museum was really amazing. We got there right as it opened, so we got to enjoy about an hour before it got super crowded. It is usually only open in the afternoons, but since it was Thanksgiving week they opened early. PLUS, it was a rainy day, so it was super crowded by 10:30. But it is a huge museum, so if it was too crowded in one area we just moved on to the next place. We all had a lot of fun. We could have stayed longer but everyone was getting hungry by 12:30. I couldn't believe the kids lasted that long without whining that they were hungry.
Back to the hotel for some quiet time. After naps we went to a few stores and out to eat at Denny's (woo hoo for "kids eat free" nights!)
The next morning we got up and packed and headed out the door, wanting to get to the zoo as soon as it opened. The zoo is free but they have a few things that cost money. The Children's Zoo is one of those things, but during the first hour that the zoo is open you can get into the Children's zoo for free. We knew there was a nice indoor area with animals that we could hang out in while we waited for the weather to warm up. I had checked the forecast over and over again and the sun was SUPPOSED to come out and it was supposed to get up to the 50s. Unfortunately, it never really warmed up. The kids were pretty miserable and whiny the entire trip. Not many animals were out because it was so cold, so that was disappointing. After a couple of hours we gave up and headed out. It reminded me a lot of this trip
We went to St Louis Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last week. We had a great, super cheap hotel room right down the street from the museum we wanted to go to. It had an indoor pool and indoor playground - which was really great because the weather was horrible.
On Monday we got to St Louis at around 3, so we went to the mall to get some dinner and then just hung out in the hotel and the kids went swimming.
Tuesday morning we got up and went to the Magic House Children's museum. I was so excited, because while planning our trip I got a coupon in the mail (yay for one free admission!) for this museum and it was advertising their newest exhibit - Magic Treehouse! Rae LOVES the Magic Treehouse books, so she was super excited. The museum was really amazing. We got there right as it opened, so we got to enjoy about an hour before it got super crowded. It is usually only open in the afternoons, but since it was Thanksgiving week they opened early. PLUS, it was a rainy day, so it was super crowded by 10:30. But it is a huge museum, so if it was too crowded in one area we just moved on to the next place. We all had a lot of fun. We could have stayed longer but everyone was getting hungry by 12:30. I couldn't believe the kids lasted that long without whining that they were hungry.
Back to the hotel for some quiet time. After naps we went to a few stores and out to eat at Denny's (woo hoo for "kids eat free" nights!)The next morning we got up and packed and headed out the door, wanting to get to the zoo as soon as it opened. The zoo is free but they have a few things that cost money. The Children's Zoo is one of those things, but during the first hour that the zoo is open you can get into the Children's zoo for free. We knew there was a nice indoor area with animals that we could hang out in while we waited for the weather to warm up. I had checked the forecast over and over again and the sun was SUPPOSED to come out and it was supposed to get up to the 50s. Unfortunately, it never really warmed up. The kids were pretty miserable and whiny the entire trip. Not many animals were out because it was so cold, so that was disappointing. After a couple of hours we gave up and headed out. It reminded me a lot of this trip
I was so sure this goat was going to fall. I guess they know what they are doing though :)
Claire wasn't interested in the butterflies.
On the way home we stopped at Costco for our quarterly cheese stock-up!
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