Spring Break

We decided to take the kids to St. Louis for a couple of days since things have been so stressful around here for so long. We got a hotel (with a pool of course) and spent 3 days seeing the sites.



The first day was the Science Center.




This was the the kids building the arch...Daisy was less than impressed with this activity, but in the end the boys were very excited that they were able to accomplish this HUGE task!




This is Ben standing on a glass block that looks over what used to be a highway. All that is there now if gravel and sand. This part of the science center is still open but it's just not same same without the cars passing underneath you at 90 mph. The kids still thought it was fun to be able to stand and jump on this glass and not fall through.







Zach and Tim got to fly a plane. Then Ben and Tim flew..... only kidding but it looks like it, huh? This was a painting on a wall. Then they had a flight simulator that they played with too.









This exhibit the boys just loved. Your supposed to say the color not the word. Its pretty hard...especially if you do it fast.










They next day we went to the Arch. I have lived in MO all my life and never been to the arch so I wanted to be sure that I took my kids.





The walk to the arch was kinda far. I was expecting there to be parking right beside it. It was good though.

Inside the Arch was a museum that we walked around in while we waited our turn to go up in the arch. One of the tracks had to be shut down so our 1:35 lift didn't happen until almost 4:00. It made for a long wait because we got there at like 10:30 and we hadn't eaten lunch yet and the kids were starving by the time we finally got done. Even with the long wait the kids enjoyed it.












The pods that take you to the top were extremely small and shaky. Daisy was very scared and didn't want to let go because she kept thinking that we were going to fall off.















This was up top. The boys thought it was the greatest thing being up this high. You could see all the way to the stadium. However, Daisy being Daisy would only walk if someone was holding her hand. It was kinda small quarters up there and it was sloped, so she had a hard time walking.






By the time this trip was over all of us were so tired and ready to be home in our own beds. The kids had so much fun. I hope that they remember this trip for many years to come.