St. Louis Vacation

Ignoring the heat and Alex and I feeling under the weather, our trip to St. Louis was lots of fun. We had a great time with aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alex thought the Magic House was the neatest thing ever (lots of pics below), and so did we. Our timing was perfect to celebrate Maria's birthday (and enjoy her pool!), and Alex liked seeing two dogs every day, although mostly from afar. The picture below was the closest encounter he had with them, but Aunt Sue managed to help him feed them treats, so that was a big success. Aunt Carol's house was boy heaven, as Alex got to play with lots of fun toys from Quinn's childhood. Thanks family, we had fun!

Waterworks -- We thought we'd never get Alex to leave this room and explore anything else.



Making music with PVC pipes and flip flops.



Aunties waiting at the bottom of the slide.



Working in the Construction Zone.



The wall of pegs was a huge hit! We had to visit it several times while we were at the Magic House.

Of course we had to check out the exhibit on the Judicial Branch and sit behind the bench.

Checking out letters with Auntie Carol.

Feeding cereal treats to the doggies under Aunt Sue's protection.

Enjoying some relief from the heat in Maria's pool with Maria, Anna, and Daddy.