Me-mommy Visit

       Last weekend we had the pleasure of having Me-mommy visit! We stayed in St. Louis one night and came back to our luxurious apartment for the other two nights. In St. Louis, we visited the City Museum. It was very interesting. Lots of places to climb. It would be especially fun for the older cousins, but Grady could not enjoy all of it. He did like the big ball pit...

   talked Me-mommy into going down the slide with him...

and climbed the trees.

        Alex was really interested in taking Grady to the plane that was suspended several stories in the air, seen below. (Do you see the kids climbing through the "slinky" from the plane, way in the air?) Alex took Grady and climbed up a very narrow spiral staircase to get to the plane. He was worn out, but it was worth it! Grady enjoyed "flying" the plane.

      We then went under the Arch and toured the little museum they have. It was pretty neat- a stuffed bear and horse, a tee-pee, old West wagon, and this leather boat we are so thoroughly impressed with. 

       That night, after getting lost several times (with a GPS!) we finally found the restaurant where we wanted to eat. It was called Crown's Candy Shop, and since it had been featured on the Food Network, we thought it should be pretty good. The menu selections were basically just sandwiches that were okay. When we realized that they had a contest, "If you can drink 5 milkshakes in 30 minutes, they are all free" we realized that it was on that show where the guy does the food competitions. So it was not on the Food Network for the delicious food. BUT, the food was fine and the Hot Fudge Sundae was the best I had ever had. Homemade hot fudge that you couldn't eat if you had dentures. Grady enjoyed a little bit of everybody's "i hweem."

       

     Back on post, we visited the plane, boat and tank Grady always asks to "sit on." 



      He still did not get to sit on them, as there were signs forbidding it, but he did get to see them up close.