Family vacation: Day two

Day two the boys enjoyed a breakfast of sugar loaded cereal.  Really, this picture is just to show you that Max thinks he is at least as big as the other two. 

 

We decided to head to the St. Louis Children's Museum, or the Magic House.  It was really really hot outside so apparently every citizen of and visitor to St. Louis had the same idea. 

The Magic House.  It was a really neat looking old house(?).  It was large, but also very choppy on the inside.  We found it difficult to maneuver a stroller in the smaller spaces, nevermind that it was crowded and still too hot, even inside.  But, I think the boys had a great time.  I don't think Luke stopped moving from the time we hit the door until we were ready to leave.

They had an "Alice in Wonderland" exhibit and the boys loved playing the mushroom drums.

We all had the cute little purple stickers.  I couldn't figure out if we really had to wear them or if the first person in the door that morning just put theirs on and then everyone thought they had to follow suit.

Well, Luke stopped moving here, when he smacked his head into the glass that enclosed the trains.  But, it didn't keep him down.  It did make a nice little red welt, but Luke doesn't distract easily!

There were lots of little tunnels that the boys could crawl through.  Some offered additional views of the exhibits and some were just for fun.

Luke looking through the kaleidoscope.

Dressing up like construction workers and playing in rocks was a huge hit.

Seth was really working hard - I think his tongue is even sticking out.

Max looked like he thought it would be fun to get out and play in the rocks too - but, he didn't fool me.  I knew he just wanted to eat the rocks.  Thus, he stayed in the stroller. 

Playing in big machines is always a hit too.

President Luke in the oval office. [Seth refused to participate.  Unfortunately, that was a bit of a theme!]

I've never seen the President quite this jubilant while addressing the nation.

Judge Luke.  Again, not many of the judges I came into contact with were quite this excited.  Perhaps the legal system would be a happier place...

Seth finally decided to participate.  I'm pretty sure he was the defendant. Ha ha.  I tried to cross exam him, but he was having none of it.

There was a cute little play area for younger kids so Max was freed from his stroller temporarily. 

There were lots of little signs just randomly hanging around the museum.  And yes, I did know this!

Free floating little blue balls.  Unfortunately, Luke thought he was supposed to throw them and see if they would stay up.  We tried to explain.  Then we moved on.

The bubble organ.  There was a whole room of bubble fun.  However, a grandma-aged woman asked Luke to please not touch something because she was playing with it.  We moved on then as I was really hot and that makes me not very nice.  It was really way too crowded in that room to have much fun anyway. 

Max was really interested in the handrails in the elevator.  No idea why - maybe because he could reach them or because they were shiny.  I didn't even notice at first, but David pointed out that he did this every time we were in the elevator.

There was a "Goodnight Moon" exhibit.  And, since Luke loves the moon and I read that book about a million times when Seth was tiny, we had to see it.  Using the levers, etc. you could make the old woman rock and some other parts of the story move.

Overall, it was a neat place and certainly cooler than being outside that day!  But, we are definitely spoiled by our local museum!

There was a Sonic close by and I got a cranberry limeade.  Is it bad that when planning a vacation I like to check the proximity of Sonic and Starbucks?  It was Sonic that informed Max that cheese (a favorite of his) can be combined with bread (another favorite of his).  He ate that grilled cheese faster than I could tear it into little pieces.

I neglected to take pictures at dinner.  We went to a restaurant that bottles their own root beer, cream soda, etc.  It was a neat looking place - and local, which is always fun to try.  The food was just okay, but the cream soda was yummy, the server was really nice and the boys were pretty good.