St. Louis - the rest!

The last installment of pictures of our St. Louis trip. From the Anheuser Busch tour and the St. Louis Blues vs. Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game we attended.

King of Beers


The Famous Clydesdales

One of 2 Dalmatians that live among the Clydesdales.
So sweet!





Lorelei enjoying the bar. I mean the "hospitality room"!


Daddy enjoying hockey with his girls. Both girls loved the game. Daddy is so proud!!!!!!

The Magic House

St. Louis - Part 2

The Magic House (St. Louis Children's Museum) just added on a 25,000 addition. It is huge! And a great place for kids of all ages!

The bubble room


Giant Legos!




Every one's favorite - the water play area!




Wow daddy - look at that!


Aren't I adorable??!!

St. Louis Zoo

I think the last time we went on a road trip was a year ago when we went to Cleveland before Lorelei was born. It sure was nice to have a little get-away. We did a lot in a few days - but I have lots of pictures, so I will do separate posts for different St. Louis activities.

First up, is the St. Louis Zoo. I really liked it. It seems you were closer to the animals than at Brookfield here. See:


And its a big zoo too. We quite enjoyed it.

We got there in time to grab the last free carousel ride of the morning.

Lorelei with a fake penguin

Real penguins

Brooke on a big gorilla

Having fun on a giant beetle


Does anyone else find this display interesting & a bit disturbing?!


Little Lorelei doesn't "get it" yet, but she still enjoyed the zoo!


Kevin also enjoyed himself!


My favorite picture of the day!

Gymnastics

Brooke is taking her second round of gymnastics. The first round ended the week before Christmas. The new round started in mid-March. In those three months, I can see how she's matured. The class starts with all the kids getting together for stretches with the teacher before the open gym. In the first round, she basically never did that. She's just take off - or I would just make sure we didn't get there until about 5 minutes late! But now, my little girl is growing up more and more everyday, and now she actually sits in the circle and does the stretches with all the other kids!

Brooke stretching with the group!!!

Brooke having fun at gymnastics!

Peanut #2

Lorelei went for her 9 month Well Child check yesterday. Of course, her ped said she checks out perfectly! I love when the doctor seems impressed at my children's advanced milestones! A sample conversation...Doc: "Well, in the next couple of months she should be pulling herself up to standing and cruising along the furniture", Me: "she already is!!" & as if on cue, Lorelei pulled herself up on the chair and starting moving! , Doc: "Wow, that's great! Well, then, I guess you will be watching out for walking!"

I love that!

Anyhow, for the technical stuff...Ms. Lorelei Grace weighs in at 16 pounds, 7 ounces & is 26 1/2 inches long. 8th percentile for weight and 13th percentile for height. Another little peanut. Brooke was the same height at 9 months, but weighed 15 1/2 pounds. But Lorelei is growing perfectly along her growth curve, eats great and is thriving, so everyone is happy!