On the actual Fourth of July, we headed down to St. Louis. Our first stop was at the famous St. Louis Arch. It is such a neat landmark. I had kind of forgotten that our kids haven't really been in any large cities for a long time. They were wide-eyed and taking in all the sites. I guess we are more used to corn fields.
We had pre-purchased tickets, so the wait wasn't too bad...but it was still a wait...and Snarrs are not great "waiters". We entertained ourselves for quite a while with the very neat museum there. We also hung out enjoying the air conditioning and eating old-fashioned candy sticks!
When it was finally our turn, the kids were so excited to go up into the arch. I had really forgotten how small the little hatches are that you ride up in...slightly claustrophobic, but kids don't think like that (I guess college students don't either, because I don't remember that from when I was there before!) The view from the top is truly spectacular and something to see. On the way down, the kids figured out that if they yelled loud enough, their cousins in the other tram could hear them. Things got loud and crazy!
Next up, we headed to the Cardinals baseball game. It was our first time in the new stadium and it was pretty amazing. Tod LOVES baseball and had been looking forward to this for so long. The little kids got a little restless, but we took turns with them and then Cole discovered that there were escalators all over the stadium. I spent the last few innings taking him and Regan up and down!
After the game, it was time to say good bye to extended family and start our long trek home. I have never really travelled very far by car on Fourth of July night, but for the first couple of hours of our drive, we go to see tons of fireworks as we passed lots of towns. It was really cool.
We had pre-purchased tickets, so the wait wasn't too bad...but it was still a wait...and Snarrs are not great "waiters". We entertained ourselves for quite a while with the very neat museum there. We also hung out enjoying the air conditioning and eating old-fashioned candy sticks!
When it was finally our turn, the kids were so excited to go up into the arch. I had really forgotten how small the little hatches are that you ride up in...slightly claustrophobic, but kids don't think like that (I guess college students don't either, because I don't remember that from when I was there before!) The view from the top is truly spectacular and something to see. On the way down, the kids figured out that if they yelled loud enough, their cousins in the other tram could hear them. Things got loud and crazy!
Next up, we headed to the Cardinals baseball game. It was our first time in the new stadium and it was pretty amazing. Tod LOVES baseball and had been looking forward to this for so long. The little kids got a little restless, but we took turns with them and then Cole discovered that there were escalators all over the stadium. I spent the last few innings taking him and Regan up and down!
After the game, it was time to say good bye to extended family and start our long trek home. I have never really travelled very far by car on Fourth of July night, but for the first couple of hours of our drive, we go to see tons of fireworks as we passed lots of towns. It was really cool.
All in all, it was a great day (and weekend) full of memories! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for making it possible. I am really blessed to have some great in-laws. They are so much fun and every outing with them is enjoyable.
1 comment:
Looks amazing and so fun!
Big cities! When we went into Chicago, Sarah covered her ears and said she doesn't think she could live there. hahaha!
The game sounds amazing! I am sure Tod was on Cloud 9!!!
And driving on the 4th of July sounds cool!
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