St Louis--Magic House

We finally made it to St Louis to visit Mark, Tracey, and Kinley. We went last year for Mark and Tracey's wedding, but couldn't get back for Kinley's birthday party due to the extremely large baby growing inside my belly!! We left after work Thursday evening and arrived in their driveway about 11:30 P.M. The kids did so great in the car. Our portable DVD player bit the dust. I did feel sorry for Anniston. We have the kind that straps to the headrest in front of her. She is such a sweet little rule follower, and she never asks to watch TV in the car. We have said from the beginning that the TV only gets turned on when we travel (Fort Smith, the lake, St. Louis). When I told her that the TV was broken, she looked at me and said, "It's ok Mommy, don't be sad". I was very proud of her. Jerry fed Treyson about halfway to Springfield. We stopped at Springfield to change the kiddos into jammies, then loaded back up. Treyson fell asleep shortly after 8, and Anniston laid her head down around 8:30 and slept until we got to their house. She woke up for a short while, then went right back to sleep when we laid her down in Kinley's bed.

The next day everybody but Mark (somebody's got to bring home the bacon) went to the Magic House. What a cool place that is! But seriously, house? More like mansion. It is enormous. Think hands on kids museum/play place. 3 stories tall, and we didn't even get half of it done (due to the girls waking up at 5:45 that morning). We all had a blast. There was even a play place for Treyson. He and I spent a good 45 minutes and he was having a ball! It was precious. Kinley and Anniston are so cute and giggly around eachother. It was so neat watching them play together. Anniston wants to do anything Kinley is doing. Kinley goes to the Magic House often, so Anniston was definitely watching Kinley lead, which was great!

Here are the girls waiting patiently for it to open:

The girls in the water area:Who is that handsome little devil??Mommy, do you see that ball? If I could just reach a little bit further.......almost got it...

....there's that silly ball--come here!Told you I could do it Mommy!Here are the girls together getting a bubble raised around them by Jerry. This was in the "bubble room"--go figure!. . . they have to earn their keep somehow. . . One worn out bubby!If you're in St. Louis and have kids, definitely plan a trip to the magic house., . . . it's well worth it!