Final St. Louis post: The Magic House

We completed our St. Louis trip with a day at the Magic House. My brother, Eric, and I loved this place as kids. It is unbelievable how much it has expanded since then! This was a great place for Holden. It had things geared just for his age on up. Us adults had just as much fun as him, as you will see in the pictures. :) We could have spent several days there. A return trip is definitely in our future!

The fairy tale section was so cute!

Where else can you climb Jack's beanstalk and slide down the end?

Or ride Cinderella's coach?

Or create a medieval feast?

Holden loved this chalk wall!

But when we hit the construction zone, forget it! This boy was gone. In pure little boy bliss.

He also took time to stand with Daddy at the presidential podium...

And we think the Oval Office fits him!

He even participated in a little White House karaoke...

before moving on to bigger and better things like air vents, giant twisty slides, a little car mechanics, fishing, and bubbles!

I found it to be quite the hair-raising experience...

...and Papa loved cooling off by the waterfall before we left.

We had a great trip! Can't wait to see what next summer holds in store...with Baby #2 in tow!

(I begin my ninth week tomorrow. My weekly book says: "From this point on, you should find yourself gaining weight regularly." (Gee, thanks for the warning! Duh!) It also says: "The baby officially changes from being an embryo to a fetus this week. While you can't feel it yet, when touched from the outside of the uterus, the baby responds by moving." (How cool!) "The baby's body parts are all formed, and while still too small for the naked eye to detect, the sex is determined. All organs are accounted for." Lastly: "Your little one is now about as long as a paper clip and weighs the same as four paperclips." I think it is such a miracle to picture something so tiny, yet so perfectly formed.