STL

I almost forgot to write about all the fun we had in St. Louis earlier this month. And it was fun for the most part.

K, Emma and I got to St. Louis early Tuesday evening (November 4th)...right about bedtime. We stayed at the Residence Inn in Chesterfield, MO. What a nice hotel! It was more like little apartments, actually. There were quite a few different buildings with 8 rooms (I think) in each building. (This would be a lot easier to explain if I had taken a picture!) All the rooms had outdoor entrances and our door was pretty close to K's brother's family's door. I will refer to them as "the fam". Anyway, our room & the fam's room were on the first floor and kind of secluded (you had to go around the back side of one of the buildings.) And they were right next to the basketball/tennis court. Great for letting small children run. All this to say that we put Emma to bed in our room and went and watched election coverage in the fam's room. They got into St. Louis around 10.

The next day we headed to the (FREE) St. Louis zoo. It was perfect weather to go to the zoo. There was only one unfortunate thing. The zoo people were spreading manure on the flowerbeds. See?

That's some stinky fertilizer. But we still had fun at the zoo. I love seeing the hippos and elephants. They are so....big! After the zoo, we had lunch and went to see The Arch. K took Emma to the top of the arch and K's brother, B, took 2 of the cousins up. I stayed down with M and the baby. One time to the top (during our first trip to St. Louis back in '05) was enough for me. Then we went back to the hotel and Emma got a nap. Thank goodness. She does like her sleep.

Thursday was the big transfer day so we were at the hospital from 7:30 until 11:00. The fam watched Emma which included taking her to the St. Louis Science Center. Which was FREE also. Here she is having some fun.


K and I got to go out for lunch by ourselves at Chick-fil-a. We don't have a Chick-fil-a here. Then it was nap time and we ate at a yummy barbeque place for supper called Masterpiece BBQ. Which was conveniently located by a Ben & Jerry's. But we were so full, we had to take that to eat later after the kids went to bed. I can't even remember what we had, but it was chocolate and it was delicious.

Friday we had to say goodbye to St. Louis. And not cooking and not cleaning. Back to real life. And our own beds. But the beds at the Residence Inn were really nice, too. And the breakfast was wonderful. Because that's one of the main things I look for in a hotel!