St. Louis Part 3 - City Museum

To try to find an activity that is fun for 3 teenage boys and me a John is quite a task. We ended up going to the City Museum, a crazy playground/jungle gym/weird metal sculpture park. I'd never been but the boys love it, so we decided to give it a try. I can probably bet you've never been anywhere quite like it.

The City Museum include the Enchanted Caves, a giant ball pit, a Skateless Skate Park, an aquarium, and all kinds of tunnels and small places to crawl through. I am a small person but I wonder how anyone squeeze through some of those tiny places. But we all had a good time hiding in dark corners, climbing through trees, and avoiding climbing to the super high airplane. My knees were so bruised afterwards!

St. Louis Part 1: Ted Drewes and Presents

Since John was leaving before Christmas we went for a family dinner while he was still around. We went to Dressels Public House, a family favorite. I have to say, the pork dish that John and Matt had was the best thing on the menu, though my lamb dish was also good. Since we were downtown we continued John's education of St. Louis landmarks. Even though it was cold, we stopped for ice cream at Ted Drewes. I always get the Cardinals Sin...so yummy! Then Matt took us on a detour around the city...we won't call it lost seeing as he knew where he was most of the time.

Back at Mom's we had a mini Christmas. Everyone got one gift from me and John, and John opened his from the family. Best gift was the joint one we got from Mom, a huge survival kit. There's boxed water, nutrient rich cookies, first aid supplies. You name it, it's probably in there. We are so ready for the zombie apocalypse. Or a scary hiking accident. 

Yes, my "baby" brothers are all taller than me now. L-R: Harrison (13), Evan (17), me, Connor (15).

He's really full, but super excited about ice cream!

Look at all this survival stuff!

Seriously, it's nuts. The bag weighed 19 lbs (thanks airport scale!)

St. Louis Part 1: Dinner at 360

Christmas in St. Louis was a week-long affair this year. John came home with me for the first part of the trip. We took Mom out to dinner downtown at 360. It's on the 26th floor and you can see out across the city. There's a nice outdoor patio bar that you can see into Busch Stadium from. Would be great during baseball season! The food (other than the pizza) was nothing spectacular, but I'd go back and treat it more like a bar than a restaurant.

Busch Stadium!

Busch from the roof top deck.

Old Courthouse, from high up.

 

Only negative, a competitor of my company blocking the Arch.

Me and Mom

Love!