The last weekend before school started, I convinced Ethan to take a road trip to St Louis with the girls. It didn't take much convincing, just showing him what a piece of cake it would be. Thankfully, it actually was, the whole time! We left Saturday morning, stayed in Westport area, spending lots of time in the hotel's outside pool. The weather was perfect for it -- super hot! The hotel had a lake with ducks, which intrigued Hayden. After she swam we had to explore the whole land and ended up hanging with the ducks for quite some time.
Then all day Sunday we went to the STL zoo and walked and walked and walked. We love that zoo! Hayden was very concerned that the animals wouldn't be in their cages and would get her and she REALLY wanted on the zoo train. Abbie was just excited to see everything. The girls really did great at the zoo. They got to see the sea lions, penguins, gorillas and monkeys.
Afterwards I (again) convinced Ethan that we needed to see the arch. I know the girls didn't understand the excitement behind it but it was a new adventure nonetheless. Actually, just finding parking was goin to be an adventure we thought! We spent some time under the arch and trying to show the girls how amazing it is. I know Hayden will at least remember it and when we go back she'll have some idea where we are. Abbie just enjoyed FINALLY getting out of her car seat and stroller and being able to roam in the grass.
These pictures are out of order but still capture our little vacation.
