Meet Me In St. Louis! Magic House

Monday morning we walked to the arch and riverwalk in downtown St. Louis.  We decided not to wait in line to go to the top of the arch, but wanted the kids to see it.  Then we walked back to the hotel to check out and drive to the St. Louis Children's Museum, The Magic House.

It was packed and very chaotic in some parts of the museum but the place is HUGE with tons of different exhibits.  We spent almost 4 hours there and enjoyed it all!

CeCe found a baby that needed to be rocked.  She sat and rocked and sang to this baby while kids were running wild all around her! 

After her baby went to sleep she decided to do a little cooking for the 1st Thanksgiving

 Bryce climbing on Plymouth Rock

There was a great exhibit on the Presidents and the 3 branches of government.  Our Presidential history buff was beside himself with excitment!  Here he is voting.

Sitting at the desk in the Oval Office

Talking to JFK.  CeCe was hilarious talking back to them on the phone!

 Bryce giving a real Presidential speech, he chose to read the one from FDR right after the Pearl Harbor attack. 

 Duke for President, 2044!

There were trivia questions about the Presidents on the walls.  It would have the question and only photos (no names) of 6 Presidents for multiple choice.  I didn't know a single answer but Bryce got 10 out of 11 correct on the first try!  Amazing!  And so fun to watch him read the question, think about the answer and then lift the picture to see that he was correct!!

Cappy, CeCe and I stumbled upon a baby nursery in the Children's Hospital and Dr. Duke took good care of the patients up there.  She gave them bottles, weighed them, bathed them, suctioned thier noses and changed them. 

She also rocked and sang to this one.  Personal service from Dr. Duke!

They love to play 'shopping' and had a ball in the grocery store!

 CeCe painted a beautiful picture of the lake

 Bryce in the Lewis and Clark Exhibit

CeCe in the same exhibit

 Reading the map before his journey

I have a picture of me with this same ball and crazy hair!  I remember going to this museum years ago when it was much smaller. I'm trying to find the picture now to put on here, hopefully I can find it to at least show the kids.  Bryce's hair is too thick to stand up but CeCe's went wild! 

We had a great trip!!  Only thing missing was Anthony.  I hate he had to miss it all!!