Andrew and Jacob Come for a Visit

Over the Labor Day weekend my brother and his family visited us in St. Louis! Its always so much fun for me to see my nephews and I especially enjoy watching all of the kiddies interact with each other.

Our first stop was none other than the Museum of Transportation because we really just cannot get enough of that place. It worked out perfectly since our membership expired at the end of September, I was able to use the exact necessary number of stamps and treat my entire family to admission into the museum, creation station, and unlimited train rides.

Can you tell Amelia is in playmate heaven? She absolutely ADORES Andrew! Still, nearly a month later, she cannot see an airplane without wondering if Andrew is aboard....on his way to visit her!

Checking out the streetcar!

It was great that GG and Papa joined us too. Papa even took off work which is quite a rarity!

And not to forget about poor baby Jake! Amelia loved "babying" him during their stay and seemed to especially enjoy his shrieking noises! He was such a trooper keeping up with the older two!

Amelia was beat after the Museum, Steak N Shake car in hand!

Our second stop was the Zoo. Since our Museum of Transportation membership was about expired, we had been talking about getting another membership at a different St. Louis hot spot. After learning about their corporate matching program AND learning that Jason's company was part of it, it was very clear that we would be Zoo Friends for the next year. Jason's company paid for half of our membership. It worked out well since we all decided to take a train ride (which was $40 alone for our group of 9).

We enjoyed a carousel ride:

and the children's zoo:

Can you tell Amelia's been working on her acting skills? I told her to look scared.

Trying to sweet talk the goat....

Goat Grooming...

And so ends the pictures I took from their trip. I misplaced my camera for part of the time of the visit and was just plain lazy the rest of the time. Aside from the Transportation Museum and the Zoo, we also visited my favorite New Town playground, took a trip to the Mills, and got our fill of Steak N Shake with not one, but two visits there!

Derek, Amy, Jason, and I even had a night out to ourselves while the kids had a sleepover at GG and Papa's house. Their night was filled with crafts, a movie and staying up WAY too late and we opted for dinner at Vivian's Vineyard and a trip to Jive and Wail. Unfortunately, because it was a Sunday night, there was no Jiving or Wailing going on when we arrived and hardly anything else was open. After much discussion we opted to go bowling (pretty much the only place open). Interestingly enough, though, none of us had socks on so we stopped at Walgreens and bought a 10 pack of ladies tube socks to share! It was packed when we got there and ended up shutting the place down.

All in all it was a great visit and we are already looking forward to their return trip in December!