A magical time...

We were blessed as a family to be able to go to St. Louis and visit the Magic House. It is a museum for kids (and well parents too). We went and did some shopping, well, I (Susan) did some shopping while John and the girls did stuff in the mall. We also were able to get a "kids" hotel room that had a alcove with an Elmo bed and a DVD player. This things seem minor, but to those with small children, these things are big.

We got up the next morning and went to the Magic House. We weren't the only ones who had the idea to go since the temperatures were close to 100 degrees that day. We had to wait in line, but the girls did great and then the fun began. We first sat on a bench that played different parts of an orchestra depending on what color you sat on. Then we moved onto the bubble room and it was fun before it got really crowded. Samantha spent a lot of time in a room with golf balls dropping them down shoots while Alexandra was able to go down a 1 story slide for big kids. Then we found our favorite room (outside of the water room), the tea party and dress up room. We spend a lot of time there. After lunch, we found a giant kaleidoscope, which the girls loved. The next big hit was the pretend restaurant; the girls had SO much fun and John and I got a sit down break. We went and spent a little bit of time in the water room (next time we will hit it first), but had to leave when someone took a toy from Samantha and she lost her fragile hold on her emotions. So, we packed up to go and the girls had one last reading session before we left. It was by far the best trip we have ever taken as a family. We are hoping we can do it again during Christmas break.

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