One Last Getaway

Our plan for a weekend away was to go to a Cardinal's game in St. Louis on Saturday, spend the night, and visit a few sites on Sunday. Unfortunately our plans came to a hault when Derek realized that the tickets were for the following Saturday. We had already booked our hotel and it was non-refundable, so we decided to make the best of it and have one last getaway anyway! Allee starts school on the 24th and I am due in 2 weeks, so this was the perfect opportunity for some quality family time just the 4 of us.
Our first stop was the Old Spaghetti Factory. It is one of Derek's favorite places to eat, and we hadn't been there in years. It didn't disapoint. After a bumpy ride on an old cobblestone road, we enjoyed slurping pasta across the street from the arch.
St. Louis Science Center:
Our next stop was to the science center. The coolest part here was the overpass. You can look out at the city, use radar guns to see how fast cars are going, and they have holes in the floor so you can see the passing traffic.
Pierce loved the dinosaures. The T-rex would move and sort of growl as it stood over it's prey, a triceratops. But not to worry, Pierce informed us that he saw the triceratops move, so therefore it is only sleeping.

The Fudgery:

Where we literally sang for our fudge! They have awesome demonstrations, and it's fun how you get to sing and get harrassed just for some free fudge. Of course one bite wasn't going to satisfy anyone in our family, we ended up spending $27 in fudge, but oh . . . . it was totally worth it!

Later that night Derek took the kids swimming and we just enjoyed hanging out in our hotel room.

Grant's Farm

This was the perfect attraction for our little family. Not truly a "farm" in the sense I know farms, but a great place to see some deer, elk, birds, kangaroos, and everyone's favorite feeding the goats.
You can buy a bottle of milk and take it into the goat pen and feed the little goats. There are about 50 goats, and we got there first thing in the morning. The goats were all over us trying to get some milk. The kids loved it! Derek and I couldn't stop laughing. Goats were climbing up him, up Allee, and trying to eat our shorts. Eventually we got a few singled out and were able to feed them. Pierce LOVED the goats and kept giving them hugs. It was definately the highlight of the day.

The famous Anheiser-Bush Clydesdales. They have about 6 adults at the farm and 4 or 5 little ones. They are amazing to see up close and so huge!

Fits's:

Our last stop was Fitz's. We were able to watch them bottle grape soda, and then we enjoyed delicious food! Burgers, fries, and homemade rootbeer and cream soda. It was such a fun place to experience!