City Museum

We had visitors!

My cousin, Paul, and his wife, Ali, were in town for a convention last week. Tuesday night we picked them up from downtown and took them to some of St. Louis' favorite eats and treats, Pappy's and Ted Drewes. Pappy's was as good as I remember and Ted Drewes continues to grow on me. It was so fun to see them and have them in our part of the country. It did make me wonder though where we would have gone out to eat before I became a self-imposed St. Louis tour guide (seriously, sometimes I sound like a St. Louis travel book)?

Then, last weekend, Casey's sister Megan brought her boyfriend Nate to Saint Louis. I love it when Megan comes to visit, but I was also excited to have Nate visit because it meant we got to plan a Saint Louis outing. And it just so happened we got to go do something super fun, that I haven't done, that was on my to do list.

Saturday we went to the City Museum. I have heard good things about the City Museum for years, but I had also heard to wait until my kids were a little older. After I decided my kids were finally old enough, I was told to not take them all by myself. Saturday we had 8 adults and 6 kids so we were set.

The City Museum is like massive piece of art that you climb and slide threw. It is so much fun for the kids and young adults (that includes everyone under the age of 35)! And I think the regular adults (grandparents) had fun watching everyone, too!

I don't think my pictures do the place justice, but I still made every attempt to catch some of the action.

Like I said, there are lots of slides. Went through a hole in the cave area and found this one.

The Cave area also hosts a 10 story slide. We had some brave kids!

The Hamster Wheel was a huge hit!

What better place to run around and do tricks?

Ethan finally laid down in the center for a rest. I don't blame him. This place wore me out. We stopped to watched a small circus performance and my legs ached when I got up.

The outside of this place is amazing. Planes, towers, vehicles all way up in the air.

My boys loved the big ball pit.

Megan, Nate and Hailey were all over the place outside.

I was glad we ended up at the City Museum. It's kinda awesome. It was also worth the $12 a person. I know, so expensive for Saint Louis. However, I have to remind myself that we're just spoiled with free things. However, $12 would be a great deal if were were in Chicago or anywhere else. I do highly recommend it, unless you are overly paranoid or extremely germ conscious. Oh, if you go on a weekend, you can park on the street for free.