St Louis, Missouri

When you're going thru St Louis, you just have to visit the arch. It was even better than I expected. Both the width and the height are 630ft making it the tallest steel arch in the world. It's right along the Mississippi River with a lush green park between it and the city.

I love that you can actually see the firefly he's chasing here!

Earlier that day we spent a few hours at St Louis' Science Center.

Their Dinosaurs in Motion exhibit was a fun twist on playing with dinosaurs. John Payne's metal, robotic, life-sized dinosaur sculptures had levers and pulleys for us to use to make them move. Some even worked by remote control.

Between the sounds, lighting and movements of these large animals, they were pretty scary. Asher initially refused to play in this area because of the crow watching over, but after some explanation, he bravely went back to playing.

We stayed at Scott Air Force Base in Missouri where they had this small lake. I took the kids to check it out and on our way back realized they didn't have their toys that they had brought. I asked where their plane and train were and Asher replied, "In the lake." Ah, have to keep a closer eye on that one!