The Magic House

We visited my brother and his family a few weeks ago in St. Louis. It was a long drive with two young children, but overall, everything went fine. We had a few mishaps here and an accident there, but we had a good time. I enjoy riding in the car with my family, assuming no one is screaming, because we talk and sing and it's just a good time to be together without a lot of other distractions. We did take a dvd player for Caroline, but I made a point not to have it on all the time. When it was on though, Aaron and I were able to talk to each other, laugh together, and think about things going on in our life. Our entire relationship we've talked out problems and made plans while riding in the car. I remember driving home from Birmingham 2 weeks before our wedding and we talked and talked about the day we would marry and all that lay in store over the next fortnight. We worked out some issues surrounding the day and our excitement grew. I remember similar conversations when I was pregnant with each of our children. The car is a haven of communication for us.

I will no inundate you with pictures from the trip!



We went to a children's museum called The Magic House. Caroline loved it and could have stayed and played all day. They had this vine that went downstairs and the children could climb it instead of walking down the stairs. Caroline enjoyed it at first, but began to freak out when she realized we wanted her to go all the way down. She came out and walked down with Aaron. :)



Uncle Micah spent a lot of time with Caroline...I'm not sure what they're doing here...I was off sitting down at the restaurant feeding Landon.



I was still gone at this point, but I think you put the balls in this and they are blown out and it makes wind. Maybe? Either way, I remember them saying Caroline loved it!









Aaron and Caroline enjoyed the "Oval Office". It was a room, shaped like an oval, that had replicas of the President's desk and podium. When you were at the podium, you were also on camera, and could see yourself on a TV as if you were giving the State of the Union. Caroline sat and talked on the phone for a long time. Along the walls were pictures of all the Presidents and questions about them. It was a neat room.





You could catch a fish and then let it go and watch it swim back to the pond. Caroline really enjoyed this. You can see her green fish swimming back.





This exhibit was scooping out ice cream. Caroline and Isaiah played here for a long time.



They also had a hospital nursery with real looking dolls that weighed about 8lbs. You could give the baby a bath, rock, feed...it was neat. Caroline had great time with this!

It was such a fun day! I didn't get a shot of all of us together, (our camera battery was dying...) but we really enjoyed the Magic House!