St Louis Home Week

After Arkansas, we headed to St. Louis to spend just over a week. Jordan & Kacey came up for the weekend, so we took the kids out to the Science Center Saturday.

We spent much of the week shopping and visiting friends.

Noah put in a special request for the Museum of Transportation, so we went there Friday morning.

Since school had started that week, we were among the first ones there, so we got a private train ride around the property.

We went up the hill and started with the car exhibit.

Moon Car, built in St Louis. This car had a one-cylinder engine.

After the car exhibit, we got a private tour of the train exhibit from Mel, a volunteer at the museum.

We took a ride on this trolley.

Inside the trolley car.

Us with a snowplow train

The advantage of taking a tour is you get to see parts of the museum that aren't open to everyone, like the Pullman cars. This one was used by Harry Truman when he was a senator. It was also used in the 1995 movie Truman.

That same afternoon, we met up with my 8th grade science teacher to go to a mineral and gem show in Bridgeton. Coming on the heels of our quartz mining in Arkansas, it was just the thing.

Noah wanted to take this home with us.

I gave the boys each $15 to spend, and they had a terrible time making up their minds.

Claudia Uccello, Benjamin, Noah, Alisa Cognard

We decided not to buy any of these to take back in our carry-ons.

Fossils, too!

Sooo many choices!

Showing off their purchases.

And we wrapped it up with dinner afterwards.