For Memorial Day weekend (which feels like a month ago), Brooke, Ozzie and I took a quick trip down to St.Louis while Matt played a ridiculous amount of golf up here.
Tim, Krissi and the kids met us at my parents' as soon as we arrived and we took off for Grant's Farm. I'm not a fan of using this blog for endorsements unless I've been offered a lucrative contract (happens all the time), but this place warrants a free shout-out. It's somewhere that I'd been to in the past, but wasn't spending my own money, trying to entertain a toddler, or 21 at the time, so I didn't fully appreciate it for all that it was.
You basically only have to pay for parking. Then they load you on a tram, take you through some "woods" to see "wildlife"and a couple of historical buildings and drop you in an petting zoo-type area. There are tons of things to do in this area (many of them cost a dollar or two, but you could easily stay busy for free). Cherry on top? The visit ends in a courtyard where everyone of age is given 2 free glasses of beer - and the beer options were legit.
I was so impressed getting off the tram that I kind of went crazy with photos in the kid feeding area ("baby goat feeding area" sounds a little less questionable) and barely had any battery left for the rest of the Farm, let alone the rest of the trip.
At first Brooke was a little freaked out by the aggressiveness of the goats. They are all about gnawing on clothes. But when she realized they couldn't hurt her, she really got in to chasing them around and trying to feed them. It's worth noting that if you come as the Farm is closing, the goats aren't very hungry anymore.
Of course Lexi helped to show her the ropes.
It is SO humid in St.Louis (sidebar- the humidity does wonders for Brooke's hair. Instead of a tangled mess, it's cute and curly in the back.) Brooke was happy to run through the misters with Tim and Lexi.
Luke ("Baby Lutey") was his fat, sweet, content self.
We also had a BBQ at Grandpa and Grandma Gigi's. There were babies EVERYWHERE. It's so chaotic - and fun!
Finally, we embraced our South City Hoosier roots and had the girls play in the sprinkler in the front yard (yep, Lexi's in her underwear). Brooke's already wary of walking in grass in her bare feet, so she had to be carried through.
After breakfast and a visit to the pool Monday, Brooke was wiped.
It was a great visit and we're looking forward to many more this summer.
Wonder how Mati would handle the nibbling goats?
ReplyDeleteWhile I was there this week she was traumatized by a rather large fly that was buzzing around the house. :)
Great job with the photos Jaimie! Sounds like a fun trip :)
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