An Adventure to the City Museum

Today Bill and I decided it would be fun to take Nolan to visit the City Museum in St. Louis.  Apparently everyone else had the same idea because this place was packed!!  Neither Bill nor I have ever been to the City Museum before.  It was a neat place, but a lot to take in.  Bill and I are still recovering from sensory overload.  Nolan had fun, but is still too young to fully take in all the entertainment the Museum has to offer.

Nolan loves fish, so we decided to start out at the World Aquarium.  He was able to see tons of sea life and even pet some animals.  Nolan liked the turtles!  The first thing Nolan did when he touched the turtle, was to try and shove its head back into it's shell!!  I'm surprised the turtle didn't try to bite him.  Bill had to show Nolan to only touch the turtle's shell.  Nolan was able to explore all over the place.  He loved being independent and liked being able to show Bill and I the animals.

 Scuba Nolan!

Get your head back in there.....

Located inside one of the tanks was a slide, where one is able to go down and see all the sea life in the tank.  Nolan loved the slide!!  Bill said while they were sliding down, a huge sea turtle swam over the top of them!

Bill is now scuba certified, so I made him have his picture taken!! 

After we left the aquarium we ventured to the Rooftop which is located on the 11th floor.  Two big attractions on the Rooftop are a ferris wheel and a slide that goes down the whole 10 stories of the building.  Bill and I decided to hold off on this slide until Nolan is a lot older.  A ferris wheel on the 11th floor didn't sound like too much fun to Bill or I, so we didn't partake in this fun either.  However, there was a much smaller slide Bill took Nolan down.

The Rooftop also contained tons of obstacles and buildings for Nolan to climb on.  Poor Bill had to take Nolan through almost everything because I couldn't bend down for a lot of the tunnels.  A lot of the architecture was pieced together with steel rods and Bill said some of the work looked a little iffy, so he didn't take Nolan too high.

All in all, we had a great afternoon at the City Museum.  Bill and I are a little unsure of how they pass the health code stipulations, but the kids seem to enjoy the place.  Maybe we will revisit when Nolan is older and we don't have to worry about him falling off of high structures or electrocuting himself with all of the open wires....