Monday, July 11, 2011

STL Vacation 2011

WARNING! There are a LOT of pictures!

St. Louis Fair 4th of July Parade!

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Even though Chad had to point this out to Cayden about how Mommy used to “wave her flag”, it took me back to the good ol’ days!

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Pretty cool- an alpaca in the parade!

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Yo ho! Look at those pirates!

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Cayden got beads from one of the groups in the parade. He loved them! :-)

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Watching the air show! Cayden thought this was awesome- watching airplanes under the arch.

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Thank you Uncle Ross for joining us. Uncle Ross lives about an hour away from downtown and came to join us for the air show fun!

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Mommy is the only one missing.

L-R: Uncle Ross, Daddy, Mooma & Cayden, Poopa, and Aunty Shura.

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Cayden was soooo excited! As we were leaving the air show he spotted the Chick-fil-A cow!

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While waiting for fireworks…look who stopped by! Superman!

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Fireworks time…Cayden was not so sure about the crowds or the booms! So cuddling with Mommy and Daddy was a must! (No complaints here!)

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We found this neat aquatic center in Chesterfield, Mo and Cayden LOVED it! We went Sunday and Wednesday!

 

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Yup! Mooma is jumping from the diving board! And Poopa jumped too!

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We went to Union station and this was the best family picture we could get. Note to self: DO not ask for a picture when your 2 year old son is HUNGRY!

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All better! Cayden loved feeding the fish! They were sooo gross!

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Cayden and his new cool dude hat! Oh…and his Cardinals sunglasses!

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Game #1

Cayden had fun playing at the playplace, and talking to Fredbird (on the wall), and well…being cute!

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“Mooma! That’s my hat!”

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Colby Rasmus! Or as Cayden calls him, Colgy.

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Mommy & Daddy!

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Daddy & Aunty Shura!

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Yo ho ho! I’m a pirate!

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A dorito party in the room after the game! Yum!

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4th of July fireworks!

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First trip to Grant’s Farm!

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I have never seen the Clydesdales up close and personal. They are HUGE!

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Time to take the tram!

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Longhorn bulls!

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Off to feed the goats!

This is funny…Cayden fed the goats a bottle of milk and they were crazy and kept trying to eat all of our clothes!

Cayden kept saying, “No goat, my shirt!”

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Exhausted after a full day at Grant’s Farm! Heading back on the tram to get to our car.

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Where are you Cayden?

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Game #2

Not a good way and a good way to start out the game. Holliday homerun followed by a Berkman homerun! The fireworks scared Cayden so he was glued to us most of the game.

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Cookie party after the game! And NOPE! He’s not sharing!

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Game #3

Uncle Ross joined us for this game…HUGE game! Albert Pujols is back!!!!

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Yup! 10:53 PM and the game is still going on…But no worries…Cayden is having a blast!

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It’s Thursday July 7th and we are driving back…Cayden is EXHAUSTED!

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We had a blast in STL and at the Cards games, but it is good to be home too! It only took us about 3 days to get back to our routine and one day of sleeping in until noon. Yes…all of us!