St Louis Trip

Emma had her regular cleaning at the dentist yesterday. I take her to a pediatric dentist in St. Louis because a regular dentist wont fill her cavities if she has them. And she did...2 of them in 2 different areas of her mouth, so now I have to go back twice to get them filled. Her dentist' office is amazing. The walls are one huge ocean mural. There is an octupus and starfish, Sharks and all kinds of other ocean life painted on the walls. There is a sunken treasure ship painted on the wall with a real ship's steering wheel (what are those things called?) coming out of the wall. A huge saltwater fish tank with "Nemo" and other tropical fish in it. Playstation game areas hanging on the wall. There is a treasure chest that the kids get to picked a prize out of after their appointment. It is really awesome! Too bad its so far...

Cindy drove us out there, because I HATE city driving and traffic! And she was nice enough to take us to the zoo! We went to Tiffany's and then to the zoo. I had never been to the St. Louis Zoo so I was probably just as excited as Emma!

Everyone in front of the grizzly bears. Emma thought that was awesome when he raised up on his back legs and waved his front paws around. Of course, in this picture she didnt like anything!

Emma on the carousel (in orange). She picked the ostrich to ride. All those cool animals and she picks an ostrich! Anyways, before it was over, she was riding side saddle, "like a princess"! You can see Sydney behind the girl on the cheetah, she was looking the other direction though.

Cassidy waiting on the carousel to finish. I thought this picture was cute.

Unfortunately it was so packed. I never would have thought that on a Monday. We looked at a couple exhibits and then headed back to Tiff's for some Mickey D's. We hung out for a little while and then headed home. Emma has been wanting to see the Arch for a long time and Cindy told her we could go see it. The wait to go up inside it was almost 2 hours so we just walked around in the museum and outside. I actually loved the museum, (Ellen...Natalie...I feel a field trip coming on!) and it was free!

Here is Emma standing on a wall with the arch in the background.