Ok, so where did we leave off?? I think our next stop was Crown Candy Kitchen. This place is an institution in St. Louis. There is always a line out the door, or so we have heard. And in fact, there was a line out the door when we go there. The Food Challenge guy has visited this place. The challenge is to drink 5 milkshakes in an hour. Wade and I each had a milkshake and I can say I couldn't finish one in an hour, let alone 5. The milkshakes were delicious, very rich. The great part about this place is that you can carry out your ice cream and skip the line, wahoo! So that is what we did.
The kids played in, on, and around these circles while daddy went in to get the ice cream. It kept them entertained!
Both of the girls got chocolate. The portions were very generous!
Next we headed to Turtle Park. Which is basically a little park right next to the highway that has turtle sculptures for the kids to climb on. If it hadn't been so cold, I would have enjoyed it more. The kids did not seem to mind the cold at all. Really, we were just killing time before we went to the arch. I had bought tickets on line to avoid the line and we had a little extra time that I didn't have planned out.
After playing here for a while we headed down to the arch. We were still a little early, but they let us in line early, so that worked out great. If you have never been, it is pretty neat. You go up the arch in this little elevator car they call an egg. It is very small and they shove 5 people in it. I, really, am not a fan. It is small and hot. It takes 4 minutes to go up and 3 minutes to come down. The kids didn't mind it. At the top there are small windows that you can look out over the city or over the dirty river, whichever you prefer. Keira really thought it was neat.
The view of the city.
The View from the other side. I thought the shadow was neat.
The view from outside, directly under the arch.
The girls looking out the little window.
After this, we headed to Build A Bear workshop to finish up our day. Keira had been begging to go to one for months and months and there isn't one super near the house, so that was how we ended the day.
Overall, it was a lot of fun and totally exhausting. Mallory did really well up until the very end. For a two year old with no nap and hopped up on sugar, she did great!
I am already planning Hacker Family Day of Fun, Take 2!
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