The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Our trip to St. Louis

The Teson fam took a trip to St. Louis over the weekend to visit a good friend of Brian's. They have a little girl that is 22 months old and she is such a sweetheart. Colin and Madeline had a great time hanging out and it was fun watching them interact with each other. We did a lot of hanging out at their house, considering it was what we concluded to be "hot as Africa" :)

The Good - We got to visit the Magic House, which is a very interactive, fun learning place for kids of all ages. It would've been a lot more fun for Colin had he been a tiny bit older, but there were still lots of activities he had a great time doing. We did have a bit of a meltdown towards the end of the Magic House time, but it all ended up fine after a quick dip in their fountain outside. Even though Colin wore clothes on the way in, he was stripped to his diaper on the way out. I won't ever forget an extra pair of clothes again!
There is also a fun park just a block or two away from the Hopkins house and we had a great time playing on the swings and climbing the toys. He's very adventurous these days.

The Bad - Colin decided he didn't need to take a nap in the car, either on the way to St.L or on the way home to KC. It made for a long 5 hours, but we did manage to entertain him a bit with a Baby Einstein movie that was loaned to us. He really doesn't stay focused on the TV for more than a minute or two, but that's all you really need with Baby Einstein videos!

The Ugly - Saturday night Colin woke up at 2:45 am and stayed awake until about 5:15 am. Brian and I got little to no sleep that night, but at least we didn't wake up a single member of the Hopkins family. Poor Colin must've not liked sleeping in the closet!!

Here are a few photos from our trip - lots of fun!!

Bathtime with Madeline

Swinging at the park

We had to make a pit stop on the way down and of course, HAD to buy the Mizzou Tigers football for ONLY $4!! (Colin really does love it though, just as much as Daddy!)

At the Magic House, this played lots of fun music

This wheel turned round and round making lots of noise

Playing the organ that bubbled when it played music

We could've stayed here for hours - Colin just LOVES to open and close doors, plus these had fun textures and furs behind each door

Playing at the water table - Colin got to splash around with the big kids. Notice how small he is here compared to everyone else... He was soaked when we finished with this station

Picture with Mommy at the water table

Splish Splash! He was drenched!

Building with some styrofoam pieces outside of Magic House - such a busy kid!

It was so hot!! His shorts are sticking to his legs! But, he was having so much fun!

Well, we found the lazy river outside. Off came the shorts - he dove right in the water. Obviously, so did Madeline!

He loved his time in the lazy river playing with boats as they floated by

On the way out the door - like I said, never will I forget an extra set of clothes again! At least he had a dry diaper to put on, right?!

Back at the Hopkins house - playing with bubbles in the kitchen!

One last stop at the neighborhood park before we left town, climbing the toys like a big boy!

Heading down the slide with Daddy!

What a great trip! Thanks Caleb and Erin!!