April 5, 2010 - fun day in STL

We spent a fun day at some of our favorite STL places...

First stop- the Science Center!

With Colin's new love for space, we ventured to the original building to check out all of the space exhibits which was cool!

Touching the sun, such a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace! / Colin in the Discovery Room playing with the space shuttle exhibit.

Sea creatures attack! / Colin and Papa mesmerized by the tornado exhibit

Colin and Mama's hand prints / Playing in the water table

Our original plan was to hit up the STL zoo next to visit some of our favorite animals, the hippos and the big cats, but the Spring Break crowd was overtaking this area of Forest Park so we adjusted plans to hit up the Missouri Botanical Gardens which was a great plan because they had just opened the Children's area for Spring!

Colin blending in with the beautiful magnolia trees in bloom / Colin and Mama

Going down the slide with Papa! / Colin's new favorite rope climbing bridge

Cool waterway with boats and dams to create

Colin 'taking a break' waiting for Papa after some hard playing!

The weather didn't stay sunny all afternoon, so we headed back to Papa's house... and instead hit up the Camelot Bowl for some afternoon pins!

Colin's approach :) We are just trying to make sure the ball doesn't take him down the lane... and that he doesn't drop a hole in the lane with his launch! / Score (note the Mama's 'L' score of 126... granted, there may have been bumper lanes involved... but still!)