Great Expectations...

Wall art at the Metrolink station

To be completely honest...there were some spaces I just couldn't fit...this was one of them...

For over a year I have imagined what CityMuseum would be like.  For over a year I have been telling people that I am taking my best friend and family on a 900 mile road trip to a 10 story playground in St. Louis.  For over a year I had no idea what to expect...other than something really great and BOY did CityMuseum deliver!!!  The building is enormous.  I'm not sure how we did not lose Finn or the big boys.  I don't know how I managed to hold on to my phone and still climb cages 4 and 5 stories off the ground....the whole thing was amazing.  We still have our wristbands on because it's Friday and they are open until midnight and we might go back!  Until then, here's what our day at the coolest playground/functional artwork I have ever experienced.

Actually taken when were leaving, so if they look a little tuckered, that's why.

You can climb from plane to plane in these "cage tunnels."  I DID fit in those...just barely.  AND, they were very high off the ground...

Here I am...had to wear my backpack on my belly to fit...

Finn and Bill in the cockpit...

Sometimes there would be a hole in the ground...and your kids would just disappear down the hole and you have no idea where they would end up...

At one point we ended up in a series underground caves...that were dark...and very maze-like.

I used the flash.  Don't be fooled - it was very dark.

The view from the bottom of the caves...

Everywhere you turned - a new surprise, like a bank vault!

Or crazy climbing structures...

Or slides galore!!

Oh, there were castles...with bridges...

Or incredible art...everyWHERE...

I mean...even the ball pit was amazing...

You're never too old to appreciate a good, quality ball pit!

I will never forget this amazing place...in fact, I will wish for the time when we can return.  It was such an incredible day.  I loved how we planned to stay the whole day.  We did not have any other plans so we just wandered around and enjoyed the space... SO, it was a wonderful surprise when we stumbled upon this little sculpture/spray park on the way to the Metrolink...

Here's Karen and I doing what we do best...planning and plotting....

Here's what happiness looks like....

And dear, dear Bill.  How is he surviving with 3 wild boys and the "sister wives" as we like to refer to ourselves as we check into places? Well, he figured out how to hook up the RV sewer line AND did laundry today!!  We say he really deserved this:

The guy is a rock star.  We love him to pieces.