Stadium Tour, City Museum and Another Ballgame

Our Monday started off with a tour of Busch Stadium. It is always fun to get a behind the scenes look at the stadium. It's a little eery when it is so empty and quiet. The kids just took it all in....especially the World Series Trophy.

We got to sit in the radio broadcast booth.

This poor tour guide couldn't even turn around without one of the kids being in his face. But I think the boys were more prepared then the tour guide was ready for. They even knew that the Cardinals used to be known as the "Perfectos"! Who knew?! I didn't and neither did anyone else on the tour, except the tour guide.

Another highlight...sitting in the Cardinals dugout! We were pre-warned to NOT pick up any of the phones because they would automatically ring on the other end. One of them being the phone to the bull pen.

Pretty cool being on the field, too! (But not on the grass!)

I am ALWAYS a sucker for these pictures when they take them. I have a hard time saying no! We got several from our trip to California, and Keith didn't think any of them were necessary. He didn't complain one bit about this one. Interesting, don't you think?

A mini-arch left from last year's All-Star Game.

My very favorite place to take a picture in St. Louis! Standing in Kiener Plaza looking at the Old Court House with the Arch in the background. (FYI-The Old Courthouse is where the Dred Scott case was heard in 1847. This was believed to be a case that spurred the beginning of the Civil War. The case of Suffragist Virginia Minor sued for her right to vote in 1872. She lost.)

We went to the City Museum for the afternoon. I was the only adult that had been there before and told the others I was certain that 2-3 hours was PLENTY in there! It is a great place for KIDS!! There is all sorts of things to climb in, on, over, under and slide down. There are even things that you can crawl through over the parking lot. There are a TON of kids and it is HOT!!

These pictures just don't even begin to do it justice! The adults were more then ready to go because we could hardly keep track of which direction the kids went. It is a perfect way to really CRAP the kids out!!

That night we went back Busch Stadium for a game against the Philadelphia Phillies. We won that one, too, but I am not sure why I didn't get any pictures of the actual game. We had seats in the same section which was shaded and in the row right by the door to the air conditioning! I never thought I'd say this about a July night in St. Louis, but: It was pretty pleasant out there!

One last family picture at the ball park:

(Until next year, I'm sure!)