Time at the park

forest park -- this place was amazing!

Gotta love a family sized swing!

this park had an amazing instrument set (bongo's and xylophone) -- Ben and Daddy having a jam session!

the boys of baseball at the park in Clayton (by our hotel)

It would not be an official vacation for us without packing up our baseballs, gloves, bat, and a soccer ball. Not only because we LOVE to find new parks to play in while exploring our new neighborhoods for the week, but just because this helps us maintain some "normalcy" into the vacation routine while away from home. St. Louis has the most amazing green space, Forest Park (the original location of the World's Fair, and it is also much larger than Central Park in NYC) While on a drive around this park one evening after playing soccer and catch, we observed paddle boats, canoe rs, sand volleyball, bike riders, joggers, walkers, golfers, bag pipe groups practicing & dog walkers. Talk about a city that knows how to maximize the use of it's parks -- we were SO impressed!