An Afternoon in Downtown St Louis

One afternoon Christy, Alex, Laneah and I went downtown to see the Arch, and to our surprise, the city had built this amazing water fall and fountain in front of the capital and arch. (later I found out it had been built for the All Star baseball game that had just taken place in St Louis). This fountain became even cooler when we found out that you could walk and play in it. There were higher spots in the middle of the fountain that you could walk to and sit on with the water running all around you. Luckily I had a change of clothes for Laneah because she got soaked. She loved playing in the water and walking up the steps with the water splashing her.
After changing Laneah we walked the arch and found these cool mini arches that they also built for the game.

They have a huge park surrounding the arch and the water front. Laneah ran around like crazy because running is great when you are a toddler
She saw the arch for the first time, although she cared much more for the park:)
We went to the water front to see the big River boats. We thought about going on a tour, but they were too long.
After the water front we enjoyed some lifesaver popsicles, which were actually really good. Laneah wanted her own, but did share with me after a while which was nice.
After popsicles, she chased a squirrel, but got mad when it went up the tree. Then we played ring around the rosie in the park for a little while before we went home.