Hermann Park

Andy doesn't get Good Friday off here in the U.S. And even if he did, it's not like he'd be able to take the holiday anyways, so it's all good... The girls and I decided to go for an adventure that day. And an adventure it was. Traffic was insane! Obviously a lot of people did have the day off and a lot of people had the same idea as me. I circled Hermann Park twice before settling on a parking garage. I had to pay $9, but it was better than other parking garages I walked by after parking... Anyhow, the day started off with a play, "The Princess and the Pea", at the Miller Outdoor Theater. I've recently been introduced by a friend to the free children's programs they have during the week. Andy and I went years ago to an evening performance, but I wasn't aware of the daytime ones... We went to one back in March that the girls enjoyed, so we decided to make another go of it. Rachel loved the show and Audrey enjoyed dancing:

Just in case you are wondering about the background music it was a bilingual play (Spanish/English). Kind of like Dora, they'd plug in Spanish every once in awhile. Here's Rachel enjoying the play:

After the play we were going to attempt to ride the train around Hermann Park, making a stop at the splash pad. Once again, that's didn't work out. After waiting 20 minutes and have 2 full trains pass us by, we walked. The girls enjoyed the splash pad. Our community one is currently closed due to construction, so it was fun to let the girls enjoy one. They played, in the water we had a picnic lunch, they played in the water, Audrey hurt herself, we played on the nearby playground, they played in the water some more, and then finally the girls enjoyed ice cream sandwiches. Instead of spending $9 on a train ride, we spent $5 on ice cream and the girls were happy. They had never had ice cream sandwiches before and they are definitely fans now!

It was a fun day! We headed home around 2:30 and within 5 minutes of being in the car Audrey was sound asleep. One of these days hopefully Andy can just take a random day off work and join us. I think that would be the ultimate perfect day!!!