Day 7: No rest for the wicked, I guess. Ehren woke us all up promptly at 6:30 am, and we started getting ready to meet our cousins and friend at Kaldi's Coffee house, next to Jimmy’s on the Park off Delmar. Delicious coffee and oatmeal were enjoyed, and we got a taste of the evening fun that will be had with the cousins! Spilled coffee couldn't even ruin the family reunion. Congratulations on Cousin Joe's front page article on inner city bee keeping, and the success of Cousin in law Marsha and cousin Melissa's Back Door Harvest was passed around. Joe was swept off to the airport for a 24 hour trip to NY for work, and the kiddie cousins were taken off for a well deserved nap.
City Museum was our morning stop, and boy was it worth it. For being a kids exploration place, parents sure have to be on their toes. There are slides and tree houses and things to climb up and down and explore all over. It was a place to just get absorbed into---so many things to see and touch and climb. We ran all over the no-skate skate park, climbed the world’s largest pencil, and went down the 2-story slide. I think we will come back when the kids are in 3rd grade at least, so they have a little more balance and we can let them explore on their own.
Lunch took us to Piggy’s BBQ in O’Fallon, just outside of St Louis. We were about 5 minutes in the car and the kids were OUT. A little early—we were hoping to at least have lunch before nap…oh well! Pitmaster Michael Killian has been smoking Ribs 33 years, and just opened up Piggy’s about 5 years ago. The past 3 yrs he’s been voted best BBQ in NE MO. Nice! We got the special Friday full rack of Ribs with the dry rub, of course. Sauce on the side. We got a side of beans and slaw, and a pulled pork sandwich for the kids.
We pulled into a Schnuck's (often referred to as shmucks by those of us that cannot read the sign correctly) and purchase variety packs of the MO craft brew houses, and to dine on our lovely full slab of ribs.
Now, back to the hotel for a nap and then off to cousin Maria and Joey’s house for playtime and Pizza.
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