I had a very fun weekend away with Audrey! We went to Lesley and Nick's wedding in St Louis, where we stayed in a nice hotel room with a full sized refrigerator (for the cake and cupcakes audrey was doing for the wedding) and a fireplace (for Quality Beeking). The hot tub and pool amenities were under construction, and while the pool technically still had water in it and was not closed, getting to it would require sidestepping Bobcats and having aquatic hiking boots to go from in pool to peri-pool overturned cement/rock/gravel/.
We also went to the City Museum, which was everything that had been described to me and then some. This is a building that was once a factory of some kind, and has been re-purposed as a playground for all ages. the outdoor section has an enormous ball pit, more strategically placed climbable metal walkways and slides than you can shake a defunct aircraft at, and a pair of defunct aircraft suspended high in the air amongst the climbing equipment, also to be climbed on. Inside there is an elaborate 'cave' system which is very easy to get lost in, but if you keep heading up, you get to a funky series of spiral staircases which end at the top of a ten-story curvy slide. The roof also collects many cool points, with a fountain full of stepping stones to play on, a bus that partially hangs off the building to climb in, and a ferris wheel on top of everything. Yay many times!

The actual wedding was simple and beautiful in a greenhouse-y location called the jewel box, and the reception involved much dancing for Audrey and much chatting for me. Taken together (with cream and sugar), it was a marvelous weekend (teeming with memorable moments).

Teem is the word of the day.