Sunday in St. Louis

We have been enjoying our time here. We got here around 4. Hayden was a great traveler. He didn't ask if he could get out. In the morning he asked about 50 times when were getting there. We kept telling him it is going to take a long time. He was awake from 2 until 12. We had to convince him to take a nap. He watched movies most of the time. We spent the evening playing the Wii. Amy and Alex introduced Hayden to Rock Band. It is a game that you sing, play the drums, and guitar. He loved playing the drums.

 

 

We went to bed at 8:30. We were all so tired. Hayden was fast asleep. He slept until 6:30(it was really 7:30 with the time change).

We got up and went to Mass. My Dad's side of the family is Catholic. Hayden hasn't really been to church with me. When he comes he goes to Sunday school. He doesn't really know what a church service is like. He asked a lot of questions. Who is Jesus, why is he on the cross, why do you eat fish for dinner. He was so curious of all of the praying and kneeling.

Since Thursday is St. Patrick's Day the church had a carnival. We went up there to let Hayden play games. He had a blast and won a lot games. (In Texas they aren't big into St. Patty's Day here it is a different story. Everyone wore green and dressed up). I took some pictures of him playing

 

This game you used a fishing pole that had a metal chain on the end. Then you would "fish". The magnet was in the fish. He had some trouble with it at first he couldn't figure it out.

 

 

This was his favorite game. There was a rubber frog on the end of this see saw thing and you hit it and you had to launch the frog into a bucket. He loved hitting and seeing where the frog landed. When he made it he was so happy. He would jump up and down.

 

 

 

These other games I think were for older kids. They both involved a gun so he had to play. The first one you used a gun that shot rubber darts. You had to aim and hit the bulls eye smiley face. He could barely hold the gun over the table. He hit the target on his first try.

 

 

 

In this gun game he used a rifle type gun that shot cork bullets. You had to aim and shoot balls. When he first took the gun it was so big that he couldn't hold it over the table. So he sat on the table. This game was a little tricky. He ended up shooting one ball. Overall the frog and shooting games were the ones that he won the most prizes.

 

 

This was a pig race. He picked a blue pig to win. It won, he picked a dog that was black and brown just like Holly. He was so excited that he got a dog like her. I guess he misses and is attached to her.

 

 

Theses are from jumping things. The first one he went down this huge slide. Amy had to help him climb up there. He wanted to do it again.