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The Package is the Present

August 23, 2013 angie

hello st. louis #sixesinstlouis

I’ve yet to find a family who doesn’t have some version of this story:

The parents go to much trouble, often reaching deep into their pockets, to come up with a fabulous gift.  The gift is presented with much fanfare.  After the photos are taken and the oohs and aahs have subsided, the parent realizes the cold, hard truth.  The fabulous gift didn’t matter … all the kids wanted was the simple, cardboard box that enclosed the gift.

We knew this summer wouldn’t be an extravagant one.  With our Disney trip less than a year behind us and a trip to Spain next summer taking tentative shape before us, this summer would have to be quieter.  Still, nothing says summer to me like some kind of road trip to look forward to, and so we made plans to visit St. Louis.

We packed a lot of fun into 48 hours.  I planned pretty extensively before we left, and while it wasn’t a pricey vacation, we dropped more cash than we normally would in an ordinary Naptown weekend.

We went to the Zoo.

St. Louis Zoo

We browsed the shops and ate like locals.

Ted Drewes, St. Louis

We saw the Arch from top

St. Louis Arch

to bottom.

The Arch, St. Louis

We spent hours at the most unique and phenomenal museum I’ve ever been to, The City Museum.

The City Museum, St. Louis

The City Museum, St. Louis

The City Museum Rooftop, St. Louis

We met my kindred football soul for dinner and watched our kids hit it off instantaneously.

Angie and Patty

We did all of these things and more, and what do the kids remember most about the weekend?  The fact that our visit and our hotel location coincided with the 2013 World Naked Bike Ride.  Yes, for 10 minutes we had a bird’s eye view of people of all different ages, colors and body types in their birthday suits.  On bicycles.  I wish I could share the video we took, but it’s definitely NSFW … or anyone who has trouble getting certain mental images out of their system.  It’s not the bicyclists that make the video so wonderful, it’s the belly laughs and commentary from Elena and Eli.  At one point Eli says, “That’s just bad manners.” Yes, bad manners and a bad idea for body parts that chafe easily.

Our trip to St. Louis was like the fancy present and the box.  We could’ve gone anywhere, we could’ve stayed home.  It wasn’t the place, or the things we did, or the money we spent.  The kids will remember snapshots of the weekend, they’ll definitely remember the naked bikers.  But more than anything they’ll remember the package  … the four of us, wrapping our arms together, enclosing the gift that is our little family.

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  1. Cherie from Queen of Free says

    August 23, 2013 at 11:30 pm

    *sigh* I love the way you write.

    • angie says

      August 24, 2013 at 9:17 am

      Thank you, friend! That means so much to me.

  2. Jessica Nunemaker from little Indiana says

    August 24, 2013 at 9:07 am

    I know a few small towns that could have kept you busy on the cheap…no naked bikers though. 😉

    • angie says

      August 24, 2013 at 9:18 am

      They looked like an enthusiastic group, so I’m sure that could be arranged!

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