Labyrinths, UFOs, and Fall (Nov. 1-8, 2015)

Last weekend we attended an event for new Department of Medicine faculty members and their families at the City Museum in downtown St. Louis. Although we did not meet even a single other attendee during our three-hour stay, Alexander had a blast climbing through the labyrinthine, ceiling-high tunnels and climbable Gaudiesque installations that make the museum completely unique (and more than a little creepy). Most of the museum is still too dangerous for him (or anyone sane, really), but Alexander turned out to be more fearless than expected, and he clambered through a few of the less intimidating tunnels with Mommy trailing nervously behind.

This weekend, it finally feels and looks like fall here – a very welcome development. We stumbled upon a very pretty little park while doing an errand in the ‘burbs. After zooming around the park like a lunatic, Alexander spent half an hour reclining on the tree roots as if he were doing an L.L. Bean photoshoot (photos below, of course). In other news, Zachary has found his very fascinating toes, has started sucking his thumb, and is pretty much always happy. As for the final photos, Alexander’s imagination can turn almost any pair of inanimate objects into a baby and its mommy – here he’s pretending that the golf-ball-wedged-in-the-stacking-ring is a “baby UFO” that lost his mommy (the big blue stacking ring) and needed to be taken care of by us. The baby UFO was joyfully reunited with his entire family, and everyone lived happily ever after.