Alternative LearningAre you a homeschooling mama? or maybe you unschool... or maybe you are interested in another alternative learning style? or maybe you don't have any idea what i am referring to?? this forum might just be for you! share your thoughts and ideas
We went to STl earlier this year with our toddler and had SO much fun for cheap! Definitely go to the zoo and I would recommend parking on the street like the others said. *I* think it's worth the extra money to pay fo rthe children's zoo portion. My dd had a blast feeding birds. You give them some nectar and they come right up to you. And there is a little playground area in there.
We also liked Grant's Farm a lot. Very pretty.
We LOVED the Magic House. it was so much fun.
Personally, we stayed at Jellystone National Park and that was fun for us too. It was off-season but it was around $99 a night. You stay in a small trailor of sorts. Not everyone's pick, but we didn't mind. There is a small kitchen and a grill outside. We made grilled chicken every night and smores. They have a swimming pool and daily activities for kids. The "cabin" we stayed in had two bedrooms, one with bunk beds ( a tiny room). And it had a bathroom (obviously). They also have campsties but I don't like to camp on vacation.
We went to the Arch but didn't ride up. It was awesome to see the outside of it though. We just weren't sure how our over-tired DD would do on the 45 minute trip so we skipped it. I thought it was a bit pricey too.
Wow! Thanks for the advice about Jellystone National Park, I just went and looked at thier site, and that would be a great place to stay. We always find that if we try to do more than 1 activity on vacation then we get rushed, the kids get tired, and we end up not having as much fun. But when you only do 1 activity, then you're stuck spending a lot of time in a boring hotel room. There were lots of activities to do there, AND we could feed ourselves because of the refrigerator and grill. Wasn't there also a stove - I've already forgotten LOL!
I've been to the arch before, and I "KNOW" Logan would not do well on it, but Devin would REALLY enjoy it, so I know it's something we have to do with him.
Oh yeah, and I also noticed that if you stay at Jellystone National Park you get 2 free tickets to Six Flags - now, I wouldn't PAY for Six Flags, but dh and Devin would LOVE going to Six Flags, and if we could get a bonus set of free tickets, then I'm game. I think then all I'd have to pay for is Devin's ticket - I'm assuming Logan would be free because he's only 2.
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Delpha
Homeschooling Sahm to 2 boys - Devin Grey 10!, and Logan Dale 3, happily married to Casey
Delhpa - yep, your reasons are the same as ours for not staying in a hotel! There is a small playground and they have mini golf and a train that runs daily. When we were there, it was off-season but during the summer, etc., they have daily activities that are free or very cheap for the kids, things like scavenger hunts, karaoke nights, t-shirt painting etc. Like I said, it's not the Ritz Carlton, but we would rather have things to DO rather than an expensive comforter. LOL I do think we had to bring our own bedding, which was fine for us. And they do have a SMALL oven and stove. NO microwave though if I remeber correctly. It was fun to just chill out at night and grill some chicken and potatoes. Oh they also have this small "theater room" which is nothing fancy, just a large tv in a room with benches, but they are free for checkout and you can go in there and pick out a family movie and watch it with your family and possibly others. I think it was really fun. A LOT more to do than at a hotel and we didn't have to worry about noise with Whitley. We went out to eat once the whole time we were there and saved a ton of money that way. I think we even packed some food for the trip and for after we got there since our grocery stores are cheaper. We took an ice chest. We were five hours away.
When are ya'll going? We want to go again this year if we can, if only for a long weekend. Oh yeh, you do get the six flags tickets. We didn't get them since we didn't stay the right nights, but it is VERY close by. We wouldn't have paid to go, but I am hoping we'll get to go this year maybe. HAVE FUN!
Still don't know if I can go. I got a vacation guide in the mail the other day and now I'm REALLY jonesing to go, but still not sure if we can afford it. If we sell our other house soon, then I can possibly talk dh into it, but the one guy that was interested hasn't said anything, and now we're starting to get WORRIED.
If you go, definitely go to Grant's Farm and Magic House.
All of my kids (even dh ) has a blast at Magic house, it's so cool, there is sooo much to do.
We usually bring a picnic lunch when we go, and eat outside, then the kids are ready to go back in.
Grant's farm is great too, it's sooo neat, you get to ride (tram's?) around the park, seeing all the animals, it's really cool... then they have a walk through part. My kids LOVE to get bottles and feed the goats.
They also have lots of 'shows' which are all free.
There's also a really neat caves (merameck?) not too far from there, they are pretty neat, but can be hard on small kids, as it's alot of walking/carrying.
We've been to the zoo, and it's nice... but I would do Grant's farm first.
Haven't been to the science center yet, as much as we are there. (We go monthly)
Dh and I go once a year with the kiddos and stay at a nice hotel, we always get a king bed, and it has bunk beds in the room too. There is a indoor pool, a indoor playground, and they serve a big 'continental' breakfast (which is a plus with 6ppl in your family! LOL)
He's working on the house now, when he gets in, I'll ask him the name of it.
I know it's on lindbergh rd, near Grant's farm, and close to Magic house.
And there is a little playground area in there.
) has a blast at Magic house, it's so cool, there is sooo much to do.
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