Travel Tuesday at the Missouri History Museum in St Louis MO

Today is Travel Tuesday…woot! Woot!  I have decided that I am going to share one place each Tuesday that the kiddos and I have found worth traveling to!

Today’s Travel Tuesday Destination is The Missouri History Museum in St Louis MO.  I know blah right this is a museum full of history, nope that is a negative!  I was blown away with the Missouri History Museum when I visited! 

While the Missouri History Museum is loaded with Missouri History, Missouri information, and well all the good stuff about Missouri.  The museum is also loaded with fun for kids; we found the museum to be very interactive, colorful, and fun for our whole family.

Hallmark Kaleidoscope Kansas City Missouri

So I am on an Art Kick this week, no not really, but I am thinking of the fact that the weather is changing and if you are like me you are beginning to think of things do with kids indoors again.  Let me throw in a big BOOO here, because we all know that I prefer (and NEED) to be out outside! 

Okay this last summer when the kiddos and I made our road trip to Kansas City, MO we had the opportunity to attend a Family Art Session at Hallmark’s Kaleidoscope.  I am never good at describing places like this, because there is no real way to describe this place.  Kaleidoscope’s Family Art Session is a 40-minute session of coloring, gluing, painting, beading, sticking, discovering, and well anything you can put into art terms fun....note our favorites were the glow in the dark station, and making the face mask     

11 Things to do in Cape Girardeau for September 2012

Tunes at Twilight
Date: Friday Nights at 6:30 PM to at 7:30 PM
Location/Venue: The Gazebo at the Common Pleas Courthouse (Lorimier and Broadway)
Cost: Free
Description: Tunes at Twilight is an award winning outdoor concert series held on Friday nights at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo (Lorimier and Broadway) in Cape Girardeau. The series provides a free hour long concert for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall. For a complete line up visit www.oldtowncape.org/events. In case of rain, the concert will be held at Rose Theater on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Grace Askew will perform!
Contact Information: Old Town Cape at 573-334-8085 or www.oldtowncape.org 

Old St. Vincent Church
Date: Saturday, 9-8-2012 at 12:00 PM to Saturday, 9-8-2012 at 4:00 PM Location: Old St. Vincent Church, 629 William St. 

Cost: $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children.

Description: Built in 1853, Old St. Vincent's Church, is right across the street from the Red House. The architecture, English Gothic Revival, is breathtaking and rare; very few churches of this style exist in America. Take in a tour and learn all of the stories behind the unique architectural details. Open for tours every Saturday, April through September.

Contact Information: Website or 573-335-9347 

The Glenn House
Date: Saturday, 9-8-2012 at 1:00 PM to Saturday, 9-8-2012 at 4:00 PM
Location: The Glenn House, 325 S. Spanish St.
Description: A true jewel in the City of Cape Girardeau, the historic Glenn House allows visitors to follow a pathway back in time. Restored rooms depict life circa 1900, reflecting an earlier Cape Girardeau society. In 1883, Edwin Branch Deane designed the Glenn House for his daughter, Lulu Deane, and her husband, David A. Glenn. Mr. Glenn, a Cape Girardeau merchant and banker, occupied the home with his family until 1915. The Glenn House is proud to be included in the National Register of Historic Places. Tour this lovely restored Victorian home from 1-4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday from May-October. 
Cost: $5 for adults, $2 for children
Contact Information: Website

American Queen 
Date: Wednesday, 9-12-2012 at 10:00 AM to Wednesday, 9-12-2012 at 5:00 PM
Location: Riverfront
Description: The paddleboat will be docked at the riverfront for public viewing.
 

Family Fun Night at the Cape Public Library
Date: Friday, 9-14-2012 at 6:00 PM to Friday, 9-14-2012 at 8:00 PM
Location:  Cape Public Library, 711 North Clar

Cost:  Free
Description:  Recommended for ages 5 and up. Kinect, Wii, Xbox 360 games plus board, card and other games for families to play. Come find out why it's all fun and games at the Cape Public Library!
Contact Information:  Website or 573-334-5279

Sensory Saturday at Cape West 14 Cine
Date: Saturday, 9-15-2012 at 10:00 AM to Saturday, 9-15-2012 at 12:00 PM
Location/Venue: Cape West 14 Cine
Cost: $5
Description: Sensory Saturdays take place the 3rd Saturday of every month; these special features are aimed toward families touched by Autism and different abilities so that they may enjoy films in a comfortable and accepting setting. 
Contact: hopperl@missouri.edu or james.sciortino@yahoo.com