May 11: Mother's Day cakes

On Mother's Day, we headed into North County for a few cakes. It was a quick trip so we only got three cakes but they were fun. 

We started at the Ferguson Station Depot. A landscaper was kind enough to move his truck from in front of the cake so we could take pictures. 

Then we headed over to the Old St. Ferdinand Shrine. We had visited this site before while doing some geocaching. This cake was starting to lose its letters. Alex is holding up the S that had fallen off.

Last stop, Lambert Airport. This stop required John to drop us off at departing and drive around and pick us up at receiving. We were able to time our walk through the terminal well and he picked us up just a minute after we arrived back outside. You can just barely see the Spirit of St. Louis airplane in the background

May 8: Revisiting Forest Park and Webster Groves

First stop at Turtle Park across the street from the zoo.

Turtle Park

Turtle Park

And then we realized that Dog Town was right around the corner. Dog Town is the Irish neighborhood of St. Louis.

Dog Town

We found this cupcake trailer around the corner from the Dog Town cake and decided we needed to add our "bonus cakes" to our collection.

Then we headed over to the Planetarium. The cake there had been added since we were last in Forest Park.

Planetarium

We really liked the details on this cake. 

Inside the museum there is an activity where you can stack little foam piece to make an arch. That is what is what the picture above represents.

We headed out to get some of the Webster Groves cakes that we wanted to get on our last trip to the city.

When I was a kid, The College School building housed Lockwood Elementary. Then when I was in 3rd grade, they closed that school and those students joined us over at Avery Elementary. Then the College School, a private school opened up. 

The College School

 Last stop Serendipity Ice Cream This little shop in the Old Orchard section of Webster Groves features homemade ice cream. We all found it to be very yummy! I was brave and tried zucchini bread flavor. It was very good!

I enjoyed our explorations through Webster Groves. I loved growing up there and always miss it when I go back. We still have a few cakes to hit in the WG area.

Serendipity Ice Cream

Alex enjoyed taking pictures as we drove along. 

We also took this blurry picture from the car as we passed down Kingshighway between Forest Park and Webster Groves. This is The Hill cake. We have passed it twice, but has not been convenient to stop at yet. We will go back and get it when we do the Botanical Gardens, Tower Grove, etc.