I think playing catcher might be John’s least favorite position, but he works hard at it. There are only two games left in this baseball season.
Proud of this Kid
I am proud of this kid. Laura earned one of two “Effortless” awards at Tiger Gymnastics camp for her hard work.
Then, she received 15 new badges and patches during Court of Awards at her Junior Girl Scout meeting for her hard work over the last four months.
Great job Laura!
Night Out!
Because Laura had a lock-in sleepover at Tiger Gymnastics camp…
…and the Lowerys offered to take John for a sleepover,…
…Andy and I got a night out!
Just Another Friday…
…at the ballpark!
Tiger Gymnastics Camp!
Laura attended her first day of a four-day gymnastics camp at Tiger Academy today. She had a lot of fun and loved every minute of it! She is already talking about going next year.
Frustration…
Ugh. I went to update my blog today (yes, I realize I am three days behind) only to discover that my theme updated automatically and most of my settings were changed. I spent about an hour trying to reset everything only to discover that some of my specialized settings are no longer available. So, I spent another two hours trying to find a new theme with no success. Very. Frustrated. Hold please… I need to find a new theme…
St. Louis Zoo!
It was off to the St. Louis Zoo today to take advantage of our new family membership. Ninety dollars is a great price for 48 passes, free parking, 10% off all shops and food, and reciprocal admission to other zoos. We started the day at Caribbean Cove petting the stingrays and sharks. I highly, highly recommend this if you ever get the chance. It was amazing! We spent nearly an hour in there and even got to feed the stingrays. That is a very strange feeling! They essentially suck the seafood (shrimp, etc.) out of your hand.
We spent the rest of the day seeing different animals that we had talked about with the kids. Within the last year, the St. Louis Zoo received two Tasmanian Devils in an effort to save the species from a disease that is quickly killing them in the wild. Only one of them came out while we were by their enclosure, but she sure is cute! The kids loved seeing her.
Of course we had to stop by Big Cat Country. I can’t help it. It is my favorite. I love those big cats! I love it even more when they are lazy and just being a cat…
Another favorite stop is the Sea Lion exhibit. You can walk underneath and watch them swimming around you. The Sea Lions like to swim right up to the glass and look at the people. Laura was thrilled when one of them swam right up to her!
The kids really wanted to see the Sea Lion show, so we used some of our passes to attend. It was cute and both kids got a big laugh when the sea lion used the slide.
We finished the day visiting the Polar Bear and the penguin house. We left the zoo right as it closed. About twenty minutes later, I noticed that it was really quiet in the back seat and turned around to discover this…
Asleep! He must have had a rough day. When we woke John up because we stopped for dinner, he did not realize he had been sleeping and insisted that he had *not* fallen asleep. I will call that a successful day!