It was a quiet week and it was nice for a change of pace. Brent was asked to be the drum major for the school band. That requires lessons to teach him how to hold and spin a baton. Though it looks easy enough, its actually a bit brutal on the body and he has a few good bruises and a cut on his hand to prove it! But he is getting better at it and we saw a lot of improvement this week. He is real excited about it and so are we! We'll post some pictures of him when he starts in the Fall.
Another fun activity was going with Evaly, Carter and Kylie to the library where Brent is volunteering this summer. They had a petting zoo there last week and it was a most unusual one. The animals were in costumes...yes, that's right, costumes. You know, a dress on a goat, a hat on a sheep, backpacks, vests, etc. And all these animals were exceptionally relaxed in a setting of 30 or so pre-schoolers running around,petting them and brushing their fur. They had a hen that just sat there and let the kids pet her. Rabbits that had soft Chinchilla-like fur,that were sprawled out on the grass and not disturbed at all by loud and quick-moving children. They even had a very large turtle who allowed the kids to touch his head. He never did duck into his shell. It was really amazing to see how gentle and unafraid these animals were. I talked to the propietor and she said it was because "they were working." She claimed that when they had their costumes on, they somehow know how to behave but as soon as the costumes come off, they know they are going home and they line up to get on the truck and don't want to be petted anymore. Weird, huh?It was the best petting zoo I've ever been too.
On Saturday, Brent, Evaly and I went school shopping. Brent found some "cool" clothes so that's done! (I love shopping for boys...one hour, all done!) Then we took care of McKell and Carter so Mommy and Daddy and Kylie could go out and celebrate Nathan's birthday. It was fun and they are such cute kids! We love being close to our grandkids!
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