Today I watched Tommy ride his horse out into the ring unaided and proceed to do his entire practice without a sidewalker or anyone else near the horse! That made me very happy.
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Category: Tommy
I love my kids. The toddler blows bubbles!
Evan at 14 months knows to pickup a bubble wand, pucker his lips, and blow!
Amy astounds me with her sentences and vocabulary.
Noah is taking an interest in juggling and technology! Way to kiss up to dad, son!
Sarah confidentally jaunts off to Palm Beach and handles herself appropriately. I am so proud of her accomplishments.
Tommy has matured into a "normal" teenager. I hesitate to label him Asperger anymore.
Snakes as pets
For a long time, Tommy has expressed interest in having a snake.
Aspergers – Learning to function
Tommy is really doing well!
From the mouths of babes
Evan: "Rompf gurr hurr-rum romfp fps"
Dad: "Tommy, I think Evan is trying to tell you something."
Evan: "Errr oohph umm umm"
Tommy: "No, he’s talking to the Roomba."
Note- Roomba is charging in Tommy’s room while we have guests.
Dad: "He doesn’t like that thing. Let them work it out."
Tommy: "Funny Dad. But not that funny."
Bedtime with the Beasts – Finished
Home
All scouts are back with their parents. Everyone had a blast! Our scouts were exceptionally behaved the entire trip (with minor age appropriate exceptions). This trip should leave the children with good memories for a long time to come.
Bedtime with the Beasts – Car survives
Too hot. Pushing through.
Bedtime with the Beasts – Should have added water to the radiator
Engine running hot
Bedtime with the Beasts – Time to leave
Homebound from zoo. What a fun trip!
Bedtime with the Beasts – More please more!
Extending trip 30 minutes.
After making sure all children were matched with their ride or parent, about 10 scouts took an extra 30 minutes in the Zoo to run some energy out at Kids Cove which gave me my first opportunity to really check it out. Wonderfully done! Of course, I liked the aviary the best. The kids loved the padded play ground, climbing, tunnels, and sand.
Bedtime with the Beasts – Courtship of Otis and Ursula
Bears giving good show. Otis chasing Ursula.
Apparently one male bear was inspired by the wedding.
Bedtime with the Beasts – Rise and shine
Rather calm night. I personally woke every two hours. Looks like it rained during the night but no rain now.
7am was to be our wake up call. Everyone started to stir moments beforehand. Of course, the zoo walkie talkie blaring, "this is your wake-up call" could have influence that.
Bedtime with the Beasts – Bedding Down
Sleep comes.
The time on this post doesn’t make sense. Oh! The daylight savings problem on WordPress time stamps still exists. Wow. My time stamps are 2 hours off. That means we settled in not at 10:10pm but at 12:10am.
The night hike was very interesting. We saw white tigers, snow leopards, heard birds, the whelp of a wild Tommy as his foot slipped off the sidewalk and he fell like a muppet but without injury, heard lions roar, and tigers howl. At the end of our hike, we changed clothes and laid out our sleeping bags, then were treated to some biofacts of ivory, rhino horns, snake skins, teeth, etc, most of which are illegal to possess unless you are a zoo. It did not take long for everyone to find sleep.
Bedtime with the Beasts – Snow Leopard Struts Her Stuff
Snow leopard gave us a great show
No pictures were allowed during our night hike so I cannot show the beauty of the snow leopard. As we approached, she stalked us and our instructors’/guides’ flash lights would catch a glimpse of her peeking out. One of our guides used to feed this particular snow leopard so as she began talking the animal pranced to up to the cage to be as close as possible. She holds her super fluffy tail in her mouth and twirls as if to say, "isn’t it beautiful!"
Bedtime with the Beasts – Photos
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