The Homestead

This is the aftermath of a trip to Deanna Rose Homestead. For those of you without kids in the KC area, it's a hybrid between a zoo and a really lame old west museum thing. But we thought we'd give it a go today because it's cheap and it's a bear hunt.  I was underwhelmed, I think the O's were too. It was probably just because it was hot enough to melt the tires off the stroller at 10 am. The problem is mostly that they're not quite old enough to walk around and pet the goats, that's pretty much the draw of the place. But we did get some ice cream, which you can see a great deal of in the photo above. I'm sure next summer a homestead trip will go over better.

We also went to the pool for the first time this summer. They appreciated that a little more. Olivia was ready to take off and swim all by herself. She would be in our arms and then lean forward and dunk her face in the water and try to kick away. Either she wanted to swim or she was just thirsty, I hope it was the former.  Owen was a little more hesitant. He would cling to whoever was holding him. It's almost as though he understood that if he were to swim away, things would probably not end well.  It was a pretty good time at the pool, but I wish it didn't take at least two adults to safely take them swimming. Again, next year will be different.

Hope you had a good weekend too. Next weekend we'll be writing from the mountains. I'm guessing swimming won't be part of the post, I'll apparently be playing golf on a course where snow piles may or may not require a free drop.

Justin