Sunday we went to
Lake of the Ozarks State Park twice. Once in the morning when we walked a little, threw rocks in the water and played on the small playground. Then again in the evening when we played in the leaf's they had in piles, hiked, threw more rocks in the water and played on the larger playground. Oh and in the evening on the way out of the park we seen a owl,raccoon and five deer. After the morning trip to the park we went to
Miner Mike's which was a great time with tunnels to climb and then the rides. They have this Train ride that is a mini roller coaster That Charlie LOVED! I really thought that he would ride it once and be done. But as soon as the ride stopped he told Chaz "again". Chaz rode with him three times then they rode the wagon Ferris wheel. I rode the bumper cars and then you guessed it back to the Train for four more rides. Which wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. I am the master of waiting to get on the roller coaster and then when it's time for the ride you go to get on and just keep on going. Then it was nap time so back to the resort. In the evening we went to
Holiday Magic Drive-Through Light Park which we thought was a rip at $10.00 a car.
Monday... Bummer time to head home... we decided to take the long scenic route. Before we left the Resort Chaz was in the living room and called to me to look out the window that a hawk was soaring right outside the window. Turned out it was a Bald Eagle! Sadly I wasn't able to get the camera in time. While packing it came by again... at that point Chaz said he would never get me to leave. But we did load the car... and headed to the
Historic swinging bridge's. We drove over one but I was NOT riding over the other. We also walked them and the longer of the two which had a weight limit of only 5 tons had missing boards missing which left holes that Charlie could of easily fallen though. Then we headed to Vichy, MO to see some property that Chaz's Aunt and Uncle own. More wonderful views and just a nice scenic ride. After that Chaz wanted to go to some other property that the family has but it was as far away as home and after talking about it he decided that would be a trip for another day.
Tuesday Well Charlie woke up at four but Chaz got up with him and I tried to sleep some more but gave up. We watched some TV and just hung out around the house at 10:30 we got ready to go to
Incredible Pizza but once in the car Charlie fell asleep before we could get to 70 and Lake St. Louis. So we went to Quizno's for a sub and home to let him sleep. I cleaned out the fridge and made a list of things we still needed for Thanksgiving dinner. After nap time we ran to Wal-mart where not only did we get the things for Thanksgiving dinner but a fish tank and fish. Now we are just waiting for Charlie to name his new fish...
After a few tears Norah did give a smile and Charlie was just like "whatever, let's go play". The cool new thing is they give you your pictures on a little USB thing and release the copyright so you can get all the prints you want made up. 
So I am sitting here watching 
With our new sleeping arrangements we all have a new bedtime routine which includes reading the book Time for Bed by Mem Fox and Charlie then holds the book as he goes to sleep some days resting his head on it. Then I go in after he's asleep and put it up.Last night I heard him talking away and when I went it to put the book up this is how he was... I think he was reading to his Monkey what is also a new must at bed time.
Well I guess Charlie's few messedup nights have caught up with him. This Morning while shopping at Wal-mart he fell asleep in the cart. This has only happened once before.
Today at my gym all Charlie wanted to do was slide down the fireman's pole. His Teacher Miss Clarie said that Older toddler won't do that alone, that they put one hand on the pole then call for help. The other teacher Miss Amy told him that she prepares herself all week for his visit. He did have some fun doing some other climbing but always ended up back of at the pole.
Last night we took Charlie to his first Circus. We had great front row seats that had plenty of room for Charlie to stand up and move around. At times it seemed like he was having such a great time and other's he just wanted to "go outside". Not sure if he meant the hallway or outside of the building. But I can understand there were points in the show That I found very boring but I am glad we went It was a great family night out. But we might wait a few years till we go again. I think Charlie and I enjoyed the Elephants the most! Two things that they didn't have they I was surprised by was lions and monkeys.
