Croft Family: August 2012

Dan and I took a small "staycation" the first few days of August to catch up. We enjoyed an afternoon of relaxing at the pool, went flying one morning and took Burke to Wonderscope, a children's museum in Shawnee. Here are a few pics of the Small Wonders Room, perfect for Burke's size and high energy level.

Ready, Set, Go!

Burke runs everywhere he goes. We are starting to have to discipline him as he thinks it is a fun game to run away from us.

Captain Burke

Never too old to play

Peek A Boo!

Does anyone see Burke hiding? His new hiding spot.

We made a fort for Burke's Saturday morning reading.

Pooped!

Breakfast at Canterbury

It has been a dry summer. The boys anxiously watch an evening storm roll in.

Watching the Summer 2012 Olympics in London

We have a basement on our lot. Check out Dan's blog for more home details.

Dan inspecting the foundation.

The Crofts standing in their future backyard. Progress feels good!

Sunday, August 19th we Crofts headed to the Kansas City Zoo.

Dan and I hadn't been for 8 years and many renovations had improved the zoo drastically.

The first stop was to see the Polar Bear. It was actively entertaining the crowd with a plastic barrel it was rolling around in the water.

What a gorgeous day! We had a nice 70 degree morning stroll to the Australia portion of the zoo.

Burke roared at the Siberian Tigers. Take that Tiger!

Little did we know walking into a gated portion of the Australian Outback we would be walking among kangaroos. We even saw a Sally (female kangaroo) with a little Joey in her pouch. We learned that the Joeys dive in head first so their gangly legs stick out of their mama's pouch. Ouch!

Look closely and you can see the Joey's leg sticking out by her belly.

A new baby giraffe was born the first week of August and was already available to the public. Burke thought the giraffe was a horse and immediately said "nay" to him.