Sunday

Sunday we went to the St. Louis Zoo with my parents and Aunt Katie to see the Penguin March.  On Sundays in January, when the temperatue is below 50, the penguins come out for a walk.  It was pretty crowded this week.  We found a spot at the end of their path and waited.  We had to wait for a bit for them to get down our way. 

Dan was really excited.

The North Star Mascot lead the penguins.

Dane sat down and waited and he really waited Reese to sit next to him and wait as well, but Reese just wanted to get up and walk around.

Here they come....

Dane absolutely loved it!  He kept saying, "I want to hug them."

He was really good and didn't touch them though.

I couldn't believe how close Dane was to them.

Reese was getting hard to hold on to and wasn't really interested in the penguins so he went with Papa for a walk to see the ducks.  We went and caught up with them afterwards.  Reese was really wanting to touch the duck.

Dane played on the rocks outside the entrance to the zoo for a bit while we waited for Aunt Katie to go get the car for us.

After the zoo we went back to my mom and dads to get ready for birthday dinner for Uncle Darnel.

The boys both took naps and I went to pick up the prize we won a few weeks ago.  We won a free Notre Dame pretzel for the game on January 7th.  It was a Monday night and we weren't going to be in St. Louis, so they let us pick a late date to get it.  We brought it back for an appetizer.

We had a delicious dinner, then Darnel opened presents.

Darnel is running for Kirkwood School Board, so Taylor, Delaney, and Trey surprised him with special shirts to wear to support him.

Aunt Amy brought the cake over and we sang Happy Birthday.

Dane loved the cake and had two pieces, then asked for another, but I had to say no.

Happy Birthday Uncle Darnel!