May 27th Rowan bridged from Daisy Girl Scouts to Brownies. She gets to have her same troop leader, Sara, so we're all happy! Rowan and I get to go to a You & Me camp at the Girl Scout lodge in June, and then she gets to go camping with her troop in July. She's pretty excited!May 29th Rowan's elementary school had a 5k run. My sister, Merrick and me drove from one checkpoint to the next to cheer her on. They had police escorts and everything! Merrick held up a sign that said "GO ROWAN GO". He had fun waving at her and her friends going by.
Rowan and her friend Tayci walked a lot of the course but had a great time. On May 31st, Alex and I took the kids to the zoo. It was perfect weather and a lot of the animals were out. Merrick loved the merry-go-round and the train. Everyonethought it was gross when the giraffe had to 'do his business' and Rowan kept telling me "he's still going..." I steered clear of the glass windows of the 'cages' that housed spiders, snakes and scorpions. Rowan has been having fun playing with her friend Alex Back. It's funny... When I was a kid, Alex Back's dad, Randy, was my best friend, and now his kid is buddies with my kid! Weird! They spend hours riding bikes, jumping on the trampoline, playing on the playground or swimming in the little pool at my mom's. And, it always seems that kids have the best hearing, but only when it comes to hearing the ice cream truck heading our way. I'm sure that I could've bought at least 4 or 5 boxes of creamy delights for the price of a few visits from the ice cream man. But, it's a childhood summer tradition!