Polar Bear, Polar Bear

Polar Bear, Polar Bear
What Do You Hear?

I hear a lion roaring in my ear!

(and boy can these lions ROAR!)

Lion, lion, what do you hear?

I hear a flamingo fluting in my ear!

Flamingo, flamingo, what do you hear? 

I hear a zebra braying in my ear!

Zebra, zebra, what do you hear?

I hear an elephant trumpeting in my ear!

Elephant, elephant, what do you hear?

I hear a leopard snarling in my ear!

(and a horse)

Leopard, leopard, what do you hear?
I hear a peacock yelping in my ear!

Polar bear, polar bear, 

What do you hear?

Wait a minute, that's not a polar bear - it's a brown bear!
We are in the wrong story!

Zookeeper, zookeeper, what do you hear?
We hear children laughing

at the Louisville zoo!

Back Seat Drivers

An unusual phenomenon has been reported in Acura SUVs: the case of the backseat drivers.

The first report alleges a five year old male has made repeated statements directing the driver of the vehicle to "turn here", "go faster", "go the other way", "get in that lane", "go before the light turns red", and "I want you to go now!" The driver stated she was unable to focus safely on the road due to the distractions. The alleged offender is pictured below:

A second report was filed with the Bureau of Vehicular Safety, which also involved a car of the same model. It described a 19 month old female whose car seat had recently been turned to forward facing. The child attempted to alert the guardians that they were NOT following the guidelines set by the APA through a constant barrage of chatter. The claimant reportedly instructed each person about their appropriate seating location within the car and protested loudly when an unauthorized driver got behind the wheel. Despite the claimants best efforts to promote safety, she was eventually restrained and drugged.

If you have any evidence of back seat drivers or would like to file a claim, please contact 1-800-Let-Me-Drive-In-Peace.  The driver in these two reported cases has requested compensation in the form of a new car.

Take It To The Max!

Turning five is pretty momentous and this birthday marked a lot of changes, including for the actual birthday party. Max has been adamant for months about wanting a gymnastics party. Goodbye, personalized backyard parties. Mommy's obsession with Olympic gymnastics increased his determination for a gym party, but fortunately it also helped convince him to have a "theme" - Olympics! Max said there were five Olympic rings because he is five. Naturally!

He also insisted on inviting his entire class this year, which led to a bit of a conundrum since space was limited and he has many other friends who have been coming to his parties for years. Max is either really popular or we chose a perfect day for a party (after attempting to accomodate football schedules) since almost everyone showed up! Luckily, the gym was gracious in accepting a few extras and it was a precious, well-mannered group of kids!

The favors were hand-painted Olympic tshirts for the kids to wear at the party and take home and gold medals. 



Olympic popcorn Torch

Warming up

Stretching

Ready to tumble!

 

Man, is this what we are supposed to be doing?

 

Into the pit!

The only way to keep Sarah out of the foam pit!

 



One place it is ok to "climb the walls"!

Max's favorite part: the trampoline runway!

Future Olympians!

Silly faces!



Cupcake time!

(The cupcakes are organized into "rings")

Frosting Mustaches

Things began to descend into chaos when the gold medals were issued.



Love this sweet bunch of friends!

My gold medal team!

Take it to the Max!