Maeve and Lilly

After the girls assisted with dressing baby Adriana, we hit Panera for coffee and later met Uncle Joe for lunch. Then we walked around the Bricktown area of OKC and strolled along the canals. (Yeah, I know, but there really are canals in downtown Oklahoma City. They are of no historic significance whatsoever; they were built to revitalize the are and attract tourists.) Later in the afternoon when 15-year-old Alexis got home from school, we went to a nearby park. The girls roped Alexis into playing tag, hide and seek, and an obstacle course. Poor Alexis had nobly given up her suite: her bedroom for us and her lounge for the girls, so she headed to her grandparents’ house after dinner as the girls headed to bed.

Uncle Joe took the next day off so we all (minus Alexis) went to the Science Museum. Though not nearly as spectacular as the St. Louis City Museum, the girls enjoyed the hand-on exhibits especially the tornado chamber (wind speeds up to 78 mph), the Apollo module (they were inside and we saw their faces as the attendant tilted them up and down and told them they were switching to emergency oxygen), and the live science presentation (lots of stuff was blown up and set on fire, including the “dust’o'doom; and hand raising was severely discouraged in favor of shouting).

Aunt Yara went to pick up Alexis from school and we all regrouped at the zoo. After a quick lunch, Lilly spotted a rock climbing wall and wanted to have a go. She got stuck about half way up and when asked if she wanted to come down, she answered “yes” and then immediately, “no.” She lost her grip a minute later and had to start over. This time she persevered and made it to the top and rang the bell announcing her triumph.  As we strolled along, it was no surprise that Lilly liked the monkey (lots and lots of chimps), but Maeve was taken with the prairie dogs. Actually, I think the biggest attraction at the zoo was they one we bought with us. Both girls were mesmerized by their baby cousin Adriana and spent a lot of time watching her, pushing her stroller, and fussing over whether she was shaded from the hot hot sun.

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