Around Town With Yosemite Lil' Dude

Well, we've been having some fun since I returned from a visit to Utah and brought two of our grandchildren with me. We've spent plenty of time in the pool--they are both fearless at jumping in, cannonball style, and in diving to the bottom to fetch the rings. We went to church today and they got to sit up next to me in the choir seats while I played the organ. They had lovely manners--reading books is a great quiet activity.

Yesterday, we went down to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay. Then we ate some lunch at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood and went over to buy tickets for a Wednesday dinner at Tournament of Kings.  (I've been using all of my "locals" and teacher discounts to have this fun. That is a small perq that being a teacher in Las Vegas still provides, despite the pay cuts, media bashing, etc.) Finally, we drove over to the street alongside the airport runway and tuned the radio to listen to the tower talking to the pilots and watched landings and take-offs for about 30 minutes. Good Times!!

But the best part of the entire day was watching people who'd get a good look at this:

We purchased this little item from a machine at a gas stop in central Utah for fifty cents. He loves it! He wore it all the rest of that day, and then found it in the truck when we started out to the aquarium. So he just reapplied it and casually sported this bad boy all day without a flinch. But it was hilarious noticing people who noticed him. Adults would do a double-take and then start smiling, looking over at me. I'd smile back! It was awesome!

In Planet Hollywood, there are a lot of young men just oozing testosterone because a) they are in VEGAS, BABY! and b) because the World Series of Poker is in town and there's a lot of competitiveness in the air.  But one look at Yosemite Lil' Dude would crack them up and they'd just melt like a silly old kid. I had a lot of fun walking around with him on Saturday. Nice 'stace, dude!