Arkansas trip

In July we went and visited Josh's sister Rachel and her family in Little Rock. We went to Little Rock Central High School, where the Little Rock Nine started the integration of Arkansas schools. There was a visitor's center where we could read about what happened. They had a lot of courage to ignore the insults and threats that the angry white population screamed at them. It was sad to see the hate, but I'm glad that our country has progressed since then.



Cora and her cousin, Thomas, waiting to see the ducks at the Peabody hotel. There are five ducks that swim in the lobby fountain, and they're brought out in the daily Duck March every morning. Thomas is 3 months older than Cora. They had a lot of fun together.



Here come the ducks!












Here comes the Cora!











Playing together at a church playplace. Cora discovered the joy of slides on this trip. She kept trying to climb up the slide. She always slipped, but she liked that, too.






We all walked over a walking bridge that crosses the Arkansas River. We timed it right so we could watch the sunset as we were walking. We also got to see a really long barge go through the lock.






Cora LOVED Thomas's little kiddy pool. He was in and out of it the whole time, but Cora stayed put. I knew she liked the water, but on this trip I realized she loves it. We also went to a water park, and Cora had a blast in the kiddy pool. She kept wandering around, climbing the slide, playing in the fountains, and so on.
Cora is trying to take Thomas's sippy cup. They both liked each other's cups, and would frequently swap them. Or Thomas would steal Cora's and she would pick up the one he dropped. In the car, Cora was still facing backwards, and Thomas was facing forwards, so they could see each other. They could also steal each other's toys. Eventually Cora just tossed every toy she got into Thomas's seat to save him the trouble of having to take it. It was pretty funny.
No, he's not really drowning her. Cora discovered the fun of putting her face in the water (which she now does every time she takes a bath). And Thomas just liked climbing over her.






Here's the little water baby (with Thomas's cup).
It was a great trip. I was glad to have the chance to get to know Rachel and David better and we had a lot of fun watching Thomas and Cora play.

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