August 2003
Brookfield Zoo
We went to St. Louis for the weekend to visit Michelle's brother Mike and his family. Before a get together we went downtown to the St. Louis Arch. After we put Cooper up on our shoulders to take a couple of pictures we looked back and saw he was carrying hippo on his shoulders.
We spent the rest of the day east of St. Louis at Sherri's dad's place which backed up to a lake. Cooper tried fishing for the first time. He thought casting was fun. No bites though.
We decided to take a quick Sunday morning trip to check out the Indiana Dunes. The visitor center had a stuffed owl so Coop could use his new favorite word he learned earlier in the day -- oww-a.
Michelle and Coop in Lake Michigan. He was pretty nervous and held on tight the whole time.
