So Much to Report:

My father was the Lead Ride Mechanic at Marriotts Great America many years ago.This photo is for him as these three guys do what he did.

Beautiful weather as the sun popped out from behind the clouds and a cool breeze kept any chance of a hot day from happening.

Penguin News: Miles did an hour of strolling in our new penguin costume...we call him Pal but the Beech Bend people call him Perky. He goes out of his way to dance with folks, hug folks, and take pictures with anyone. Well, one big guy...6'infinite came over for a hug...then the jerk punched and kicked the Penguin. Fortunately Miles is heavily padded but unfortunately he couldn't see him well enough to report him. From now on we are having him escorted.

Kids in Charge: I decided to sit out show num

ber two and gave James the Host duties. He was a bit nervous but pulled it off. I video taped the whole thing and will post it soon. It was an humongous audience and very appreciative. The kids all fell in line and did an awesome job.

Evil Leaf Bug: Another leaf bug visited our set today. James allowed him to walk on his hand. He handed it off to Miles where it promptly bit him. Miles whacked it off his arm killing it as it slammed the ground. We picked it up to see where it's "teeth" were because it didn't look like it had them...There are two black mandibles just under it's green soft mandibles. To discourage any more insect attacks we removed it's head and put it on a wire placing it on the fencing around our stage as a message to the other bugs.

Snake Makes Friends: We've added taking pictures with Buttercup this week. Well Buttercup gave one lady a bit more in the photo than she expected. He began his once a week expelling of waste matter..he pooped. Fortunately we caught it quickly and got him away. We then all watched him finish up....it was quite a bit... and then the photos continued.

Tiffany from the other magic show at the park and Morgan from the Retro Rock show came to visit with us for a while. Both are very sweet girls and our little ones really love them both. I think they are great too.

I have been tired all day...Olivia was too. She took two naps....I wanted to take two naps.

Well that's it for now.