Gator Glimpse

Once in Lake Charles we mostly hung out at mom's place and either went to visit friends or hosted them as they came to visit us. But one of the few outings we took was to the downtown lakefront park. It was two parks, actually — one a pretty gigantic playground and the geared toward gator watchers. There, Anna and Alexander got to see their first alligators and turtles. Two gators and two turtles were sunning either on a log or the island banks. We also saw one gator swimming. While Anna and Alexander had seen ducks before, they'd never been eye-to-eye with them. You could tell these friendly ducks were used to being fed by passersby, as they approached us as soon as we got out of the car. From there on out, my children kept terrorizing the ducks in an attempt to feed them their graham cracker sticks.