Parks and Rec Day 2021

Sarah Yenesel

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Hundreds of people, mostly families, gathered at the Osage Center to take part in Parks and Rec Day on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. It marks the nationwide Parks and Recreation Month of July and Playmo's birthday.

Zoey Williams, 3, pets a ball python from the Lazy L Safari Park during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Children play on scooters during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Carissa Wilmarth and her children Halie, 2, and Reece, 5, admire the dogs from the Mac's Mission during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Children stumble down an inflatable slide during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

The audience reacts to an experiment by education coordinator from Discovery Playhouse Joseph Taylor during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The crowd sings "Happy Birthday" to Playmo, the mascot of the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department, to celebrate his 8th birthday during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Ava Johnson, 8, reacts to pins falling while she plays a bowling game at the Target booth during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Children jump in the bouncy house during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Christina Blanquet and Jaden Blanquet, 4, make a craft that depicts the stages of metamorphosis at the Cape Girardeau Nature Center booth during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ava Lukefahr, 2, looks up to Andy the Armadillo during Parks and Rec Day at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday July 7, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)