I am always talking about throwing rocks and other small projectiles into the water. But I don’t think you’ve seen good pictures of me doing this yet. Today I would like to fix that glaring mistake.

Like any other day, Daddy and I set out for a walk shortly after breakfast. When we first left the house, I really wanted to see our neighbors’ cats Pablo and Frida. But they weren’t around, so we started moving again. On the way to the park, I picked up a few pieces of bark and a stone. When we finally got real close to the creek, Daddy grabbed a handful of gravel and we meandered to the bridge.

Once on the bridge, I assumed the position and thought about throwing my rock in the water. Being the tricky Daddy that he is, my pap put his stones down on the bridge. But not all in a pile, like you would expect, no-sirree; that would be too easy! He spaced the rocks out evenly so I would need to walk a little bit in between throwing them.

When I ran out of rocks, I still wanted to throw more, so I went and grabbed two sticks from the bank. Daddy broke them for me and I threw a few pieces in before getting bored.

We got on the only dry swing in the whole park (wasn’t I lucky it was my favorite, the yellow one?), and I had a great break swinging. Then it was almost time to go. But before we left, I went to the place where the picnic tables were and learned how to bang cool rhythms on the tables.

Finally, Daddy said it was time to go, but I had one more little surprise for him. I asked really nicely if we could go to one more bridge. That bridge is right next to a road, so you can only throw stuff of one side. But….if you’re tiny like me you notice a very tiny gap on the roadside of the bridge to drop things into. Maybe for five minutes, I’d grab stones off the road and drop them into the slit. I sure got dirty, but it was fun.

Note: I looked both ways before sticking my arm into the street.

Aha! See the rock in my hand?

And that does it for me. I hope you enjoyed the picture and movie. Now, if Daddy would just get the Zoo movie up for everybody…that one is much more interesting.

For Christmas, Grandmommy and Granddaddy gave me a couple of Raffi CDs. We’re lucky because we haven’t scratched them yet. I’m sure we will though…oh well. But I’m getting myself all distracted. On one of the CDs, Raffi sings a song about going to the zoo. Guess what? Today, the song came true for Daddy and me when we went to the National Zoo!

If you haven’t noticed it yet, there is a new section in my sidebar at the right. It’s called Hear Me Chirp and it is the most recent posts from my Twitter feed. I’m quite proud of myself, I got a Twitter account before my dad did. (In fact, I still don’t think he has one yet!) Anyhow, I’ll start out the account of my day with a recap of all my tweets.

Thinking back over the day, what my comments don’t really capture is how much glee bubbled up in me. For example, usually when I go for a walk with Mommy or Daddy, we always need to be careful because cars might be coming. At the zoo, the place to walk is twice as big as a road AND there are no cars! I could walk wherever I wanted to…almost.

My day at the zoo is all over now, but if you want to remember me and all the fun I had, press the play button below and sing along!

Mummy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow,

Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow.

Mummy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

We can stay all day!

Chorus:

We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo

How about you, you, you?

You can come too, too, too

We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

Look at all the monkeys swingin’ in the trees,

Swingin’ in the trees, swingin’ in the trees,

Look at all the monkeys swingin’ in the trees,

We can stay all day!

[chorus]

Look at all the crocodiles swimmin’ in the water,

Swimmin’ in the water, swimmin’ in the water,

Look at all the crocodiles swimmin’ in the water,

We can stay all day!

[chorus]

Yes, Mummy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow,

Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow,

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

And we can stay all day.

[chorus]

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© 1961 Cherry Lane Music Co. ASCAP

Today Daddy and I got to play together. I took a nap and when I woke up Mommy was gone and Daddy was here. He fed me some soup. Not like Mommy’s, though; it had chunks of white stuff in it (potato) and they were fun to chew.

After lunch we walked all the way to Becca Lilly park. Nobody was there at first and we swang, went down the slide, and picked up some good leaves. Before you know it, some other big boys showed up. I tried to follow them around but they were just too quick for me. Daddy wanted me to walk home, but I was tired so I made him carry me. I got down a couple of times to see a kitty. I barked at a few doggies too. That was fun!

Mommy came home just a little bit after we got home and she hugged me and kissed me. She gave me a surprise — we went to Elliot’s! Playing with my friends is grand; playing with anybody is fun, as a matter of fact (as long as they don’t take my toys).

Back home I had some more yummy food. Then when Mommy and Daddy were eating, I walked. Daddy took away the coffee table last night, so the big room is a lot easier to cruise around in. I crept along the couch and then walked to Mommy, then around the room back to the couch. I must have done this 20 times. It is so scintillating to walk all by yourself. The couple times I fell down, it didn’t even hurt all that much. Wow!

To finish up my day, I urinated all over the bathroom floor….oops! So if you visit us sometime in the next week or so, watch where you step!