Feldman Cubs

My friend Eva and I participated in athletic endeavors the other day.

Dad figures if it gets me a free ride to Stanford, it's a solid use of my time.

Eva gave me a few lacrosse pointers.

Dad kept wandering off to take pictures of nothing in particular. This is part of the bulldozer that lived in front of our house for a couple of days.

And these are flowers from the jungle outside our front door.

This is from our jungle too. I think Dad was testing out a new lens.

Seems pretty good.

We went to the Denver Zoo on Sunday. I brought my monkeypack.

The monkeypack has many uses. I can store valuable items in there ...

... and Dad can use the tail as a leash.

I don't see why he has to do that, but he does.

These are my duck friends.

I helped them with traffic control at this intersection. Hold on there, Quackers.

OK. Come on, duckie. Your turn.

There you go. Thanks for practicing good safety!

This guy was there too, but no traffic control was needed.

Same here.

I call penguins "PENGITS." (I also call pumpkins "PUMKITS.")

I don't know what's going on here, but Dad liked this bird.

Dad says this is a lousy photo, but he had to post it so he could tell you that when I saw these birdies, I yelled out "HATS!"

Ah, the zoo.

Good times.

We went to the park today.

Sure, we did the usual things.

I went on the swings, for example.

But there was a new thing too.

TEE BALL!

Boom.

Are you sure it's OK for me to let loose on the ball like this?

Yeah? Cool.

Look out, ball. Mom and Dad didn't even have to teach me how to do this. It's in my blood.

BOOM!

Do you have any idea how easy this is for me?

Eyes closed, bat reversed. THAT'S what I'm talking about!

Check out my jousting style.

David Ortiz should try this before he hangs up his cleats.

How you like me now, Terry Francona?

After I got so good at tee ball that there was no point in continuing, I decided to visit the lake.

First I did my usual stick-tossing.

This toss didn't work out as expected.

Now THAT is a toss.

Wind-up and ...

... delivery.

Oh, yes.

My work is done here.

I went on to throw my bat into the lake. Dad had to fish it out with someone's fishing rod.

When it was just floating there, I asked, "Fishies?" So Dad thinks that's how I go fishing.

Hmm ...

... I guess it is.

Before all of that, we went to see Dora the Explorer Live in Denver today. It was fantastic. I helped Dora reach the City of Lost Toys. She owes me for that. Owes me big. I do not forget this kind of thing.

I now use my powerful, abundant cheeks to express how I feel.

This is happy.

Incredulous.

Stay away from my mobile, tough guy.

I flopped a straight and the guy across the table's got nothing.

What did I SAY about my mobile, big chief?

I will eat pizza in four months.

Can you believe the schnook who tried to use my mobile?

Tell me more about pizza.

This is just gas.

EXCELLENT.

This isn't really an emotion. I'm impersonating those cat statues in the Chinatown storefronts.

Also gas.

Yeah. Gas.

I'm SPENT. Bring me some pizza.