Here I am at Auntie Elisha's house for Thanksgiving. Before we came here to eat cranberries, though, we went to the zoo.
Riley is now the perfect height to look at the geese in the pond.
Mom and Dad let me ride the polar bear on the carousel* today. That was great.
*Riley calls it the CAROUSELF.
I also got to ride on the choo-choo train.
Dad snapped off about three thousand frames because I was actually looking at the camera. (He used an autofocus lens today. LAZY.)
I made sure he got this face ...
Wait--I can do cuter!
See?
This guy got all up in our face during lunch.
Dad says he hasn't seen such aggressive rodents since he was mugged at rabies-point by two rats on the G train.
Riley thought this puddle was more interesting than the animals today.
She also really enjoyed her makeshift walkway.
That kid is growing up right before my eyes.
This was Riley's shirt back when she was a kid.
This is wooden sushi!
Dad thought it was more fun to give me a hammer.
Arrrr!
Dad is really not on his game right now!
You are not seeing double!
We play like this a lot now, but only today has it been captured in pixels.
MWAH!
(Am I the best big sister ever or what?)
REINFORCEMENT MWAH!
I forgot that Zoe doesn't like toddler kisses--and Dad has been teaching her both standup (sit-up?) techniques and some ground work.
Toddler toss!
This is Zoe's "Where do you think YOU'RE going?" look.
Aaaargh!
Zoe goes for the pin!
Ba ha ha ha ha!
No, seriously, don't cross Zoe.
Stuffed doggie!
Zoe and I like to read together sometimes.
I used to read these books when I was a kid.
Good times.
Sometimes I practice reading to my zoo animals instead of Zoe, since the zoo animals aren't experts in submission grappling.
So THAT'S the difference between a chicken and a duck, guys.
It's all explained right here.
Hey Klondike--you listening?
It's hard to teach old bears new tricks.
Right?
Dad set out to capture Zoe's ample adiposity before she levels out.
Zoe can't wait to level out.
The appetite is still there, though.
Uh oh.
More next week! Let's be careful out there!
Oh, hello.
A pleasure to see you today, I'm sure.
Something very exciting happened today.
It's true.
I GOT HUNGRY FOR SOCKS.
I was all "GIVE ME SOCKS TO EAT! ROAR!"
Socks just taste really good.
Om nom nom nom nom.
This is my sock-eatin' face.
Hmm. I don't know what came over me there.