Feldman Cubs

I was even holding the camera.

–Riley

I guess nothing much was happening at the zoo today, so I went and painted a couple of mugs.

I love paint!

Painting with one’s dominant hand is considered lazy in certain cultures.

This nice lady was very helpful.

She kept trying to show me how to keep my colors separate and use proper brush strokes.

Yes, yes. Now let’s fill this mug with paint and move along.

Pass the brown, would you? It’ll just save time.

They’ve got lots of different brushes and sponges and things at this place.

I really liked this purple brush even though the nice lady kept saying it “wasn’t for paint.” Yes, yes.

Oooh hey …

That gives me a great idea.

Feet up, Zoe! We’re painting outside the box today.

I let the nice lady paint Zoe a little bit too.

It seemed fair.

Mom helped Zoe apply her stamp of approval. Zoe really seemed to have fun with it.

Ah, kids these days.

Before we came here, we went to Home Depot to buy bricks.

After we came here, we went to Mustard’s Last Stand to get veggie dogs.

It was becoming clear that painting makes me hungry.

Right, so, to sum up …

The Paint-Your-Own Pottery Place* is a nice option when nobody’s giving birth at the zoo and the stores are all out of mugs that someone else already painted.

*AKA the Make Your Own Brown Place.

For reasons I will never understand completely, there was a Teddy Bear Tea Party in Boulder today.

We ate cupcakes …

… we listened to music …

… we chased bubbles …

… and I showed these people how bear-room dancing is done.

Unwilling to dance, Zoe simply impersonated a teddy bear all afternoon.

Go figure!

Mom took Riley shopping for sushi and animal crackers this morning …

… so I stayed at home with Dad. It actually wasn’t too bad.

I was totally reading to him!

Oh, yes. Yes, I was.

Apparently I have a little bit to learn about “book orientation,” but …

… READING!

The turkey does not have a clue about proper attire.

OMG HOW FUNNY IS THAT?

Hold that thought. I need to read a bit more.

After Riley came back from cookies and sushi (she ate seven out of eight pieces!), she showed me the finer points of book maintenance. For example, you shouldn’t scribble in your books like she did.

Got that? Good.

Riley is good to have around for that type of advice.