Hey, you’re a horse, right?
Ladies and gents, this is a horse.
We all went horsie riding up in Estes Park the other day. I had a great time and have already decided that my first horse’s name will be Lollipop.
It was part of a trip to the YMCA for the Japanese exchange program. (We exchanged Zoe to the Japanese for a middle reliever and two draft picks.)
The coolest part of the YMCA …
… was this old-school cafeteria tray thingie.
The arts-and-crafts house was nice too.
Dad was really impressed with my snake, but I was kind of phoning it in by then.
Zoe needed to break in her new crawlShoes in the living room, so Dad and I headed out to the Butterfly Pavilion together.
This is my friend Rosie, of course.
Dad and I agree that she’s like a puppy, but smaller …
… and with more legs.
She sure likes it when I pet her like a puppy.
After a nice visit with Rosie, I went into the butterfly area to do some research.
I used my ‘noculars and Dad used his camera.
He got only one today.
Yep. That’s a butterfly.
But just one.
Dad kept asking me to look through the correct side of the ‘noculars …
… but I wasn’t interested.
Yep. Butterflies.
Little sis needed new shoes for her crawling-feet, so we headed to the MALL.
She seems to have enjoyed herself.
Dad deposited her in this dinosaur intestine egg.
The other kids were climbing on the prehistoric duodenum egg and playing with Zoe.
(These are Zoe’s old shoes. We visited the lizard ileum egg before we went to the stores.)
I asked to go to the “TV store” so I could chill out and rock the new-school Minnie Pearl look.
Then I had to go to the food court with my parents omg ugh.
Just kidding! I don’t yet realize that they are lame.
Besides: Lemonade!
Aunt Judy sent me about 200 pounds of keys from New York, including these.
I brought them with me to the mall today. See?
Lemonade!
I am 1 and Riley is 3!
Hooray.
Beach Grandma made us special magic vegan cakes! (They were really good!)
We brought the cakes to the WOW Museum and invited some of our closest friends.
For instance, there’s … this guy! (I kid, I kid. This is Riley’s friend Levi.)
Tia Peggy was there, so that was great.
CHUGGA CHUGGA CHOO CHOO.
While I played with the kid stuff, big sis was off in the engineering department.
She also checked out the Newtonian Physics room.
Hooray for 9.81 meters per second per second!
Riley is not usually allowed on ladders.
After playtime, we all gathered in one of the rubber rooms party areas for cake and presents.
Riley’s incredibly good at this.
Oooh! RedFruit!
GAH IT IS SOUR!
I still like it, though. Ooooh–cake too!
Riley’s friend Isabella (aka Rosabella) helped me with my burfday crown.
The WOW Museum is serious about scheduling their rubber rooms party areas.
After we overloaded on vegan cake and RedFruit, big sis opened up her presents.
This equine music box was a big hit.
Someone showed Riley how to pretend to care about the cards.
“Oooh! A card! Just what I wanted!”
“Seriously, where are the presents?”
YES! Pipe cleaners!
After much clapping and merriment, Riley went to the costume-and-stage area.
The “princess dress with crazy-lady bag and construction hat” look is the new black.
Riley actually got Dad to try this hat on later. Go figure.
Dad says it’s eerie how much Riley looks like Aunt Danielle sometimes.
(This is what Dani wore to her MIT interviews.)
Well, folks, see you again next year when Riley is 4 and I go completely nuts.