The train guy is back with his barrel-cars!
Oh yes. Yes he is.
More importantly, we went back for sushi the other day.
I like sushi.
I was born with two hands for a reason.
YUM!
Mom and Dad tried to get free sushi by claiming it was my birthday.
It sounds bad, but I'm used that that kind of thing with them.
And although it wasn't free ...
... I got sushi! See?
Aunt Danielle came out the other day. (Dad was shooting a wedding, so Mom needed the help). She settled into the routine pretty quickly.
Aunt Danielle got along with Zoe just fine, even though Zoe is always so unfriendly.
Zoe got Bjorned across the whole zoo. Thanks, Aunt Danielle!
While we were all at the zoo, the usual stuff happened. GET BACK HERE, PEACOCK!
I fed more birdies ...
... and ate Fritos.
Mom gets me Fritos because they are "the fattiest of the chips."
Oh yeah--Mom was in the garage and found this pengo-sprinkler that she bought 45 years ago. Dad and I set it up.
I am fearless! Charge!
Auuggghh!
I'm going to see Dora the Explorer Live tomorrow in Denver, so the parents brought me home some sushi for carbo-loading.
The lemon that sometimes comes with avocado sushi (?!?) is the best part.
Hooray for carbs!
This is Charlie, a new dog on the block. I tried to feed him lots of sticks today. I guess he'd already eaten lunch or something. He wasn't too hungry for sticks.
The garden in front of my house is getting a bit wild.
These are some flowers from the garden. Once they're old and dried up, I'll feed them to a dog.
Mom and Dad don't seem to put a lot of effort into the garden, so I take care of it as best I can.
I guess security at these places is pretty lightweight. Mom and Dad were able to get me into a real sushi restaurant!
Do you think the waitstaff had any idea what they were in for?
I LOVE SUSHI!
We got some kind of teriyaki dish too.
Actually, mom ordered herself the teriyaki, and she got me some noodles off the kids' menu, but I made her switch with me.
I know what I'm doing in these places. We don't need to get all pedestrian on my account.
For example, these are chopsticks, mmkay?
Mine came with this nifty rubberband up top.
I don't need it there, but it's nice that they wanted to be helpful.
This is an example of what chopsticks are not meant to do.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how I roll.
See?
Sometimes you do just have to toss back a noodle or two with the tools you were born with.
Mom tried to pass off the kids' menu noodles to Zoe, but Zoe knew better.
Mom and dad introduced me to "caterpillar rolls" today.
No caterpillars were harmed in the making of this maki.
Eh? Did you see what I did there? Thank you. I'll be here all week. Tip your server well. I know Mom and Dad sure did.
Greetings! It has been a while.
Since we last met, I have begun to wear overalls.
Dad says a square-state baby must dress the part.
I also tend to pose like this--and in other ways that seem to indicate interest in what my parents say.
What's that you say over there?
Riley's making sushi again?
One tobikko, please!
(I may be from a square state, but I know what I like.)
Thanks, Big Sis!
As soon as my teeth come in, I'm all over that thing.