Birds!

Dad took the afternoon off and we all went to the zoo. All kinds of cool animals at the zoo and what does the Tater enjoy the most? Ducks. We start and finish our zoo trips with the ducks. The following avant garde cinema came about when Tate decided to go off on her own in search of the ducks. She managed to scatter a group of peacocks in the process. She is fearless. Good stuff!



Here's Tate and Famous posing in front of a waterfall.

And here's a happy Tate on her way to see the flamingos (more birds!)

She can't take her eyes off the flamingos. Neither can the Tater.

Famous caught these two Asian elephants rough-housing. It looked pretty aggressive to me. When they broke from this stand-off one elephant chased the other at a heckuva gallup. When the first elephant stopped, the chasing elephant jabbed the other in the coolie with a tusk. No wonder they keep them trimmed...

Sippy cup? Who needs a sippy cup?

Modeling the new jammies with a power slide on the polished floor.

The Tater has an "Elmo" book that makes sounds when you press the pictures. When you press the Elmo picture you get a short musical tune. Tate dances to it by bending at the knees in time to the music (sort of). Lately she's taken to spinning in circles to the same tune. What a hoot! We'll keep trying for some video of that.

She also danced at the football game when the band played. Too cute!

Note Baby the Cat in the stroller, and the Tater pushing the stroller.

Check out my toofs!

Tate and Famous sharing some happy times:

"Don't ever drink from my milk cup again. Do I make myself clear?"

"Good, now let's play!"

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Lately we're into "outside." If either Famous or I go outside and the Tater doesn't, there is T-R-O-U-B-L-E trouble! It doesn't matter what the weather conditions are. Our favorite activities include looking at birds (points and says "bird?" or "oooooh"), planes (points and says "bird?"), and the moon (we don't know if she's saying "moooooon" or "ooooooh"), moving dirt, and swinging in the tree swing ("weeeeeee!"). She's even helps pick up leaves --- one at a time, but every bit helps. Dad has developed the magic touch for putting the Tater to sleep at night: we go outside to look for the moon and after a few minutes of walking, she's out.

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When we're inside, our activities include flipping through books and magazines (or at least taking them all off the shelf), talking (she knows lots of words that we don't), dancing, stacking blocks (and knocking them down!), and stalking the animals.

One last pick of the Tater and her Pa. Like peas and carrots!

Until next time,

Sweet Potato and family