Attack of the Clones and Buckets have Jaws.

Tonight when mama got home she got me a quick snack then we hit the road. We went to the craft store for some such nonsense. Then it was dinnertime! So we went to Burger King since we were already out and mama needed to put gas in the car.

They had a big play structure with cool looking tubes. "OOOAOH". But we were there for serious business, eating, not playing. Mama got me a chicken nuggets kids meal with milk and there was a toy in it. I ate two nuggets and many many fries. Mama let me sit at the table like a growner upper, no high chair or booster seat or anything. I was super good and didn't spill or fall or anything.

Mama had a diet soda, I think. It had a straw in it. I like drinks with straws. She forgot to get a straw for my milk so she went back to the counter to grab one. By the time she had turned around, I had her soda cup in hand and it was tipped all the way toward me. My mouth was all set to go to town on that straw but I only got a tiny sip before mama snagged it. It was for the best. It tasted eechy.

Right before we left the restaurant, mama remembered that she didn't want kids meal toys coming home and it was too old for me anyhow. She looked around for a kid to give it to and we had to go over to the play tubes to find one. She found a nice looking boy and asked him if he wanted another toy. What a silly question! Of course he wanted it and he was really excited and his mama asked him, "What do you say, Ian?". What the...? How many of us are out there? I was led to believe I was an original.

On the way home mama looped around the neighborhood the long way so I could ooh and aah over the light displays. What a nice time of year.

I have a super bad rash on my bottom so when we got home I got to run around naked for a little while. Then it was bath time. Bath time is such a fun time. I love to splash.


Mama washes me with a washcloth and I'm learning to use it too. I can wash my belly really well. When mama washes my hair I'm OK now when the water goes into my eyes. And I love it when she turns on the faucet. Sometimes I'm able to turn on the shower and the water comes down like it's raining.


I really like laying down in the water on my tummy so my whole body is under water except for my head. It's like I'm swimming! Mama if you're reading this you need to sign me up for swim lessons soon...


Tonight we played a new tub game where mama takes the little bucket and holds it in the water, with the handle sticking out of the water. Then she makes it swim in circles and sings two notes, "duh-dum" over and over. Then the notes get faster and faster, and then the bucket ATTACKS! It leaps out of the water at my little toys or binky or whatever I'm holding and it thrashes around in the water! It is so funny! I laugh and laugh! I know when it's going to ATTACK because the notes get faster and so I start giggling before it even happens. I like to make my tub toys kiss and so tonight they were kissing goodbye when the shark was circling because things did not look so good for them.