it's saturday. today has been pretty fun. i had a good sleep. woke up and dad was still here. we hung out. for breakfast time mom hooked me up with something called a toaster strudel. it's some kind of sweet pastry treat. you stick them in the toaster and then smear cream cheese frosting on them. inside is warm strawberries and more cream cheese. sooooo good.
after breakfast i had to get dressed. we all hopped in the car and drove dad to work. bye dad, see you later. mom and i just drove around doing stuff. we went to a few yard sales. but since it's a bit rainy out people had stuff in their garages. we didn't find much to buy. i got some word puzzle game that's supposed to teach me about sentences.
mom said we were really just killing time. at 10am she said- ok it's time to go to the mall. what you say mom? to play? are we going to play? mom said no playing, we're going to the mall to learn. oh man. we got to the mall and sure enough mom marched me right past the kid's play area. we got to the middle of the mall and there were loads of kid standing around tables. there were grown ups in lab coats doing science. it's chemistry day at the mall! i learned how to make slime. i saw veggies shatter when hit with a hammer. i zinc plated a penny. i saw soda cans crush themselves and clear liquids turn blue, then clear, then yellow. there was so much stuff going on. mom made sure i saw all the experiments. they were all so good.
after learning stuff mom took me off to the food court and we treated ourselves to subway samiches. yum. lunch was good. we ate our veggie delites and then mom rushed me out to the car. she said she forgot her phone and dad was supposed to call. oops.
mom drove us home. her phone had no messages so phew. she called dad and they sorted out a plan. mom says we're going to pick him up at 1pm, that's only an hour away. i hung out and played toys while mom had a quick shower. she got ready to go out again and so i did i. got my shoes on and back out the door we went. we drove to dad's work and waited for him to come out.
dad came out and mom told him it was his turn to drive, so he drove us off while mom programmed the talking lady. the talking lady told us which way to go. we drove past our neighborhood and kept going. we drove out into the countryside, well what passes for countryside around here. it's all sand and pine trees. i fell asleep. but only for a few minutes, it's not that far to the lubee bat conservatory. mom marched me across this field. i told her not to go so fast because i'm sleeping. she said- would a bouncy castle wake you up? yes, yes it would. then dad said he saw snow cones, would snow cones wake me up? SNOW CONES! so i bounced and shouted all the way to the gate. there were people every where. who knew so may people like bats. i walked around with mom and dad. we visited the different booths. one table had different reptiles and creatures. i touched a california king snake. i just gave him a little pet. you could also touch tarantulas or scorpions but i'm not that brave. i didn't want to touch the turtles either.
we walked into the next section which was mostly food. mom and i stood in line for snow cones for ages. we watched the snow cone man change his ice twice. that's how many snow cones he was making. dad came over with a snack for lunch. she got a pot of potato salad. dad paid a visit to the BBQ man and ordered it for her. dad got something called a pulled pork samich. mom and dad both finished their snacks and i was still waiting for a snow cone. mom sent dad off to stand in line for the bat house. it was a reallllly long line.
finally i it was my turn to order, well mom ordered. she got me a lime and mango. oh baby. it was super tasty. i was able to grab a few bites while mom and i rushed over to the bat line. dad was right at the front. awesome. he and i shared the snow cone while mom took pictures of bats.
i devoured the snow cone and then looked at the bats. they were pretty cool. some of them looked as big as me. several of the bats were awake and eating snacks like- watermelon, bananas and strawberries. i like those things! i saw some sleeping bats. they had their wings wrapped around themselves super tight and they sleep upside down!
got through the bat house and what did i see? 2 bouncy castles. i kicked off my shoes and went in the first one- a tunnel/slide combo. there were a lot of kids. some boy's knee hit me in the face, it was an accident. my cheek turned red but it didn't hurt much. i went to the next bounce house. the girl in charge made us smaller kids wait until the big kids were done. that's fine. all the big kids got off and i got to jump for a good 5 minutes. i was bouncing off kids and walls. it was so much fun.
after the bounce house i put my shoes back on and it was back to looking at stuff with mom and dad. we visited a few more booths on our way back to the car. i had a fun day out. mom said she thought i would. she knows i like snow cones and bouncy castles.
got home and mom checked the mailbox. i got a package! mom had to help me open it. out came a tshirt from some place called niagara falls. mom said it was a gift from dana bunny and gdad. they just got back from visiting niagara falls. mom said if i'm lucky i'll get to visit there myself some time.
phew. and that was my day. going to hang out with dad now, doing guy stuff. the gators are playing a big football game tonight