this morning i had a nice long hang out with my dad. have i mentioned lately how much i love my dad. he's the best. we watched some tv and ate breakfast together. dad's going to work today and i have soccer. mom got me all dressed up in my uniform. looking sharp. everyone else got dressed too. mom and i drove dad down to work then it was off to the Y for my game. it's stupid hot out today. i got all hot and sweaty running around the field. good thing mom brought me some gatoraid. so i thought the game went all right. i scored a goal, for the other team. ooops. mom gave me an earful about my playing. turns out i'm not supposed to fake fall. i'm not supposed to spin in circles and i'm not supposed to kick the dirt to make dust clouds. come on now. that just takes all the fun out of it. i was kind of bad with the fake falling, i admit. i was running into kids on purpose so i could fall down. kids were falling down on the other side of the field and i would run over and fall down with them. other times i would fall down just because. my lack of attention got me into a bit of a comedy sketch too. i kicked the ball so far it went into the neighbouring game. i ended up joining in on that game even after the ball was returned to my field. mom just shook her head. i was having fun. that's all that really matters.
after soccer mom and i went home. i got changed into different clothes. mom reapplied some sunscreen on us and out the door we went. where are we going now? it's a surprise. mom knows how i feel about surprises- I LOVE THEM! so we drove a short way and ended up at the airport. what's going on here? mom was all wait and see. so we drove around and mom finally found the place we needed to be. the car got parked and out we went to the university airfield. we walked in to the building and there were loads of people all milling about. i saw a great fish tank so i stood and looked at fish for a while. is this what we came here for? to look at fish? mom said- no we need to go outside.
mom lead me outside and oh man, it was awesome. there were airplanes and cars everywhere. our first stop was a navy helicopter. i got to sit in the pilot's seat and pretend to fly. there were all kinds of screens and buttons to press. very cool. mom and i walked around and looked at the little planes. i wanted to go in them all but mom said that they were private planes and you couldn't sit in them unless the owner said ok. i just looked inside. private planes are really small and there's no tv to watch.
we checked out the cars. there were new cars and super old cars. i saw one car that didn't even have a steering wheel. you just pushed this stick back and forth. what the heck? while we were walking around a navy jet came in off the runway. the engines were roaring and hot exhaust was coming out the back. it was awesome. i watched the pilot climb down out of the cockpit. the coolest thing i got to do was go up in a submarine hunter. this big old plane flies around over the water dropping listening buoys  off the coast. then they can listen to what the buoys pick up and tell what kind of ship made the noise. how cool is that? i got to walk all around the plane. i saw their sleeping/snack station. i got to sit in the listening post. i checked out the radar set up. i even got to sit in the cockpit. it was great. before i got off i got to look down one of the launch tubes where they drop the buoys from. i could have stayed on the plane longer but mom said we had to get off and let someone else have a try.
i got off the plane and our next stop was an armoured personnel transport, that's kind of a big fancy army truck. this one was a hummer set up for desert work. i got to sit in it and check out all the different features. fun. i was getting kind of hot so mom suggested we get SNOW CONES! any time i get snow cones it's the best day ever! mom and i shared a mango lime. oh it was delicious.
we walked around a little more. there were some bounce houses but mom said- no way. i'm not paying $3 so you can jump around, not when the planes are free. so i checked out some more choppers. i got to see the hospital air ambulance. i only got a quick look as they were getting ready to take off. mom and i stood back and i watched the chopper shoot off into the air. there were planes taking off left and right. all the little private planes flew off too. i kind of wanted to go on a plane ride but mom said, no. they were only $90. but but. no, big planes are bad enough. maybe your dad will take you next year. fine. after we saw everything twice, mom said it was time to go. i wanted to stay but as always mom has the final word and back to the car we went.
mom and i had a little rest at home and then we went to pick up dad. i'm going to hang out with dad now he's home.