RJ here. I decided to give Mom and Dad a day off from blogging. They have both been very tired lately because my little sister, Ryleigh, has decided that a great time to be up and active is from about midnight to four in the morning. Mom and Dad have tried to split the night watch duties, and neither has gotten enough sleep for about the past 5 days. I don't know why Ryleigh is up during the night, but I think that she's waking up due to tummy pains and then can't fall back asleep. Needless to say, when I get up (as I almost always do) in the middle night, only Mom or Dad is in their bed, so I usually shed a tear, call out the missing person's name, and then crawl into their bed (always on Dad's side or in the middle) to sleep the rest of the night. I might as well, since it's a two person bed and only one person is there, right?
As for the events of today, we got to go to a petting zoo this morning! There were sheep, goats, bunnies, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice, and a couple lazy dogs for us to pet. Ryleigh and I had a great time. Here are a few photos of us discovering what the animals feel like.
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| Do hamsters always just lie there under their bedding? |
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| There's Ryleigh petting her first bunny rabbit. |
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| The gerbil tickled my hand when Dad tried to let me hold him. |
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| I like bunnies. |
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| Ryleigh thought the sheep were soft. |
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| This kid was nice to both us kids--get it, kid...kids, ha, ha? |
Next, Mom took me on a pony ride. This was the first time I've ridden a pony, and I said the only thing I could think of as we took off for our walk around the ring: "This is bumpy."
Other than that, we had naps, Dad went to work for a few hours, I played outside, we ran some errands up to D2 to pick up some things, and we had dinner.
I do want to share one conversation that Mom and Dad had. They were laughing with me about having to pee at home vice at D2. I said that I would only pee at home and that I didn't want to pee anywhere else. I insisted that I'd only do it at home today. Mom and Dad laughed about how many places I've peed and said mapping out the places I've gone Number One would make me look like a world traveler. That got me to thinking. Let me list a few places that I've had to tinkle:
1. at home
2. at the NEX
3. at the commissary
4. at Subway
5. at Chili's
6. at Taco Bell
7. at McDonald's
8. at the O-Club
9. at the Chiefs' Club
10. at Dad's work
11. at Livin
12. at Homes
13. at D2
14. at Kannonzaki Park
15. at Kanazawa Zoo
16. at Zoorasia
17. at Legoland Tokyo
18. at the New Sanno Hotel
19. at Skytree
20. at Endoshima Aquarium
21. at Narita Airport
22. many places in Colorado and in China when we visited
23. at numerous 7-11's or Mini Stop's all over Japan
24. on the edge of the road just past the toll booth at Exit #4 from the Yoko-Yoko toll road (one of my favorites)
25. into a bottle while standing in the back of a moving van in China
26. and many more...
Okay, so after I read this list, I guess I have peed my way around this country and several others. I'll just have to keep it up and work on my timing so that I have to do it weird locations. I know that Mom and Dad love hearing "I need to pee!" especially when there is no bathroom anywhere near us. Oh, and by the way, I lost my bet and had to pee at D2.
Have a great day and I'm sure Mom or Dad will be back tomorrow with more exciting news and adventures!
-RJ
