Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Hiya folks! This is going to be a quick blog. To catch you up on this week's events. My main focus was learning what different animals look like. Mom and Dad showed me pictures of a dog, a cat, a mouse, a cow, a sheep, a pig, a duck, a robin, an owl, a parrot, a seagull, a penguin, a rabbit, a squirrel, a fox, a horse, an elephant, a zebra, a butterfly, a bee, a spider, a snail, a caterpillar, a worm, a fish, a starfish, a jellyfish, an octopus, a sea horse, a crab, a whale, a dolphin, and a shark.

I would like to point out to my faithful readers that several of these pictures aren't even animals! For example, crabs and spiders are both members of the Arthropoda (segmented bodies with eight legs). Mom and Dad should know that just because I believe a big yellow bear named Winnie and his best friend who's a pig, can carry on a conversation paralleling the tenets of Taoism doesn't mean I am easily fooled.

You have to get up pretty early in the morning to get one by me. Speaking of getting up early, Mom and Dad couldn't resist taking a picture of my bed head.

Here is a July 4th picture for everyone.

This is going to be it until July 16. Dad is heading off to Johannesburg, South Africa. He leaves on July 4 and comes home on July 15. I hope he remembers to bring home some neat stuff - just nothing with lead paint. He said he will try to write a quick blurb from South Africa, but no guarantees. Keep checking though, because you never know.

P.S. - To Mom's friend Iney ...... United 0928 on 07/04. If you see Dad, aka Ryan make him sit by the lavatory. Hehe ;-)