My Friend Melvin

Hi there everybody! Do I have some stories to share with you! My cousin Megan and I went to the Pittsburgh zoo!

The zoo was unbelievable!

Although I did kind of get the feeling that people were a little impatient waiting in line. Hey buddy stop pushing or I am going to tell my mom and she is ........ Mom, Mom! Why are you running away?

Anyway, we saw lots of animals there. I saw kangaroos just like Dad saw in Australia.

There was a big polar bear too.

I bet he was tired because he was yawning.

We were tired too. So Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Ned, Megan, Mom, and I had some ice cream together.

Then we saw some seals. My stuffed elephant's name is Angeline.

The seals were very friendly.

You could put your hand up and they would rub their face against the same spot - just on their side of the glass.

It was hard to say goodbye to them.

But we had to so we could visit the sharks ... fish ... and deer

Of course the sharks and deer were seperate exhibits.

This is Melvin. He is my friend.

Melvin was a very nice deer.

After we climbed around like a bunch of monkeys ... IN A ZOO ...

it was time to head out for our next adventure!

If the zoo wasn't exciting enough, we went to Idlewild! It is an amusement park in Pennsylvania just for kids.

Traffic was so bad though, we might as well ridden the train there.

There were lots and lots of neat rides to ride.

Megan and I had fun driving the car and boat together.

At the end of the week, Grandma and Grandpa gave me my birthday present a little early. It is a tire swing!

Megan and my neighbors Owen and Oliver had a lot of fun swinging together.

Owen and Oliver came over to jump in our jumper too!

Pretty soon everyone was bouncing head over heels.

On a separate topic, I ate a couple of spoonfuls of Rice Crispies with Miss Cindy's magic spoon.

Mom and Dad say I'm big stuff! See you guys next week!