Releasing the hidden toys ...

Well, it seems like my parents are up to their old tricks again ....

Can you believe it ... hiding toys from me that are rightfully mine!!! I guess I'll just have to start looking in every nook and cranny for all my stuff.

Let the exploring begin ...

I never thought I would say this, but ...

... I really really really love bath time now!!!!!

Avery getting really excited to get in the tub!!!

It's just sooo much fun I can't even contain myself ... all the bubbles, all the toys, all the water to splash around in ... I just can't get enough time in the bathtub. I can't even remember why I hated it so much at first ... maybe the newness of it all?

Avery enjoying her bubble bath

Chores?!?!!?

Avery loading the dishwasher

Life is like totally unfair ....

Here I am just on the brink of starting to get mobile and "the man" (I mean my parents, of course) wants to hold me back by making me do stupid dumb chores around the house ... what's the deal with that???

Avery cleaning the windows

I mean what's next??? Are they going to make me get a real job and pay rent??? In this economy, I don't think there are many employers willing to take a chance and hire a baby that is just starting to walk!!!

Jeesh ... I mean really, I don't even charge Mommy when I help (or rather fix) her number crunching paper work!!! And what's the point of making a baby do any physical labor anyway ... I'm too small to be any good at it ... is it just to make me humble??? That's just stupid!!!

Avery doing the laundry

Well I guess it's not all that bad ... I still get a lot of fun time to play between doing all my chores and such ...

Avery taking a break from chores with Daddy

Avery taking a break from chores with Mommy

Avery's got a new bag of tricks ...

Avery playing with one of her favorite toys

I've learned a few new tricks over the past few days ... check it out ...

Who would have thunk that I speak horse ...

Mommy's horse Diano

The other day we all went to the stables where Mommy keeps her horse. I seem to recall that I had been there a few times before, but I think that I mostly slept through those visits ... that was back when I was boring and liked to sleep most of the time.

Anyway, after seeing Diano up close and in the flesh I was sort of frightened by him ... see, he's this humongous gigantic beast up real close!!! ... and that's what I was basically ranting on and on about in my baby talk language I like to speak in. And then all of the sudden the funniest thing happened ... he turned right towards me and said, "Well at least I'm not some snot nosed little pipsqueak!".

So as I sat there in shock, I then said to him, "What?!?!! You can understand my baby talk?!?!!" In which he respond, "Well, what do I look like, some dumb mule or something. Of course I can understand you, I'm talking right to you, aren't I? I thought you would have a little bit more brains than you're showing me right now, kid."

Well, I just sat there and didn't know what to say ... I didn't know horses could understand my baby talk or that I could understand horse talk. I guess you learn something new about yourself everyday.

So, I then felt I needed to apology. "I'm really sorry for calling you names and such ... that was really rude of me, but I was just really scared since I am a little pipsqueak's pipsqueak sitting here next to you."

To which he then respond,"That's ok kid, I get it all the time. Even all the other horses around here get a little frightened of me from time to time ... even the ones that are a lot bigger than me! So, how about we just start over. I'll be your best friend if you go off and get me some sugar cubes ... they're a tastie treat! But first if you don't mind, could you give my nose a little scratching?"

"No problem!" And that the story of how Diano and I became friends.

Avery scratching Diano's nose

Avery playing "guess which hand has the sugar cube" game with Diano

And oh yeah, before I forget there was this other horse (Nellie) that was going on and on and on about how she can't stand it anymore. I guess she doesn't like the horse next to her stall and she wants to move immediately. Can someone please tell her owner for me? Boy, does she just run on and on and on at the mouth ...

Avery "talking" to Nellie