I protested today. Actually, it was more like a peaceful demonstration. Actually, it was a few people holding signs.
Let me start over: I represented the silent majority today. Bush vetoed a bill yesterday that would have provided health care to millions of uninsured children. Daddy says that a veto is when the president says no, like when Mama vetoes my consumption of candy before dinner.
Anyway, I wasn't too happy about it, so I took out my frustration by holding a sign. Power to the people!
Daddy grilled some salmon today, and Mama let me try some of hers. I really like it. I told Mama it tasted like turkey, so I called it Turkey Fish. You should try some Turkey Fish sometime. It's really good.
McKenzie, Mama and I went to the park to feed the birds this week. There are a lot of ducks and geese at the park. The ducks are nice. The geese, we learned, are not.
As we started to feed them, the geese got pretty greedy. They kept inching closer and closer and barking at us for food. When they started taking food out of McKenzie's hand, Mama had to pick McKenzie up to protect her. That still didn't do it, and the geese got even more agressive. I had to throw my food pretty far to keep the birds at a good distance, but my aim isn't that great yet. The geese kept coming and coming until we decided we had to give ground and retreat. Mama picked us both up and we hightailed it out of there, screaming the whole way, the geese hot on our tail.
It was a pretty traumatic experience at the time, although it's kind of amusing in hindsight.
McKenzie went to the doctor this week for a 16 month checkup (actually, it was a 15 month checkup that she was one month late for). Her doctor was blown away at how smart and athletic she is. The doctor said they've never seen a 16-month old that knows where her elbows are.
We went to Chicago last week. It was so cool. I got to ride in an airplane, a train, a taxi, a trolley, and a city bus all in the same trip. McKenzie was so excited that she learned to say Chicago.
Our first day there we went to Navy Pier. McKenzie and I were almost tall enough to see the lake...
We had a better view when we went up in the ferris wheel.
The rest of the week, we went to the Shedd Aquarium and to the Thursday farmer's market in Daley Plaza. We also ate at a bunch of different restaurants: Italian, Thai, Mexican, Chinese, and Hot Dog place. On Friday, we went to Millenium Park. There's a really cool reflective "baloon" there.
Apparently, I've been to the balloon before. Here's a picture Daddy has from almost exactly two years ago.
When I saw this place, I said "Daddy, the baloon broke"...
There's also a really cool fountain in Millenium Park. Check this out:
On Saturday, we went to the Lincoln Park Zoo. It's the largest free zoo in the country. The coolest part was the polar bears.
My name is Justin and I'm six years old. In my few short years I've been all over the world. In the States, I've been from San Francisco in the West to Boston in the East; Chicago in the North to Orlando in the South. And I've been to London, Paris, and Barcelona on the other side of the world.
It's a lot to keep track of, which is why I started this blog. It'll help me remember all the things I've done. That way when I'm old like Grandpa, I won't have to keep telling the same story over and over again.
Why do I call it Delete the Adjectives? Daddy made me do it. Read the Introduction.
