The Lady said that birthdays are the day that you come into the world. I don't know the exact day that I came into the world; neither do The Lady and Mr. Guy. So we are celebrating the day that I came into their world. It was one year ago today that Mr. Guy and The Lady walked into Kid's Ketch toy store in Lewes, Delaware and decided that they wanted me to become part of their family. That made me one very happy blue and orange furry monster! I have been a lot of places and learned many things over the last year.
The Lady likes to take pictures so that she can remember her adventures. I like to collect T-shirts from all the places that I visit. They are kind of like pictures to me, but I can wear them. Every time I put one on it reminds me of special place, or person, or both.
For my birthday, Mr. Guy gave me these funny white things that look like triangles with a crooked horn. I said, "Thank you." but I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. He told me that they are called "hangers." They are used to hold clothes so that they stay neat and you can easily find the ones that you want. Before I got the hangers, all my shirts were in a basket that I had to dig through to find the one I wanted; then they all got unfolded. That was not good because my monster paws don't fold clothes very well. Now that I know what they are for, I am very happy with my new hangers! And, I have some unused ones so I guess Mr. Guy thinks I will get some new shirts this year! I am doing a happy monster dance!
Speaking of new shirts, I also got one of those for my birthday.
It says "THE BEST IS YET TO COME!" That is exciting!
Even though I was adopted in Delaware, I actually live in Texas. During the past year I have made several trips back and forth between Texas and Delaware because we were visiting The Captain, The Lady's father. He was sick during that time and died back in October. Though I am usually a happy monster, that was a sad time. I am glad that I got to go see The Captain several times. We liked to watch baseball games together. The Captain always cheered for the Philadelphia Phillies. I have a Phillies T-shirt that reminds me of The Captain.
On our trips to Delaware, I also got to meet some of The Lady's picture taking friends, Ms. Michele and Ms. Peggy. I got to go some neat places with them while they took pictures. Ms. Michele sent me my very first package in the mail, a University of Delaware T-shirt! Every time I wear it I think about Ms. Michele, Delaware, mail, and, most importantly, friends. Ms. Michele also gave me another shirt on one of our visits. It is my "dirt shirt." It makes me think about Ms. Michele, playing outside, and chocolate. Dirt and chocolate are the same color.
In between our trips to Delaware, I also visited San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tuscon, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That is a lot of traveling for such a young monster! I have been on lots and lots of airplanes. Sometimes the other people on the airplanes look at me funny. Well actually, I think they are looking at Mister Guy and the Lady funny because they are flying with a furry blue and orange monster. It doesn't seem to bother them, though. Mr. Guy always carries me and holds me and keeps me safe. I am called a "lap monster" on the airplanes so I don't get my own seat; I have to sit in Mr. Guy's lap when we fly.
My people said that we will adventures on airplanes this year too, but that we won't go back to Delaware any time soon. That makes me kind of sad because I have friends there, but I am excited to visit some new places too.
After I opened my birthday presents this morning (the shirt and hangers), we went out for lunch at Taco Cabana.
I had chips and queso something new, street tacos.
I liked them because they were little and easy for me to hold. The people there were really nice! They wished me a happy birthday. One of them was so nice that he got me thinking...I thought about this the whole time I was eating my tacos and decided "yep," this is a good idea. I told The Lady about me idea and she thought it might be fun, too. So here it is. I am going to try to have my picture taken with 100 new friends this year. We'll see how it goes.
Travis at Taco Cabana was #1. When Mr. Guy ordered, Travis wanted to hear my story. I told him that I was adopted one year ago today in Delaware and we were out celebrating my special day. He smiled and said that his grandmother had lived in Delaware. Like The Captain, his grandmother has passed away too. After I ate my lunch and had thought about my idea, I went and asked Travis if would mind having his picture taken with me. He smiled again and said, "Sure. I would love to."
He joked around with me for a few minutes. That was a nice birthday present. The Lady was not comfortable taking a picture of a stranger so this is not her best. Hopefully with 99 more to go, she will get better!
When we got home, I got to have a special treat too, something that the Lady called a "cupcake." That sounded a little strange to me. I thought I was going to have to drink my cake. The lady said that that was not what "cupcake" meant. She showed me that a cupcake was a cake that was the size of a cup, not a great big cake like the one I made for Mr. Guy. Actually, my cupcake came from the grocery store. I don't think The Lady has recovered from our adventure making Mr. Guy's cake yet. That is OK. It was a yummy cupcake.
Other than cake we didn't do anything else special for Mr. Guy's birthday. For me, my people got things that they called decorations. I had a funny hat that was shaped just like my horns so it fit on my head.
They put this fire thing in my cupcake that kind of scared me. I thought it might melt my fur so The Lady made the fire go away. And, there were these big things that looked liked colored eggs that floated in the sky. They were kind of fun.
The Mr. Guy doesn't like them. He told me that they are fragile like the eggs but if they break, they make a loud scary noise. The only loud scary noise when real eggs break is from The Lady.
After all this excitement, I thought that my birthday celebration was over, but The Lady said that there was one more surprise. She told me that there is someone who wants to be my pen-pal. I wasn't exactly sure what that meant. I know that a pal is another name for friends and I like friends. I know that a pen is something that you draw with, but only on paper. (I learned that the hard way.) But, I wasn't sure how those two things go together.
The Lady told me that she has a new picture taking friend who lives way far away in Scotland. Way far away was explained as ten hours on an airplane. I understand airplane time! Anyway, this picture taking friend also adopted someone like me and they too share adventures together. My pen-pal's name is "Stobbsie." Like me, he has a blog where he writes about his adventures. Now we can write to each other and talk about all the things we do, places we go, and people we meet! I am super excited! Friends, old and new, are my favorite thing...except for maybe T-shirts. No, friends. Well, maybe T-shirts...Friends...Oh, I am having a monster conundrum I am going to have to think about this! Anyway, The Lady is going to show me all of the blog posts that my new friend, Stobbsie, has written and then I am going to write to him! I am such a happy and lucky little blue and orange monster!
Cupcakes!
T-shirts!
The Lady and Mr. Guy!
Friends all over the world!
What more could a monster want?
Thank you all who have made my first year so special. I am looking forward to "THE BEST IS YET TO COME!"
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