Hippo's "Big Water" Expedition

The other day, Mom and Dad surprised me by getting out the Big Orange Banana again!  The real surprise though was that a Big RED Banana also appeared!!  Mom and Dad said they were going to introduce me to the Big Water!! YAY!! So Mom and Dad carried the Big Bananas down overs the hill where I've never been before.  When I looked down I saw it...a GIANT POOL!!  I thought this must be the Big Water!!

So I jumped into my Banana with Mom and she got out a Giant Spatula!  You know, the kind that she lets me lick with all the yummy foods on it.  She stuck it in the water and it made the Banana move.  She said I hope you are ready for this Hippo, but you might enjoy it more if you turn around and face the other way...

Then the voyage of the Big Bananas and my team of explorers began.

We saw things called lily pads...

and a beaver dam...

and a bald eagle...

Dad seemed to always be ahead of us so I yelled "MOM STIR FASTER WITH THE SPATULA AND CATCH UP WITH DAD!"  She said that she was trying real hard but she was not used to 50 pounds of extra cargo??

Exploring is hard work so I needed to rest and gain my strengths for the journey home.

Before I knew it we were back home.  Mom said the expedition was a success because no cargo was lost :)

It was a really great day, but I couldn't help notice that there was enough extra space in Dad's Banana for a friend to join our team on our journeys...

This Week's Blog Is Brought To You By The Color Orange

Mom and Dad came home with a new toy for me! Yay!!  It's called a "Frisbee" and it is orange just like my ball, my hurley and my swimsuit!  It goes high up in the airs but comes down kinda slows.  Sometimes I have to waits and try to catch it when it comes down toward me.  Now, like with all my toys, I need to try them out in my pool.  Turns out the Frisbee floats and it's super fun to swim after it!

This past weekend was supers dupers hot.  I knows this because my tongue was hangings out alot!  Me and Mom and Dad spent time "cooling off" in the pool (I thought it was called swimmings?).  Anyway, I woke up from a snooze to a Big Orange Banana in my yard!!  I ran down to inspects it right away and you know what I found??...MY FAVORITE TREATS WERE IN THE BIG ORANGE BANANA!!!

As soon as I ate them I jumped in the hole in the Big Orange Banana to see if I could find more treats.  It was so hots I had to lay down and take a break!

Next, Mom and Dad put the Big Orange Banana in my pool!  I was really confused because how could I do my swimmings with that Big Banana in the way??  Well I should have known that Mom had a treat up her sleeve.  I watched my Mom get inside the Big Orange Banana, but she wasn't looking for treats (weird?!).  She just sat down in the Big Banana and said "Come on in Hippo!"  So I did.  Mom gave me a treat.  Easy peasy!!!

Then Dad pulled me and Mom along the side of my pool and when Mom said it was okay, I jumped out.  Then Mom said next time we take out the Big Orange Banana we will go to the big water!  I said WHAT'STHATWHAT'STHATWHAT'SWHAT'STHAT?????  She said I would have to be patient and wait and see.  Hmmm, I wonder if it's orange too?