Food Face Plate

A couple of days ago, my sister sent Dexter a food face plate and he couldn't wait to use it.  He loved making hair out of carrots, a beard out of cold cuts, ears out of potato chips, and a mustard mustache and eyeglasses. He ate every bite and insisted we make another face then ate every bite again.  Tonight, he made hair, earrings, "hypnotizing eyes", and a goatee out of broccoli and, you guessed it, ate every bite.

Man with a Plan

 Dexter, Daddy, and My Bologna were hanging out in the backyard preparing the grill for some salmon when Dexter got an idea, went to the garage, got out his cow watering can, asked for water, and began watering "his" plants (I let him pick out some plants and help plant them in a pot the other day).

Heading Home from the Big City Adventure

Big City Adventure: Public Transportation

Dexter learned the public transportation waiting game at the L stop.

Big City Adventure: Fellow City Wanderers

 Dexter saw a walking hot dog and people riding Segways - exciting!!

Big City Adventure: Buckingham Fountain

 Dexter was excited to see another fountain until he realized he couldn't splash around in it.

Big City Adventure: Blues Fest Picnic

 We all walked to Grant Park to experience the sights. sounds, and smells of Blues Fest.







Daddy went to get hot dogs for us while Dexter and I headed off to find a shady spot. Dexter refused to sit on the grass screaming, "We have to sit on chairs!!"  Eventually a Dexter-approved spot opened up at a picnic table.  Dexter and the nice lady had a lovely chat about recycling.

Dexter insisted he needed a fork to eat his hot dog.  I explained that we were having a picnic without utensils and that if he didn't want to eat his hot dogs without a fork, we could give it to the birds.  He quickly changed his Emily Post tune and gobbled up his hot dog mumbling through the food in his mouth, "The birds won't eat my hot dog now."

We also caught a few blues bands but Dexter was getting a little antsy so we didn't linger long.