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Mommy forgot to bring the camera this morning, which is too bad, because we went to Lake Harriet for the Annual Kite Festival. There were lots of really spectacular kites being flown by people standing on the lake. Yep - standing on the lake! We went down to Lake Harriet to see the kites, and Mommy took me for my first time walking on the ice. What a trip! Surprisingly, the traction on the ice was better than on the path, and I really liked walking in the open area. Unfortunately, on the ice it was colder than it was on the sheltered path, so we didn't stay out there too long.
In the afternoon, we went to my friend Tara's first birthday party. When we got there, I was being pretty shy, so I stuck close to Mommy the whole time. After a while, though, the allure of Tara's toys proved too much, and I ventured to check them out. While Mommy wasn't watching, I found not a toy, but instead a paper cup that required attention. What could be in this cup that someone must have deliberately put on this low table just to taunt or tempt me? Turns out, it was wine. No one saw me, and I'm not admitting anything, so no one will ever know for sure whether I drank any of the wine in the cup. All Mommy knows is that I poured it down my front and soaked my vest, my shirt, and my shoes. I smelled so strongly of wine that Mommy decided not to take me to Shoe Zoo on the way home from the party, but to get straight home and strip me out of the wine-soaked clothing. She said that the last thing she needed was for people at the store to think one or both of us was a wino. Frankly, I think there are plenty of things that she needs less than that. For starters, how about a prison record? Or spina bifida? Or another four years of a Republican administration in the White House? Anyway, when we got home, I was in a very good mood. Was it the wine? No one will ever know. View the pictures and video and judge for yourself.