Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!

That is the title of one of my favorite Sandra Boynton books, and it certainly applied to my trip with Zach and Ellie and their mommy and daddy and our friend Dan to the museum in Mesa with Natural Historical stuff in it! I got to see all sorts of cool dinosaur bones and footprints! And an alligator, too! Zach was a little nervous in a few places, but we hugged it out and things were all good! The dinosaurs were pretty big, but it was cool to touch some of the bones!

The whole time I couldn't help but wonder how huge dinosaur pizza must've been. I was bummed when the curator told me that they didn't have any fossilized pizzas on display - although he did say that he would check in the lunch room fridge to see if they had any old pizza in there. I think he missed the point. Ah well - it sure made me hungry for pizza!

The other item they were missing from the museum was a display of the great and mighty Pigasaurus. Someone else has one on display - I think Mesa needs to start looking into finding their own display.

And what would a museum in Mesa be without a stagecoach? This beauty was used to deliver pizza from Missouri to California in 23 days (talk about fossilized pizza!) - if they weren't bushwhacked by pizza bandits or unruly pizza-starved Native Americans!

Almost A World Record!

Not that I have been keeping track - and how could I after so many viewings - but I do believe that I am about to hold the world record for a stuffed animal watching "Shrek" for the most number of times - ever! I love Shrek! And Donkey, too! I can't get enough of it, and neither can my buddy Zach! Did I mention that we LOVE Shrek?! Well, we do! It is still a distant second to pizza, though!

Great Cheese Drought of '27

I remember my grandpa telling me the story of the great cheese drought of 1927, and the lean times they had to go through that year pizza farming. He remembers having to walk 30 miles uphill (both ways) to the next county to pick up pizza since pizza delivery had not been invented yet. He then went on telling me how easy I have it now since all you have to do is call, text, or order your pizza online on that new fangled web thing. Although I never did hear him complaining after I ordered a pizza that showed up in less than 30 minutes! I think that even though he missed the "good ol' days," he really did enjoy not having to go through the grueling pizza harvest, and the lean times of the great cheese drought.

Family Tree

...or I guess in my case, that would be 'family trough!' Anyway, I noticed Zach's daddy has been doing all of this family tree stuff, and so I thought I'd share some of mine. Here is a picture of my great grandma and grandpa (Nellie and Mortimer). They were pizza farmers, and really good ones at that! It has been said that people from far and wide would come over during the pizza harvesting season just to "help out." Ahhhhh - pizza farming - a hard life, but certainly very rewarding!

Ice Cream...mmmmmmm!

Zach had a rough day at day care yesterday, and luckily Daddy took Zach and I for some ice cream cones! Zach had never had an ice cream cone before, and it was fun watching him enjoy it! Of course, when he wasn't looking, I got some for myself. A pig has got to do what a pig has got to do - especially when my buddy Zach isn't sharing! All I can say is that I am really glad that I come clean after a washing.