The Blob Post

Once upon a time, Henry and George invented this new creature called the "blob." He was a puffball with sticky googly eyes affixed to him. Then the idea took off, and soon there were hundreds of blobs invading our house. They decided to build a wall around "Blob City" to protect themselves from Mommy, who often threatened to come after them with the vacuum. Their leader, Blobius Rex, is the giant black blob on the throne.

The reason Mommy hates the blobs is that they have vowed to steal her identity along with BBB, who is often lurking in her purse to find her credit card information. The blob below, "James Blob," is an agent from His Majesty's Secret Service. However, the blobs claim they are innocent and it is only BBB trying to steal her social security number and other personal data.

George loves the blobs so much that he designed this year's Pinewood Derby car to be a tribute to the blobs. Guess who won first place for design in his den?

Of course, when we bought a robot vacuum, the first thing George and Henry did was put some blobs on top for a nice ride. Then they decided the robot could be an honorary blob.

Is it spring yet?

Henry bought a Line Friend in Korea named Otto Brown, a bear in an otter skin. Since he is a bear, he spent the winter in Henry's room hibernating. Then he made a surprise appearance last week when he allegedly woke up too early. Henry set a reminder alarm to wake Otto back up on his birthday next month. We will keep you posted when he wakes up again.

BBB antics

BBB (Bradley Boris Bartholomew) the Bat continues to be a bbbeloved member of the family. Henry and Mommy love to take "candids" of him (maybe not so candid because he is an inanimate object). Here are some of the highlights.

BBB chilling at Mommy's office

Deep thinker

Naptime

Pondering the mysteries of the universe

Henry is enamored of BBB (but falsely claims "Bartholomew" is not part of his name)

Guarding Mommy's files

Dashboard guardian

Distracting Geo before bedtime

Helping Geo get through a dentist visit

Music connoisseur

An embbbelishment for Geo

The Pudgets' California Adventure, Part VII

On our last day, we headed back to SF to visit Alcatraz. While waiting for our ferry, we hung out at the Maritime Museum and toured some ships. All in all, it was a fun trip but exhausting to do so much driving. Maybe our next vacation should be a cruise...

The Pudgets' California Adventure, Part VI

We spent our penultimate day in California at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and capped it off with the amazing 17-Mile Drive, where we saw a cute sea otter and myriad fat and lazy harbor seals.

The Pudgets' California Adventure, Part V

We checked out a fairly new national park on the way to Monterey--Pinnacles. We got to climb into a cave with a waterfall running through it, which was cool but terrifying. We were hoping to see some bats but they were still hibernating.

The Pudgets' California Adventure, Part IV

During our second day in SF, we hit the California Academy of Sciences and saw some penguins and butterflies. We also finally made it to Muir Woods. Everywhere we went was crawling with people (and bats).

Horseplay in the aquarium

George stacked up against a penguin

George and BBB trying to endure the wait for food 

Waiting for the Muir Woods shuttle

Glad to be sitting away from his annoying brothers