First off, happy Father's Day to my Poppy. Seriously, Dad, you're the best!!!

The Force and I had a 2 day Father's Day Extravaganza with PB. Yesterday was big-time pool day. The Force is a crazy water-boy and loves him some swimming. He can spend hours paddling around the pool, jumping in and out, and loves hitting on all the ladies that step foot inside the pool gate. We had a great time. Then it was pizza and a movie. After The Force went to bed, PB and I stayed up to watch "Defiance" (which is very good and based on the true story of a Holocaust resistance movement led by 3 Jewish brothers), and well, I stayed up to watch it while PB watched the inside of his eyelids. Turns out all that swimming wears him out as much as it does The Force! Today we went to see the Disney movie "Up". If you're my friend on Facebook you know that it made me a little sad. It was a good movie, really it was, but it deals very frankly with life and death, and with reality versus the things you dream about. It just made me sad that for about 3/4 of the movie the main character missed the point that his life WAS the adventure. I did LOVE LOVE LOVE the hero dog, though. Very much a Pooh King type of dog. Actually, I'm pretty sure if Pooh King could talk he would sound exactly like that dog and say exactly what that dog says. Exactly.

Speaking of what Pooh King would say, guess who can speak now? Ummm, that would be one Pooh King. Who says old dogs can't learn new tricks? It turns out that The Force is practically a dog whisperer. He loves the movie "Bolt" and frequently acts out various scenes. Yesterday he was in the apartment and says, "I'll be Penny and you (points and Pooh King) be Bolt." I'm pretty sure Pooh said okay. They were working on Pooh's "super-bark" when The Force held his hand up in perfect "evil-hand" style (anyone who has ever seen Pooh and me play the evil hand game knows exactly what I'm talking about) and said "SPEAK!" and Pooh King barked. The Force shrieked and giggled. Well, that's all the positive reinforcement that dog needed. They practiced like a million times. And now, he speaks. My apologies to the neighbors.