Here’s What We Did Yesterday

We poked a big cow-shaped button that makes “moo” sounds.  We bounced airy balls off our heads.  We climbed two steps and came backwards down.  We said what pigs and owls say—this we did many times.  We played a pull-behind xylophone and a ting-a-ling metal triangle.  We read all kinds of books, some with pages thick as spoon handles; some with flip-ups: some with pull-downs. 

And THAT’S A BIRD!   

Some of us took photographs while some of us wore our boots on our hands.

We drank “monee,” which you call “milk.”

We played with the dog we named “Gentle” because that’s what Momma and Daddy say when the dog comes near.

These are the things we do on our very best day.

-- Mitchell Hegman