Hanging with the George Family in Heyburn, ID

My next stay was with the George family in Heyburn, Idaho. Wow, that is quite a roadtrip from Challis to Heyburn! I was beginning to think I would never get out of that dark, cramped envelope! But anyway, let me tell you a bit about the Georges. There are four kids in their family. Porter, the oldest, is 12. Emily is 9 and she was always wanting to practice her photography with me. I guess it must be because I am so photogenic. I mean, really, who wouldn’t love this face? Noah is 6. I was not his favorite person, er, dog. I guess he thought I had fleas or something. He kept saying I was dirty. I can’t help it if I am allergic to baths! My favorite friend was probably Aleise. She is 3 and she just loved to cuddle with me. “Cept sometimes she threw me up in the air and tried to catch me. It made my tummy feel funny. And sometimes she missed.

Here is a picture of me climbing trees with Emily and Noah. They have a big yard with quite a few fruit trees. This is a cherry tree we are in. I want to go back and visit in the summer when they are covered in yummy fruit. I love cherries!

I spent a lot of time just hanging out by the computer. Does this screen look familiar to you?

You people spend so much time doing schoolwork! Good thing it is so fun and interesting! I love hearing about all the exciting stories you learn in history class! If it wasn’t so dark and uncomfortable in my envelope, I would love to travel and see the world!

I painted pictures with Aleise. Boy, does she love princesses! I was really careful not to get any paint on me because of the bath thing. Remember? I am allergic. Honest.

Here we are reading stories with Grandma. These kids have a grandma that lives just across the street. How would that be? They don’t have to travel in an envelope to see her even! That would be pretty fantastic, I think. Grandma even comes over to their schoolroom twice a week to teach Science. And that woman knows her stuff, I tell you! She taught us all kinds of stuff about weather and clouds and temperature. We even got to make an oven with an old box and tinfoil. But Emily said it didn’t get hot enough to bake cookies. Too bad.

I became quite the bookworm (bookdog?) while visiting the Georges. They read a lot. They even wake everyone up to read with the dad before he goes to work in the morning. Then there are stories in school, and naptime stories, and Noah learning to read, and Emily reading to Aleise and family reading time before bed. That Porter boy just reads and reads all day long. He has to wear glasses, maybe so his eyes don’t get tired from all that reading. He even reads in the bathroom! Haha. I think that is pretty embarrassing. I wonder if he will read this? Probably so! Here I am with my nose in a book (literally!).

When the mom is busy making dinner or working on the computer, the George kids listen to books on tape. So here we are reading again. I think this book was about Theodore Roosevelt. Did you know that the teddy bear was named after him? I am named after a potato.

I had a great time in Heyburn! The weather was cold and everyone was busy with school so we didn’t go see many sights, but I learned you can go anywhere you can imagine if you just open the pages of a book! Now it is back in the envelope I go and on to my next adventure… Maybe I am on my way to your house.