Today's the day the little stuffed bulls have their picnic

As you may be aware (and why wouldn't you?), last week was my birthday and I turned six Which is a very good age to be. I heartily recommend having birthdays. My birthday celebrations got spread out over the long weekend, and I'm sorry you couldn't all be there! So here's the next best thing...I'll force you to read all about them! (Don't worry, comics content tomorrow...but bull birthday tonight!)

We had my birthday dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant in Park Slope that I like to call La Di Da. That is not its name, nor does Diane Keaton work here. We can only wish.




Let's check the menu! Mmmm, good stuff! Also, because it's my birthday...the prices don't matter! I will have steak stuffed with lobster stuffed with pancakes, please.




At Al Di La, the bread is fantastic, but don't fill up on bread! That's how they get you.




For an appetizer, here are marinated and grilled sardines! I think they are from Sardinia freshly this morning. I bet my fish-lovin' otter pal Shelly wishes she was here! Well, I'll take her home a sardiny bag.




Finally my yummy main course arrived. Cheesy macaroni with peas and mint! It was yum-licious. I would like a breakfast cereal with the same flavors, please.




And so we bid farewell to the lovely Al Di La. After dinner we tried to go to the little gift ship Scaredy Kat, but it was closed for the evening. Oh no! No birthday gifts for me from there. (sniffle)




At the supermarket, I reminded John and Randi of essential supplies for a sixth birthday.




The next day, we had a birthday picnic in Brooklyn's Prospect Park! I got to invite my sister Marshall and Shelly the Little Otter Puppet. I was under the understanding that you get as many guests as it is yoru birthday, so I shoulda had six guests. I can't wait until I'm seventy-three!




What's in the picnic basket? What's in the picnic basket?




It's a hot day, so I hug a cold soft drink. Also, I'd like to buy the world one of these. Or, if they prefer, a root beer. Just give me your order before I go to the store because I'm not goin' twice.




My sister Marshall is a vegetarian but even she enjoys a tiny, cold and frost Coca-Cola. Please do not tell her I put ham gravy in hers.




Part of my birthday gift was some British food from Myers of Keswick in Manhattan! Wow, British potato crisps! (Don't call them chips; the Queen will fly into New York and bop you with her purse. And she's got a corgi in there.)




Of course Shelly wanted the prawn-flavored ones.




What's this? Candy? Hold on, candy, I can almost reach you! I'm coming, stay right there!




I'm the Uncle Scrooge of British Candy...I like to swim in it like a dolphin, burrow in it like a gopher. Then I like to throw it up and let it rain down on my head. Then, I eat it.




Gifts! I got lotsa cool gifts. First I got the greatest toy in the world—a little electronic machine that makes sound effect noises. RING! TOOT! CLANK!




BURP! SPRING! Ha ha ha! I love this gift! CRASH




I'm gonna make fart noises all night long!




I also got Ching He Huang's Chinese Food Made Easy cookbook! Hooray! In no time at all I'll be making delicious Chinese dishes and giving them to the guys who work construction on our street and the announcer at the local race track. (I love watching Ching He Huang's cookery show!)




Wow, it's full of yummy food and easy-to-follow recipes! I can make that. Also, I can eat it.




Shelly enjoys looking at the fish recipes. A little too much.




But I don't think is is scratch 'n' sniff, Shelly!




How cow oh wow it's The Lego Book! I wanted this! Thanks guys! Best gift ever!




Also, I got some cans of Lilt, the delicious and refreshing light pineapple-grapefruit soda from England. It is deeeeelicious!




Then, we had our picnic lunch! Everyone is having sammiches and crisps.




Wow, the picnic ants are really well organized this year.




I think the ants may have come straight from this cartoon to my picnic:




Then, there was delicious birthday cake! Just my size!




Shelly was a wee bit suspicious because it was noty a fish cake.




I sent him an invite weeks ago, but Iron Man was still too busy to attend my birthday picnic. That's okay, because Miss Potts sent me these cool plates for my party! Thanks, Pepper! Thanks, Shellhead!




And on the way home he saw a car that I could afford. Well, I'll put it on my wish list for next year. Thanks for coming to my birthday celebrations with me!



Want to experience the exciting birthday celebrations of a little stuffed bull? Well, you can! Here's all the links you need to walk in my hoofsteps! (Warning: watch out for that dog poop on Fourth Avenue. I missed it but I wanted to make sure you did too. Oooh, wow, sorry about that. Here's a stick, I'm sure that'll scrape right off.)

• Al Di La
• Scaredy Kat
• Prospect Park
• Myers of Keswick
• British potato crisps
• Lilt
• British chocolates
• JustJenn Recipes. My birthday cake was very good, but even better cakes and other cool recipes n' cooking stuff be found at my pal JustJenn's Recipes blog! She makes the yummiest stuff! For example, Bully cupcakes!

Also, this stuff!: