Bobby the Banana's Report - Travelling with the DCL DD Geeks

[DrHug]

He "drove" a 1924 Ford Delivery van belonging to the Easley's Winery in Downtown Indianapolis. http://www.easleywinery.com/

And a CRANE that was delivering materials to rebuild the rooftop deck he checked out his first day.

He will be ON THE ROAD AGAIN and visiting new sites and DISers soon.

Jan

Loved the pictures. How fun! Thanks!

Den

 

[DrHug]

Bobby at Ocean City, Maryland

in our room with Annette and Kimberly

Hi Brack!

Thanks for the additions. Bobby has become quite the celebrity it seems.
He is doing well here in Oregon. We should get a timeline of his travels put together. I don't remember where and when he has been traded around. Now with two, it's more confusing.

I checked out his glass, and he wasn't really drinking wine. It was sparkling cider. Whew. Guess he was playing a prank on us.

 

[JLSE50]

Bobby Banana has a song!

It is available at:
http://www.dole5aday.com/Global/VirtualClassroom/printables/day4/Bobby_Banana_song_lyrics.pdf

A movie of it is available at:
http://www.dole5aday.com/MusicAndPlay/Videos/V_Bobby.jsp
Thanks to Mom323 for finding it!

Jan

 

[JLSE50]

Timeline as I know it:

June-Dec 2007 San Jose, CA
Dec 2007-Jan 2008 Indianapolis, IN
Jan 2008- ??? Lansing, MI

On the inside there are some "sample" stamps and a REAL one from
IMS (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation, Inc.!!)
Dates of visits so far have been logged in by hand.

Jan

 

[HollyTyler]

Bobby's travels continue! He arrived safely in Lansing, MI today and is handling the single digit temps quite well.

 

[HollyTyler]

Bobby arrived just in time today to join me with some co-workers at our regular Mexican restaurant hangout. The waiters had clearly never had a banana as a customer and were quite confused when Bobby joined our table. One of my co-workers had never had a banana as a dinner companion and I suspect she questioned my sanity for bringing Bobby tonight.

Here's Bobby at Mangos Mexican Grill in East Lansing with his marguerita:

 

[brack]

Check this site out

http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/Friends/Bobby/where.jsp?topmenu=6

 

[HollyTyler]

Check this site out

http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/Friends/Bobby/where.jsp?topmenu=6

Oh....my....gosh!
I can't WAIT to show my son that site! He'll go absolutely nuts over it! (or should I say bananas?)

 

[HollyTyler]

Bobby got to take a little trip to Eaton Rapids, MI today (only about 17 miles South of us) to attend a lia sophia jewelry party with me. Hetried on a couple modest pieces in the beginning:

Then he wanted to try one of the free necklaces I earned. It worked for Bobby as sort of a hippy-style headband:

We ended up leaving the party a bit early because Bobby started getting A LITTLE CRAZY with the jewelry!

 

[HollyTyler]

Next, we headed to pick Tyler up from his dad's house. Tyler barely said goodbye to his dad and stepmom when I told him Bobby was waiting in the car! He ran down the sidewalk, screaming, "BOBBY!!!!" all the way to the car. After many hugs & kisses, he buckled Bobby's seatbelt, and promptly handed him a yellow marker because he insisted, "Bobby will like it because it's his color!" I think Bobby was trying to climb out the other side of the car at that point.

We spent some time at Chuck E. Cheese next, but Bobby was too afraid to venture into that craziness and chose to wait in the car for us. Everybody was happy on the way home:

 

[HollyTyler]

The only thing that bothered Tyler about Bobby's arrival was his lack of clothing. He kept saying, "Mom, this is embarrassing! Bobby's naked! He needs clothes!" Uh oh....RUN Bobby, RUN!!!

So the first thing Tyler did when we got home was get Bobby dressed:

After a long day, Tyler tucked Bobby in on the couch. He even provided Bobby with a stuffed animal to sleep with:

 

[JLSE50]

Tyler, thanks for making Bobby feel right at home. He was looking forward to meeting you and told me he thought he would have a good time visiting at your house before heading on to see the next family. Looks like he was right.

See you in May!
Jan

 

[HollyTyler]

Tyler, thanks for making Bobby feel right at home. He was looking forward to meeting you and told me he thought he would have a good time visiting at your house before heading on to see the next family. Looks like he was right.

See you in May!
Jan

Jan, I read your post to Tyler and he just smiled! He enjoyed looking at all the things in Bobby's suitcase.

 

[JLSE50]

Jan, I read your post to Tyler and he just smiled! He enjoyed looking at all the things in Bobby's suitcase.

Tyler,
I will make the letters big.
I will make the sentences short.
See if you can read this to Mom. Use your Hooked On Phonics to help you figure out the words.
What can you find to add to Bobby's suitcase? Your things and my things will be fun for the next family to see.
Does Bobby help with your Hooked on Phonics lessons?
Does Bobby like to color? Does he stay in the lines?
Jan

 

[slindamood]

The only thing that bothered Tyler about Bobby's arrival was his lack of clothing. He kept saying, "Mom, this is embarrassing! Bobby's naked! He needs clothes!"

Bobby needs a nice Ohio State t-shirt!

 

[brack]

Bobby needs a nice Ohio State t-shirt!

or better yet .... a Tarheel shirt!

 

[MrsMork]

Bobby needs a nice Ohio State t-shirt!

But he's in Michigan!

or better yet .... a Tarheel shirt!

And Oregon.

No Ohio State or Tarheel shirts to be had! Sorry!

 

[Jhalkias]

Bobby needs a nice Ohio State t-shirt!

or better yet .... a Tarheel shirt!

Just remember guys . . . Bobby's roots are in Ohio - he is a Buckeye Banana!

 

[HollyTyler]

Tyler,
I will make the letters big.
I will make the sentences short.
See if you can read this to Mom. Use your Hooked On Phonics to help you figure out the words.
What can you find to add to Bobby's suitcase? Your things and my things will be fun for the next family to see.
Does Bobby help with your Hooked on Phonics lessons?
Does Bobby like to color? Does he stay in the lines?
Jan

I think Tyler added a magnet to the outside of the suitcase. And he put a small star sticker on it too because he said, "the star is because Bobby is cool".

 

[HollyTyler]

Today was a very busy day. Tyler woke me up this morning telling me he dressed Bobby for church. Here's Tyler and Bobby outside church on our way in:

Everybody was quite amused to see a banana in church and many people stopped to meet Bobby. Afterwards, Tyler shared a snack of animal crackers with Bobby: