Pig E. Bank has decided that with the new year, he needs a new exercise routine. So he and his brother Nick L. Bank put together a short workout routine.
First off, bench presses. Pig gets under the bar and Nick spots.
Pig tried Pushups but those didn’t go well since his snout got in the way.
However Pig rocked the the Box Jumps
BTW both Paula and Pig recommend the Reebok 5-Position Step Deck
Posted in Home Life, The Bank Family
Tagged Adventures, Bench press, Box Jumps, Nick L. Bank, Pig E. Bank, Piggy Bank, Reebok Step
Where do all those little pigs sleep? Why on the bed of course and all comfy and warm in a soft cotton blanket.
I’m used to sharing, but this is just a bit ridiculuous. Eleven piggy banks and Simba the Cat.
Posted in Home Life, The Bank Family
Tagged Cotton Blanket, Pig E. Bank, Pigs, Pigs in a Blanket, Sleep
Who’s there????
Banks???
Banks who???
Banks a lot for inviting us to come visit you!
Bad joke, but imagine Paula’s surprise when she opened the door for Pig. All 10 of his brothers and sisters had come for a visit!
Apparently, her trip home to Iowa, inspired Pig to track down his litter mates and invite them for the holiday season. While Paula and Bob were off doing other things, Pig was on the computer and using the cell phones. Thank Goodness, or Paula would hate to think what her Long Distance bill would be.
Pig is so excited to see his family.
But Paula is wondering where they are all going to sleep!
We discovered Monday night that Pig can cook! Here he is with a batch of stuffed bell peppers.
They were totally delish!
Here’s the recipe.
Due to the two humans on the trip being tired, it was decided that a little dawdling in Oklahoma was in order. Since Route 66 is right outside Oklahoma City, Pig wanted to travel down this historic highway.
Driving down Route 66
Pig found a few places where you can see the original concrete road bed.
Here Pig is sitting on an expansion joint.
Then Pig saw the mother lode – a half mile stretch of the original road historic Route 66 that is being preserved.
We decided to check it out more thoroughly on the way back.
Pig saw this neat bridge on the way into Wellston OK.
Here’s a bit of the downtown area of Wellston
Pig particularly liked this house because of the cool architecture and the fact that the paint was the same color as he is!
Heading back West Towards Luther and the historic Original Section of Route 66.
Pig stopped long enough to check the Historic Route 66′s Web Site to make sure it was okay to drive the car on it. And it was, so onward we went with Pig.
Pig in the middle of Historic Route 66.
Pig contemplates the significance of Route 66.
Pig and R’s Car on Historic Route 66.
It was then when Pig had his biggest adventure of all on the original section of Route 66.
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After Pig finished his adventure, we headed to the Boundary Restaurant for lunch.
While Pig was there, he met another Wood E. Pig.
Because to eat there would have been cannabalism, Pig And Woody spent time talking about what happens when pigs fly and dangle.
After lunch, Pig, Paula and R left Woody and his super nice waitress buddies at the Boundary and headed south. We stopped in Pauls Valley for the evening. Here’s Pig chillaxin’ with some dinner from Baum’s ice cream in front of the TV.
We headed to Houston the following day. We all have fond memories of this trip.
Soon it was time to begin the journey back to Houston. On the way back, Pig and friends stopped in Ames, Iowa. Paula went to school at Iowa State.
Here’s Pig sitting at the base of the Campanile. You can see Central Campus and Carrie Chapman-Catt Building (a.k.a Old Botany) in the background.
A slightly different perspective on the Campanile.
While checking out Central Campus, Pig took the opportunity to climb a tree.
Pig even took the time to be like Forrest Gump and dangle from the tree a couple times.
Once Pig finished dangling, he need to use the restroom so we headed over to the Memorial Union.
However, a watched Pig never pees so we left him alone for a while.
One adventure that Pig had at Iowa State was tightrope walking.
Here he is practicing his balancing act close to the ground.
And here Pig is doing his high wire version.
After Pig’s high wire adventure, we had to book it south to Oklahoma to avoid bad weather.
Posted in Vacation!
Tagged Campanile, Central Campus, Iowa State, Memorial Union, Old Botany, Pig E. Bank, Tightrope Walking, Tree Climbing
It was time to put up the Christmas Tree and Pig decided that he would be the artistic director of this particular endeavour. But first he had to find the right spot to watch the decorating festivities from.
Pig checked out the vantage point from the wreath on the wall…
And while the gold lame Ribbon went beautifully with his blue color, it wasn’t exactly the right spot for viewing the tree and well the gold was just a bit too flashy for Pig’s tastes.
So then Pig tested the view from within the tree.
However, that was a little too close to the action.
So finally, Pig settled on the top of Charlie’s head.
It gave him the vantage he needed, and it cut the glare from the top of Charlie’s head.
Cody following Pig’s Direction and putting the ornament in it’s proper place.
The collection of Movie Ornaments on Mom’s Tree.
Pig rode around in the car a lot on Day Five but no pictures were taken.
Posted in Vacation!
Day six had Pig visiting one of the local grain elevators.
Here’s Pig in the back of Chuck’s Nissan Truck. Pig is always safe and wears his seatbelt when travelling.
He was amazed by the huge piles of corn.
Once we got back to Mom’s, Pig decided to explore the yard. He climbed the ladder next to the corn crib.
Pig checked out some old farm machinery.
He took a peek into the barn.
Pig checked out sitting on a hay bale.
And here is Pig is with his new friend, Jasper.
Chuck introduced him to Betty, but she wasn’t too crazy about him and paid more attention to Chuck.
Pig also checked out this old tractor out behind the barn.
Pig took a breather before going in for the evening.
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Tagged Adventures. Blue, Assembly Park, IA, Iowa Falls, Pig, Pig E. Bank, Piggy Bank, Plastic, Slide
