.. where Ikea finds a trampoline

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!
guess what! on my vacation, i found this fun thing called trampoline. It was right in Sipsik’s friends’ yard, so finding was quite easy. But then, i discovered that you can have lots of fun jumping on a trampoline, hehe! Let me show how this works, it’s quite easy in fact! So, here’s the trampoline:

so, u need to climb up there and jump up! the gravity takes care of the rest!

yes, the gravity. we, giraffes, are big fans of gravity. it’s a force that pretty much keeps you attached to the ground. except when you jump i think, but really, this gravity really brings you back to the ground. or, trampoline, in this case. so, just need to jump a little, and then do some fun things. like for example you can jump upside down, like this:

.. or do a “dead fish flying”. that’s when you are belly up and on the fotograf it looks like you are flying, hehe!

but of course, there are lots of other things u can do, but these are the most easy ones. for giraffes, i think. so, i will go try to see if i can think of some new tricks to do on a trampoline next time. Until then, i have a big question to you – have u been jumping on a trampoline recently? let me know what’s your favorite trick! have fun and cu l8r!

.. where Ikea goes to playground

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

over my summer break, i found lots of fun things. for exempel, i found this gr8 place called the playground! it is gr8 fun! It is mostly for kids, but giraffes are also allowed, yes! (but no dogs, i’m afraid). There is lots of fun things you can do in a playground, but since it was a bit wet for making sandcastles (jei) here’s something i tried: swinging! here’s me on a swing:

giraffes are not allowed on swings on their own many times, so here’s me with my friend Pipi. we managed just fine, if u ask me! just a little bit tight, but lots of fun!
but i have to say, the most fun thing that i found on this playground is this: the SLIDE!

the SLIDE is for sliding. you climb up from one side and SLIDE down from the other – as simple as that! and SLIDEs can be quite LOOOO…

…OOOOOooooonng, like this one!! and also like giraffes’ necks, they are long too! so they can be a little scary. but fear not, you can not fall anywhere, only slide!

so, the most important thing is to sit still, breathe in-and-out few times and then just SLIDE!! just like me below! jei, SLIDING is lots of fun!! have u been sliding recently? let me know!! in fact, i thing i will actually go and practice my SLIDE now because, apparently, Lotte found out about this SLIDE. So now we will be having Kadriorg Olympic Sliding Games, it seems!! hehe, sounds gr8 fun, if u ask me :) so, have fun and cu l8r!

.. where Ikea finds a dandelion

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

i guess u have been wandering where i have been! well, i have been in two places. stuck and on vacation! yes, we, giraffes also have a vacation sometimes. this was exactly the time. and i can explain about being stuck as well – i was travelling between places, hehe! in fact, i was travelling between so many places that i have lost count of how many places. i can tell u one thing – it was lots of fun!
like for example, this one time i found this nice yellow flower. apparently they are called dandelions! i can tell u that they are not lions, but flowers and they taste all right. the only similar thing with lions is i guess the name. and of course – the color, but i have heard they also turn white after a little while (not the lions – the dandelions), which again makes them not like lions at all. we’ll here it is:

looks quite nice, don’t you think? since i had time, i tried to take a nice fotograf of this dandelion as well. i think it came out quite nice – that’s the fotograf below. what do you think? it was lots of fun taking this fotograf because i did not have any friends with me, except a tripod. tripod is not an animal, but a thing for taking fotografs – if you are curious. So, it took almost all my time to get both me and the flower on the same fotograf. do you know why? because every time i went to the tripod, whole bunch of sheep sneaked up to the dandelion and tried to eat it! EVERY TIME! so, most of the time i was explaining to the sheep *NOT* to eat the dandelion. But it worked just as long i was sitting there, right when i walked up to camera – out of nowhere – new sheep came along, hehe! Not so easy to fotograf dandelions with the hungry sheep sneaking around!
but i did lots of other fun things, while on vacation. i also took some more fotografs, so i will try to post them next time. until then, let me know if u have taken any gr8 fotografs recently? have fun and cu l8r!