I have some very very important information I need to tell you all about right now. Ok, you see Brussels, Belgium is the hottest place in the entire world and we've always known this but I must say:
oh my God.
My history with Brussels goes back many many years to the Great War. Actually, it was World War II when my Grandpa was stationed in Belgium. He saw a little statue there called the Mannekin Pis (get it? wee treasure??). He thought it was awesome (read: hilarious) so he bought a little statue which then sat on his desk as a paperweight while he was the local doctor (he was Mr. Newcomb's doctor!) Comforting, huh? I guess he had a whole bunch of Mannekin stuff too.
I love my Grandpa.
The mannekin pis means "peeing statue" and one time there was a King of Belgium and he had a son who was the Prince of Belgium. One day the prince disappeared and the king was really worried so he told everyone to go out and find him and wherever he was found, there would be a statue erected (shut up) to him. When he was found, he was peeing
So they made a statue.
And its really a fountain.
And they dress him up and that's my dream job and it pees water, but on special occasion it pees wine.
AWESOME.
Back to my history:
When we told Ms. Widman that we might go to Belgium, she decided she had a secret she had to tell us. She didn't want to (she thought it was obcene) but we dragged it out of her.
Liz and I were excited about going!!
We didn't go Brussels though :( we went to Bruges.
Bruges was the best place in my life, but...it was no peeing boy.
In Bruges there were lots of special Mannekin Pis souviners. Some Liz thought were so crude that I wasn't allowed to buy them.
You suck Liz.
I took pictures though. And I bought a shirt with it on it, and a keychain of it for myself and for my Daddy and I bought the world's greatest cards with a different costume on each card.
For my birthday I got the Mannekin Pis statue from my Aunt that was my grandfathers'. She told me it meant the most to me. Out of 30 cousins, I'm the sweetest.
My screen saver is hot and is about le mannekin. Its amazing. Download it. I have a screen saver where a little boy pees triumphantly to music. Could I be cooler? No.
And now I'm going to visit my friend Maria in Brussels and today we were talking about how we're going to have dinner and maybe shop there. And she said that she would take me to see the Mannekin Pis.
Needless to say, I was excited.
But then she said to me:
I HEAR THERE'S A GIRL SQUATTING STATUE TOO.
But now it turns out that there is a GIRL MANNEKIN PIS!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD!!!
It turns out her name is Jeanette Pis I CAN'T BELIEVE I LIVED MY LIFE NOT KNOWING THIS.
She was made in 1985ish by like feminists? I guess? And she's really controversial? And the tourism office refuses to acknowledge her existence. We need to do something about this?
I guess she's on a back street near le Grand Place, but she's LOCKED UP???? Whoa man.
What's with this? I don't know.
I just thought y'all might want to know.
Also: Belgium= Belgian chocolate + Belgian Waffles + French Fries were invented there. Awesome.

Maria is awesome. She was baptized by the Pope.
I'm going to see the Mannekin Pis July 26 so...12 days?
How am I going to make it????
Also, Liz and Phil broke up.
And Christina and Dan did/didn't/did/didn't?
And Sarah thinks she's too good to hang out with us. Shot down us.
Update about my day tomorrow. I'm too excited to remember it.
I love my Daddy.
ps--my hair is green

pps- GOD BLESS AMERICA. I mean...Belgium. What?