Children love to play with their food. Tula-Tu is no exception. The Asian elephant calf at the Oregon Zoo celebrated her 6-month birthday on Friday- or would you call that a half birthday? Either way, Tula-Tu would rather play than eat, so she kicked a birthday watermelon around as if she were training for the World Cup. It's all fun and games until Mom steps in to show her what a watermelon is really for. Tula-Tu is still nursing, but trying out regular foods one at a time. Watermelon may have to wait, at least until she is hungry enough to stop playing. She's already tripled her birth weight and is now 650 pounds. For a six-month-old, she's more accomplished than most of us, having appeared on national television more than once and serving as the Grand Marshall of the Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade. See more videos of Tula-Tu at Laughing Squid.