A Perfect 10 and She Sticks the Landing!

Hi! It's the start of another week and here we are again!

It was an exciting week for me. First, my friend Lorelai graduated from my toddler school. It was kind of confusing when she put the white cap and gown on. Her brother gave her that pretty bouquet of pink flowers.

Mom said that we are still going to go to the park with Lorelai, but I'll still miss her at school. We always sat next to each other on our carpet squares.

I was full of smiles this week. Slowly but surely, I am warming up to the idea of Mom putting my pigtails in my hair. She usually has to corral me to do it, but I'm not trying to get away quite as much.

Let's see, what did I do this week...............

First, I hung out at the pool. "Hanging out at the pool" does not carry the same meaning for me as it might for other people. For me it means running around, splashing, and using my outside voice.

Then, Grandpa made some pancakes. I had an entire stack to myself. In case anyone is hungry for a pancake there are a couple left over.

I should warn you though, there might be a couple fingerprints on them. I might have also licked a couple, but don't hold me to that. After that, we took some family pictures.

Here's Mom, Dad, and me. My eating is really going well. Mom is working hard and I am now eating a lot of yogurt and baby food. Ahhh baby food. Who wouldn't want to eat pureed turkey and apples? Anyway, my tube feeding volume has decreased since I'm eating more, and my weight is increasing!

As much time as I spend playing outside these days it hard to believe I have time to eat at all.

Here I am with Grandpa by my swing set. I'm a little daredevil. I can climb up both the wooden ladder and the metal ladder on the other side. I can also climb up the slide!

I know, I know Daaaaad. "We slide down the slide. We climb up the ladder." Borrrrrrring. Mom and Dad are really safety conscious. If you look closely at this picture, you'll notice all the knobs are off the stove. Yep, it's a regular circus fun house where I live.

This is my "I want a popsicle" dance. The first few steps are similar to my "I want to go outside" dance or my "I want to chase Daisy around the house" dance.

Dad really likes this pictures. I guess it's okay. At least it shows how hard I am trying to get rid of my mullet. Check out my nice long hair. It is finally starting to really grow.

See you guys next week!

Best in Show

Hi there everybody! Another fun week for me this summer. Where to begin, where to begin.

First of all, I am really taking off. I am growing taller by the day. And, I can steer my tricycle all by myself. Doing stuff on my own seems to be the only way to really get the hang of it.

I love to be outside. Mom and I spend almost every day playing in the backyard on my playset or in the pool. We are still trying out different flotation devices in case I ever go in deeper water than my waist.

Dad is discovering why most people run the other way when it comes to swimming pools. Keeping the chlorine just right is pretty tricky.

This is me showing off all my pretty jewelry...and some of Mommy's too.

This week, Dad was in Minnesota. I'm not sure what the difference is between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Dad said one place has lots of cows and that other places has lots of lakes.

I won't tell who taught me how to do this. Mr. Noodle from Elmo's World calls this noise a raspberry. I still need some practice cause my arm had too much spit on it.

This weekend we went to our neighbor's high school graduation party. It was a lot of fun! I played toss across with some bean bags, and chased a volleyball around. Mom and Dad had some cake together and spent the afternoon talking with all their friends from the neighborhood.

That's it for now. Hope everyone is having a fun summer! I promise to have more stories next week!

Hi there everybody! Happy Father’s Day! Mom helped me sign Dad’s card this year. I got a little excited so I signed my name all over the envelope, the front of the card, and the back of the card.

On Saturday, Mom, Dad, and I spent the afternoon in the pool. We had lots of fun. Mom let me splash her even though the water was cold. Dad held me in the water so I could kick my legs and move my arms just like I was swimming.

I told him that I wanted to do it on my own – but Mom and Dad suggested I get the swimming thing down a little more before I try it on my own.

I can count to 50 now. In fact, I am getting the idea of how to count even when I haven’t practiced a specific set of numbers. Dad asked me what came after 40 and I started counting….41, 42, 43….you get the idea.

That’s it for now. I hope everyone had a great Father’s Day. Love you Dad.

Fences, Playsets, and Birthdays....Oh My!

Hi there everybody. Well, I'm back with a new blog and it's bigger and better than ever. It has been a pretty eventful week and I have lots of new pictures to share.

Where to start..... where to start. Well, first Grandpa and Dad put up a new fence. It is a pretty white fence. It didn't seem too hard to put up. Grandpa and Dad finished it in a couple of days.

Here I am walking through the construction site looking for OHSA violations. Grandpa and Dad are resting - union rules.

I walked Daisy along the new fence for the first time. She seemed to approve of its construction.

After Grandpa and Dad put up the fence Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, and I all headed home to Ohio. Dad stayed in Indiana because he had to work. He has been working a lot lately.

We went to Janell's graduation party. We had so much fun! The wind carried the ball I was playing with all the way out into a field. Mom ran after it but lost her shoe in the mud. Mom's cousin Lori finally caught up to it. I wish we had a picture of Mom and Lori with their muddy feet!

We visited Grandma and Grandpa (Dad's parents) too. I played with wee people toys at their house and we had a good time. Grandma made a delicious fancy lunch for us and I was a good eater.

The next day, I went to the zoo with Megan. Here we are getting ready to go into the zoo!

There were lots of things to see and do there. I rode a horse named Domino!

Megan rode on Domino too!

Then we chased.....I mean petted.....the goats. They were really nice.

Hi goats. Where are you? I wanna brush your coat.

.....and chase you around.

The zoo has rides I can ride on too. Just like Disneyland, I rode on the Dumbo ride with Mom. We went up and down and flew all around the park.

Megan, Uncle Ned, Mom and I all squeezed into one tea cup. Needless to say, this ride is geared more for kids, size-wise, than two adults and two kids.

We still had fun spinning around and around.

By the end of the day, everyone was tired.

Even Grandpa.

The next day we headed home to Indiana - and the next project. This time Grandpa built a playset for me! I helped him by handing him wood screws whether he needed one or not. I also brought him the "2-5" as I called it. It was Dad's 25' tape measure. I didn't know what a tape measure was but it had a "2" and a "5" on the side and I definitely know my numbers.

Here are some more pictures of my new playset.

In case anyone is wondering why Mom and Dad would want to build a playset in the backyard - take a look at this picture.

This is what I usually look like doing laps around the house. Summer is here and I have a lot of energy to burn off these days.

When it was all done, Grandma and Grandpa tried to take our picture in front of it. Ready 1....2....3....cheeeeeeeese! Whoops, my eyes were closed.

Let's try that one again. Ready, 1.....2.......3....bumpy bananas! Darn. They're closed again.

Oh well.

It ws really hot during the day. I helped Grandpa out a lot but I really liked taking breaks with Grandma. Look what she gave me.....a blue popsicle!

It turned my tongue blue too!

My playset wasn't the only thing that was put together this week either! Mom and Dad bought a swimming pool. Yaaaaaahhoooooooo!!! Dad wasn't completely sold on the idea at first.

Walking around in ice cold water trying to get the wrinkles out of the bottom didn't do much to sweeten the deal. It was surprisingly easy to put together and it appears to be holding the water without leaking. When it was all finished Dad had to admit that the pool did look fun. There's only one corner of the yard left but I'm sure one of the ponies from the pumpkin farm will have just enough room, even though Mom and Dad say absolutely not.

Believe it or not, the weekend wasn't even close to being over. It was Mom's birthday. We had cake and ice cream. Grandma, Grandpa, Dad, and I all wished her a happy birthday.

Mom even wore a party hat!

I sang happy birthday to her.......

It was such a wild birthday party look where I ended up!

Well that's its for this week's blog.

I'll see everybody next week!

Hi There!

Hope everybody had a good weekend. I painted some green leaves in school. I did really well practicing my chewing on some McDonald's french fries.

Now I am in Ohio! Unfortunately, Dad couldn't come with us because he is working. We miss him. This is going to be a very busy year. I promise to have more pictures - but I have to come home first. This picture will have to do for now. By the way I don't think there is a single blue popsicle left in the house. I think I'll start working on the red ones next.