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!