Dribble, Dribble!

Hi there!  Hope you guys had a great week.  

I had fun at basketball practice!  Here I am dribbling the basketball.

I think my jersey might be a little big on me, but that's okay.

I have fun running up and down the court.

See you guys next week!

Snow...Enjoy it while it lasts!

Hi there!  It snowed!  This past Thursday it started snowing, and snowing, and snowing.  

It snowed so much school was delayed two hours.  Dad waited until the weekend to clear off our driveway. I decided to help him.  

Even Muffy came out to play in the snow.  I made sure she was dressed warmly.

We went sledding together.  I went down our neighbors hill with Muffy and Dad all piled on the same sled.  

On Sunday, Dad and I made a couple of snowmen and even a snow dog.  I think she looked just like Daisy.

In other news, I went to my first basketball practice.  It was so much fun.  Mom and Dad were in the stands cheering me on.  My team's name is the Pirates.  

See you guys next week!

Birds of a Feather

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I sure did.  We went to the National Aviary! 

It was so much fun.  Here is a picture that Mom took of two lorikeets.  

I was able to feed them some nectar.  They sure were hungry.

My lorikeet, Heather and I posed for a picture with the other lorikeets.

There were so many interesting birds to look at.  Here I am standing in front of two toucans.

There were birds from the rain forest, the wetlands, and the grasslands.

There were also some really neat penguins.  I participated in a penguin encounter where I was able to see one up close.  Everyone, this is Preston!

Preston was kind of shy.

I was able to pet his feathers and his wing.  His feathers were very soft and his wing felt almost leathery.

I had a great day at the Aviary.  After we had all of the fun we could fit in one day we went to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner...the Spaghetti Warehouse! 

See you guys next week.

Jingle All the Way!

Hi everyone!  What a great Christmas!  Sorry I missed a week or two of blogging but I had a great Christmas with my family!

This is a picture of our Christmas tree.  Mom did most of the decorating.  Isn't it beautiful?

Here I am digging out the presents I got for Mom and Dad.

Mom and Dad were especially proud of me because even though I had lots of presents under the tree, my first thought that morning after Santa came was to give them their gifts first.

This is Heather my new bird.

I really like her a lot.  I like playing wit her so much that I needed to change her batteries twice the day I got her.

Here are some more pictures from my Christmas with Mom and Dad.

We opened gifts in the morning at my house and were supposed to head home to Ohio that afternoon.  But, we were just too tired and waited until the next day.

I was so excited to see my Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins!  First stop was Mom's parents.  Uncle Ned, Aunt Robin, and my cousin Megan came over too!

Grandpa got lumps of coal from Megan and me.  We thought it was really funny.

Here I am with Grandma when she opened her present from me.  I picked it out especially for her from the Christmas gift shop at my school.

 Every Christmas we get together for a family picture.  Here I am with Megan, Grandma and Grandpa.

We took lots more pictures with the whole family in them.  I'll have more to share soon.



After Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's, I headed to my Aunt Maresa and uncle Casey's house to celebrate Christmas with Dad's family.  Here I am with Grandma.  I helped decorate her sweater with lots of pretty gift bows.

I had lots of fun seeing my Aunt Maresa, Uncle Casey, Uncle Mike, and my cousins Liam and Grayson!  Grandpa got into the holiday spirit by putting on a Santa hat.

I am holding Jingle.  He barks when you read his book to him.  Aunt Maresa, Uncle Casey, Liam and Grayson gave him to me.  I really like him.

Then I had one more holiday stop to make.  We went to visit my mom's side of the family for Christmas.  It was great to see everyone.  I really like playing with Megan, Maezhen, and Luke.

We always have some great laughs with our White Elephant gift exchange.

Everyone had a good time together.  

I even met Julie and Dean's dog Peanut.  I just loooove her!

Before I knew it, it was time to head home.  I had a wonderful Christmas with my family.  I hope you did too.  HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!  See you guys next week!