Rain, rain, rain!

The last few days have been very wet and rainy. It's gloomy and dark and very, very cold.


You know what? I LOVE IT!

Rain means lots of good things. Puddles for jumping, wearing yellow rain boots, and rainbows. I don't mind being wet and cold because I can stay warm in my coat and boots. And even if I do get too wet, Mommy gives me a warm bubble bath when I get in again.

Cold nights are okay because I have 'Nice and Warms' (fuzzy jammies) and I have two warm blankets on my bed. And Mommy gives us warm food (toast and soup and melted cheese).

And rainbows are everywhere! After it rains, I always see rainbows. I see then outside the car, in our yard, and all over the sky!

See? Rainy weather is great! Let's do it again!

Halloween Games

Tommy says he told you all about the Halloween party place, but he's just a baby. I'll tell it better.
First thing we did was ride the Cow Train. You can't see him, but Tommy's in the train too. He's hiding behind me--silly boy!

This is the maze. I LOVED the maze. I was so fast and clever--no one could keep up with me or find me. I could have stayed in there all day, but Mommy made me play the other games too.

They had a playground too, but instead of sand they put corn all over the ground. So weird. I played on the slide, the climbing wall, and the tire swing. All fun!

Tommy played on the tire swing too. He always does everything I do. I like it most of the time, but I wish he didn't ALWAYS follow me! He really liked playing in the corn.

This was funny! One lady got buried in the corn up to her chin! I helped bury her too. She laughed and laughed! What a funny lady!

I found a corn-scooper too--just like a tractor, but without wheels. Mommy showed me how to use it and look what I could do!

Then we rode ponies. Ugh. I did not like riding at all. It was scary and bumpy and Mommy walked with Tommy, not me. Grrr.

But then at the very end, when Mommy sang the Horsey song, it wasn't too bad. They were very nice ponies, really. I patted their noses and rubbed their heads. They didn't bite me or anything!

The wooden cows were much more my speed. They didn't bump or move at all! Of course, they were a little boring--oh, well. You can't have everything.

At the end of the day, Mommy dragged us away in our wagon and we drove away to find lunch.

The day ended with my tasting my very first 'Frostie'. Uh, YUM!!!!

Yay for Halloween! Let's do it again!

Good Morning!

Mommy says I'm a very structured person (????). I'm not sure what she means, but I do like everything around me to be just so.
Particularly in the morning.

When I get up, I do just the same thing every morning. I wake up when the sun does and then it's my job to tell everyone the sun is up.

I go straight to Mommy and Daddy's room and find Mommy first (Daddy is REALLY hard to wake up). I tell her the sun's up and she says she wants to sleep anyway. But I know that's just silly.

When I get downstairs, I curl up on the couch and turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (It's my favorite these days). I watch two shows and then I need to eat. I won't eat before my shows. You just CAN'T eat right after you get up. Yuck!

So I eat (usually rice crispies, but sometimes rice chex) then I go potty and then I play toys. Some days I go potty and then go to school. I don't mind school so much, but it annoys me to have my days shaken up like that. I want to do it the same every day!

Aunt Karren the Princess

This is Tommy and me with Aunt Karren. She comes over to play with us a lot with Uncle Bruce. They read us stories, build forts, and play good games. But Karren has a very cool little secret. She is a Princess.

You can't tell in this picture, though she DOES look pretty, but secretly she is a real Princess! I saw for myself the other day. She wears a sparkly white gown and has a long filmy veil thing flowing out of her hair. She has pink lips and a twinkly ring on her finger.

Mommy says she was dressed like that because she married Uncle Bruce on Saturday. Whatever. I know a Princess when I see one. Aunt Karren is the prettiest Princess I ever saw.

And I'm glad she married Uncle Bruce--he's great fun!

Bubble Time!

Tommy and I take a bath almost every night and we always have LOTS of Bubbles! Bubbles are the best bath time fun! You can do ANYTHING with Bubbles!
You can make hats...

...but they are messy hats and get all over the place if you get them wet, which you can't help doing if you're playing in the bath! Yuck!

Tommy likes Bubbles too, but he likes to eat them--sort of. He puts them in his mouth and them spits them out all over! Silly Tommy!

I love my bath so much. Bubbles are fun and the toys are fun and then I come out all clean. If I stay in long enough, I come out with wrinkly fingers and toes. That is so weird, but cool too.

Yay Bath Time! Yay Bubble Time!

School

I go to School now. Mama says it's because I'm so big. I think it's because she wants to leave me and go do fun things with Tommy. Don't get me wrong--I like school once I'm there. I just don't like being ditched!
The first day was a lot of fun! Tommy came and Mama too. We were all so excited!

I made friends on the very first day--before class even started! This is me and Max talking to Tommy. I also like to play with Quinn and Nylah. Nylah is my friend at church too. See us sitting together in the next picture?

This is me and Nylah in the circle singing songs with our class. School is really fun. We sing and read stories in the circle then we play outside and make pictures. (I always make sure to go potty while I'm at school so Mommy will give me an ice cream when I go home.) Last of all we sit in the circle again and sing until time to go home.

We have two teachers. This is Miss Mary. I like her very much--she knows great songs!!

And this is Miss Tamara. She reminds me to go potty at school and she is very nice. She is going to have a baby soon--it's in her tummy.

So that is School. I go two times a week and it is enough for now. I didn't get to go today--I'm a little sick and so is Tommy. But I will go back on Tuesday. I'm a big boy now and it's my job to go to school, but sometimes I wish I could just stay home and play.

Train People

I like trains very much and some of my favorite toys are my train tracks. I like to stretch them across the room and run all my trains on them at once. But tracks are good for lots of things.
They are fabulous for making pictures! This is one I worked on with Mommy. It's our van. Look, you can see our family--all four of us wearing our seat-belts. And I put our bags in the back too--we drove all the way to Utah just like this!

This is a guitar. Mommy helped a little with this one, but I did most of it myself. I love guitars SO much!

And now to introduce my Train People. This one is Daddy. It's looks just like him, I think. I did it all by myself!

This is a fun one, but I don't know who it is. He's ABCs and so many colors. I did this one by myself too.

This was my very first Train Person. It's ME! I did it completely all by myself and surprised Mommy and Daddy. Aren't I clever?! See, he's got hands next to his face, big feet, a belly button, and even a wee-wee.

See? Little me resting inside the Train-me. This was my biggest Train Person ever! I loved him. Mommy took this video of me playing nice with Train-me.



I have so much fun making Train People, especially their faces. I have a thing for smiling faces right now. I like to draw them on paper, make them out of rocks, sticks, and blocks. But the tracks are best because they are curvy and I can make them smile.
These Train People are so wonderful. I like to give them kisses and hugs, but I always eventually have to take them apart again. It's very sad, I know, but I just keep making more and more. If you ask and say please, I might make one just for you!