William and Madeline

26.11.10

Seeing Our Great-Grandpa

We went to Grangie and Paw-Paw's "Mississippi River Bridge House" (AKA the one in Jennings) for a few days. Some of Mommy and Daddy's friends from Michigan, people Daddy worked with, were in Lake Charles working on a project for a few days, so we went to dinner with them one night. We stayed at Grangie and Paw-Paw's house so we didn't have to drive so far. The next morning, Grandpa and Grandma came over for breakfast. It was only the second time they got to see Madeline!

15.11.10

Another Lowes Workshop

Saturday was another Lowe's Build-n-Grow workshop. This time we made a periscope. I've actually started wearing my apron, instead of just carrying it in with me. I think it's because I love my patches that I get for each project I complete.

My hammering skill are getting serious!

I have to concentrate to get it just right!

Oh, yes! There are stickers!

Looking through my finished periscope!

Me and Daddy Jer!

8.11.10

Happy Birthday Grangie!

Today is Grangie's birthday.

Happy Birthday Grangie!!!

Yesterday we went out to lunch to celebrate. So, Saturday night Mommy and I made a cookie cake for her birthday. I love helping Mommy to cook and bake! Mommy measured out all the ingredients for the cookie dough, and I got to put them into the mixing bowl!

At the store, Mommy and Daddy let me chose some icing. I chose purple because it's her favorite color. I also got to chose sprinkles and candles for the cookie cake.

Mommy got this video of me putting the chocolate chips in the mixer.
One for me, a handful for the dough. One for me, a handful for the dough......

My Christmas Wish List

Saturday afternoon Mommy and Daddy took me to Toys R Us for their Wish List event. After signing in, they gave me a hand scanner and off we went. Daddy explained that I needed to pick toys I liked to "put on my list" of things I would like to have. It didn't take me long to warm up to how this worked.

Yes, much to my Daddy's dismay, I scanned an Easy Bake Oven. I love making cakes and cookies with Mommy, so I thought it would be great to have my own oven!

I love building with Legos, so I had lots of fun in the Lego aisle with all the Duplo sets.

Lincoln Logs are another favorite. I love to build.
I only have the basic set, so I thought and expanded set would be great!

If you're interested in seeing what I chose, or if you're just up for a good laugh at some of the random things I included (like a giant crayon bank!), check out my wish list here:

William's Wish List

[There are issues with how the lady at the store entered the information in his wish list which, for now, has his first and last name reversed. It's not linked to my email address, either, so I cannot fix it or hyperlink to it. If you want to see it, simply go to Toys R Us, select "Search by Registry #", and enter the number 30588054. Hopefully I'll get this fixed soon!]

Pretty Girl

Mommy asked me to share a few pictures of Madeline with you. She's growing so fast. She's really alert lately and loves to look around and make little "coo-ing" noises. I love my Madeline!

I'm pretty sure that in this picture she's saying,

"Whoa, Mommy! What's with the flash? It sure is bright!"

And here, she's saying,
"Okay, fine Mommy, take my picture. But do it fast!"

Isn't she just beautiful?

She has a "silly goose" grin!

6.11.10

Helpful Lion

Last Saturday morning I went to see my doctor. I'd had a runny nose for several days and my regular allergy medicine didn't seem to be helping it very much. Dr. Daniel diagnosed me with a sinus infection and instructed Mommy and Daddy to give an antibiotic and Benadryl every night for five days.

The first day we wasted two doses because I threw up both times. Mommy finally got something in me. The next day, Grangie made a deal with me: If I took my medicine every might without screaming, crying, or throwing up, she would take me to get a green train I saw at WalMart and wanted. That night, I used my lion towel for my bath. Afraid I would throw up on her again, Mommy held the lion towel under my chin while giving me my medicine. I took it all without incident! We were both excited. And I was convinced it was because "the lion helped me"!

So every night after that, I had to have the lion towel to help me. Three more nights and no more crying! I did great!

And last night, when Paw-Paw got into town, he and Grangie took to get that green train!!

Thanks fir my train, Grangie and Paw-Paw!!!

- Please excuse any spelling errors - Posted with my iPhone

I love her pretty blue eyes!

I love Madeline's big blue eyes! When she's not in her bed, I think she needs to be awake so I 'can see her pretty blue eyes!' Last night, after her bath, Mommy took some pictures of Madeline. She's so cute!

4.11.10

Halloween Fun

A few days before Halloween, Daddy brought home a pumpkin. I've never carved a pumkin before, so this was a new experience for me. Mommy and I sat outside and set to work. First, I chose a picture from a book -- a big black kitty cat! [William has been obsessed with black cats in the decorations this Halloween!] We peeled the stickers out of the book and put them on the pumpkin. Then Mommy cut a hole in the top and pull all the 'guts' out. I refused to touch them because they looked gross! Then she helped me cut around the edges of the stickers to make the pumpkin into a black cat!

I was very proud of my pumpkin! We put a candle inside it, and put 'fire' on the candle every night. We had it right outside our front door!

On Halloween, Grangie, Paw-Paw, Gram, and Papa came to our house to see me in my costume. I made such a cute lion! We first headed down to Grangie and Paw-Paw's 'new house'. Mommy and Daddy wanted to take my pictures on their porch (It's decorated for Halloween!) before I decided I needed to no longer be a lion.

First Daddy took some pictures of just me.

Then they brought Madeline out. She can't sit up on her own yet, and I can only hold her well when I'm propped up with lots of pillows around us, so Mommy got the clever idea to put her in Grangie's "witch's pot" candy bowl. She did pretty well at first.

Then I realized that the thing she was sitting in was the same bowl Grangie had suckers in the day before. So of course I went looking for the suckers!