Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy's birthday was, well, a few weeks ago. (Yea, Mommy's been slacking on the blog updates... good reasons for that, though, I promise!) It was a crazy and busy week for us all. Mommy took me to the mall to buy Daddy a card and a present. I got him a remote controlled little helicopter at Brookstone. I thought we could have lots of fun playing with it, as I love planes and helicopters. Boy, was I right on! And it's a good thing Mommy opted for the extra $4 replacement insurance for 2 years -- Daddy's on Helicopter #4 in less than three weeks!

The Friday after Daddy's birthday (last Friday) we went to Gram's house for dinner. Mommy and I made a cake to bring. I got to put all the sprinkles on the cake! And when it was time for candles, I helped get them all stuck in the cake. Can't you tell they're all really straight?

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Fun at the Library!

Grannie and I have been spending a lot of time at the library this summer! She's been taking me to participate in all the activities of the Summer Reading Program. Sometimes, when Paw-Paw's in town, he comes with us, too! We go to demonstrations, weekly singing and storytime, brown-bag movies and lunch, music classes, author visits, and much more! Some weeks we go there 3 or 4 days! And I've been reading a LOT. Each week we borrow four or five new books and read them over and over all week. I've read enough books to already achieve a completion certificate and get prizes for my age group!

The music time is my favorite! I'm learning lots of songs, love to sing and

listen to them at home, and even know the hand motions to most of them!

Here I am with Ms. Johnette Downing, the author of several children's books about Louisiana. Grannie bought me the story she read and sang to us - .

Fun with Friends

Friday morning, my friends Aiden, Bronwen, and Lila came over to play outside in my pool. We had a great time! (Lila was a little camera-shy.) After we played, we all ate hotdogs for lunch adn played with my toys inside for a while. We had a great morning!!

Thanks Mrs. Jenny, Bronwen, Lila, Mrs. Erin, and Aiden for coming over to play!

Not Exactly Green Eggs & Ham.....

Friday morning when I got up, Mommy asked me what I wanted for breakfast. I insisted on 'green pancakes'. After a few attempts to convince me that pancakes weren't green, Mommy decided that a few drops of food coloring would be an easy fix. So she helped me makes some green pancakes. I was really excited! And I loved eating them, too!

Make a Wish!

Thursday night we had chicken for dinner. I got to learn how to make a wish on the wishbone! Grannie whoed me how to hold onto one end, while she held onto the other, then we both pulled together. I got the "big end" when it broke, so that means my wish will come true!

William's Backyard Oasis

Now I'm in heaven! Not only do I have an awesome swingset and playground, including the addition of a new sandbox (Thanks Grannie & Paw-Paw for 2 years of birthday gifts!), but now I have a swimming pool, too (Thanks Mommy & Daddy!)! My backyard is a haven for a little boy like me. Last weekend at Target, Daddy spotted this inflatable pool on sale. It's very similar to the one at Grannie's and Paw-Paw's house that I enjoy so very much. So they bought it for me and I've been having so much fun playing in it! Here are some pictures from Sunday evening.

It came with two inflatable dinosaurs - a pink one and a green one.

The sun was bright, even at 6 pm, so I asked Daddy to please get my sunglasses for me.

Mommy wanted to take a pictures so she told me to say cheese.

This is what she gets when I say "Cheese Mommy!" And she'd better snap quick!

I was throwing my dinosaurs out to Mommy and Daddy.

When they tossed them back in the pool, I'd roar like a dinosaur!

I still need a little help getting situated on the slide. That's what Daddy's there for!

I'm really excited about tomorrow. My friends Aiden, Brownen, Lila, and Adi are all coming over to play. We're going to swim and tire ourselves out in the backyard. Then our mommies are going to feed us lunch and hope we all take really long naps all afternoon!

Wyatt's Birthday Party at the Kart Ranch

After Mommy's and Aunt Julie's birthday dinner, we all ventured over to the Kart Ranch for Wyatt's birthday party. While Wyatt was opening his gifts, I wanted to hold Gabbie.

Everyone thought it was really funny when I gave Gabbie a kiss!

We all got to ride go-carts! Like me, Katherine was too short to ride by herself.

She rode with Uncle Donald in a pink car.

Daddy and I climbed into a yellow car.
I thought it was like the "man with the yellow hat" from Curious George.

For my second go-around, Paw-Paw took me. We got the green car this time!

Here's I'm showing my 'thumbs up' and saying "Yes!"

Mommy asked if I was ready. I said "Yes!"

It was lots of fun!

Our celebrating continued the next day with lunch to celebrate Mommy's birthday at Mason's in Baton Rouge with Gram and Papa. It was a great long weekend of celebrations!

Happy Birthday Mommy! (And Garrett, and Elliott, and Aunt Julie!)

Last week was Mommy's birthday! For lunch, Grannie, Daddy, and I met Mommy at Jason's Deli. We brought her some balloons and some cupcakes! I went home with Grannie that evening. Mommy had a really big cake to do for a wedding on Saturday. (I don't know why she didn't want my help?!) Saturday around lunchtime Grannie, Paw-Paw, and I met Mommy and Daddy at Aunt Jean's in Lafayette for a day full of birthday celebrations - 5 people and 3 parties!

We started out with Garrett and Elliott's birthday party at Aunt Jean's house that afternoon. Once all the guests left, and just the family remained, we all headed to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner to celebrate Mommy's and Aunt Julie's birthdays. While I was at Paw-Paw's and Grannie's house, I got to help them make a cake for Mommy. They let me chose what kind - I picked GREEN! And of course, that's what we had. Green cake, green frosting. Oh, and we did have multi-colored sprinkles because I love sprinkles! We had a fun time at dinner. Everyone was there....

Chandler, Dylan, and CJ were trying to decide what to order..

Katherine and Garrett enjoyed some appetizers....

Uncle Tony and Aunt Lori cheesed it up for Daddy's camera....

Uncle Donald and Uncle Tony.... well, they were themselves!


I have a great time laughing with Uncle Donald and Uncle Tony!

I think Uncle Donald is very funny!

Dinner was fun! And the food was great! But we had to hurry out of there... we still had another party to go to that day! (See the next post...)