habla espanol... and a few other things

I've been so busy, I haven't had time to post! So much has happened since my last post, I can't believe it. Here are some highlights. Mama said she'll post movies and pictures in a few days.

- Christmas! Santa brought me my first guitar and a race car track. I love to play the guitar with daddy and I'm practicing singing now too. My race cars are really cool and the headlights come on!
- A big boy bed! Out with the baby crib and in with my big bed. It took me only a week to learn to sleep in it. And I got stickers for doing such a good job. And, my Auntie Julia sent me a moon/sun light. When the moon comes on, I get in bed. When the sun comes up, I get to get out of bed!
- My first sledding trip. Mama and daddy took me sledding. It was really cold but super fun because I got to ride down the hill so fast!
- For Valentine''s Day, we took Charlie and we all went back to Alderbook. It was fun in our rain boots walking on the beach!
- I am learning Spanish, next time you see me, ask me to count to 10 and I can do it!
- I talk all the time. Talking is fun now because I can have conversations with people.
- Words that I say funny: Ardvark = Ardavark, Pepperoni= Petaroni, Hamburger = Hagaber. Mommy makes me say " The Ardvark ate a hamburger with pepperoni" and then we all laugh
- I sing all the time. Daddy tells me I have a beautiful voice. I like to sing the bumble bee song, the black bear song, red rover red rover and sing the ABCs
- I am working on going potty in the toilet. I like to take off my diaper and we bought big boy underwear for me.
- I know the days of the week, you should ask me to sing those too when you see me!

Well, we'll post photos in a few days and I'll get better about writing in my blog. But, I'm a very busy kid.

Fun with Gramma

Thank you Gramma for coming to visit. I had so much fun playing with you!

My Gramma came to visit from Minnesota. When I woke up from my nap, she was here. We helped my mama make a pie and we played with my toys. We even went to a toy store and I played with some fun toys (I think there might be some hidden in my house too!) Then we went to Suncadia and I saw snow. We played in the pool and I practiced swimming. It was so fun having Gramma over for slumber parties!

I cant wait to see Gramma again.

I'm 2!

Today is my birthday!! I can show you my fingers and tell you I'm "twooooo!"

Its been a fun day. I baked cupcakes last night with mama and daddy and then when I woke up this morning, they were decorated! Before school, I woke up to singing and then daddy made me pancakes with a candle. We sang again! Then I got to open 2 presents- a Pooh & Friends book which I cheered over and some pretend food so I can pretend eat at my little table. Mama and Daddy surprised me at school with a party. We had juice boxes and cupcakes! And the best surprise of all is that daddy brought me back home with him so we could play. For dinner we went to a restaurant where I got a green balloon, a cheeseburger and my favorite- fref fries! They sang to me at the restaurant and made me an ice cream sunday- I've never had one before. I'm also staying up late tonight watching a special daddy movie on the couch.

Its been a fun year. Some highlights:

- A big winter snowstorm and my first big snow fall in Seattle!
- I went to Minnesota to visit Gramma and Auntie Julia and Paul
- I went to Alderbrook with Jack and Bill and Barb and Cheddar and then got to go back with Gramma and Auntie Julia and Paul
- I played soccer and doing gymnastics
- I went to Hawaii
- I went to the zoo, lots!
- I went to Boise to visit my cousins and Auntie Susan & Uncle Brian
- I learned to walk and run and jump and belly flop
- I learned to talk in sentences and sing
- I picked apples and plums
- I flew on airplanes
- I went to the aquarium and the helicopter air show with my cousin Nathan
- I had sleep overs at Nana & Bompa's house
- I grew taller!
- I went to the dentist!

These are just some of my favorite times but mama is going to post some photos looking back on the year, sometime soon.

Right now I am working on going potty in the big potty, drinking only out of a cup, taking a shower by myself and playing the guitar and singing with daddy.

I love being 2! I'm getting to be so big, its fun!

Aloha!

My first trip to Maui! Well, my second really. I was there in my mama's belly a while back. I got to ride a plane and I cheered "we made it!" when we landed. It was very warm and sunny and I swam all day long. In the mornings we went to the beach but it took me a few days before I liked the ocean. On my last day, I just wanted to run in and out of the waves and have daddy carry me in the deep part. I loved the pool so much! I quickly became the belly flopper and liked to do it over and over. Gramma bought me water wings when she was in town and I used them to practice swimming in the big people pool. I even tried the water slide and got a cool ring and water football to play with. We watched the sunset and we sang a special song when the sun went night night. And, there was a Hawaiian man who wore cool beads and blew in a shell every night before sunset. Then he'd run around and light the torches. We watched him every night and I practiced yelling into my hand like the shell. On my last night, I got my picture taken with him and was so excited.

Here are a few pictures from my trip. And next time to see me ask me to say "aloha!" Come back for more photos to be added soon.

Cool summer vids

Summer Daze

I've been a busy boy the last 2 months.

Family Vacation: After my last post, my Gramma, Auntie Julia and cousin Paul came to visit. We all went on vacation together at Alderbrook. I had so much fun. Gramma bought me my first water wings and I loved to swim in the pool. Auntie Julia brought me a cool bowling set and cousin Paul gave me his cool flashlight for walking around at night! I fished, I ran, I played tackle football. I love my family for coming to see me. And I miss them already.

Bye plumes, hello apples. No more plumes but I've been very helpful picking apples from our tree. And, mama baked us pies!

Scootin' along: Jack loaned me his helmut ("emut") and taught me to ride a scooter. Now I have my own scooter and I even wear my emut on the tractor.

Soccer is over. It was so fun. My favorite part was diving into the goal, which you're not supposed to do. Today, gymnastics started. This is tiring! But I learned the log roll!

And, I went to my first state fair. We pet horses and saw rides and lots of other animals.

Plooms

We have a new fun tradition at my house- picking up "plooms" We have a big tree in front of our house that has lots of them growing, hundreds of them! We've had neighbors knock on our door to ask if they can have some and today we made new friends as we passed them out to people walking by. Daddy took me this weekend to pick them up off the ground. And, today Mama took me outside to put them in a basket to share. I said "pick plooms outside" and she knew exactly what I wanted! It was so fun because Iris our neighbor came over. The plooms fall on her yard and she and Mama decided to share the fruit because Iris watered it when it was tiny for the people who lived here before. Iris picked me up and I got to pick some which was so fun. And then she played a funny game where we pretended they were balls. Then Iris took me around her yard with the hose so I could water her plants and I thought it was so funny when I sprayed her with the water! Then me and Iris went in my backyard and I showed her my somersaults. And, then she came over with a hot baked Apple Pie for me! Here are some pictures of our plooms and some pictures of me with Iris.

Pretty soon we'll have Apples and Grapes! And, I'm a great fruit picker!