Full House

Last week, my Grandma Donna, Aunt Spring, my cousins (Tory, Avary and Libby) and Tory's friend, Cassie, came for a visit. Talk about a crowded house! It seems especially crowded since Daddy and I are the only men here. I have never seen so much stuff--clothing, makeup, hair accessories, jewelry, shoes and cell phones--yikes! I am having a super time playing with my cousins though, especially since they are sharing all their cool toys with me. We've even gone on some adventures. We went to the zoo, we took a train ride in Georgetown, we visited the Garden of the Gods AND we went shopping on Pearl Street. It has been a jam-packed visit! They are leaving tonight, which makes me kind of sad, but I know I'll see them when we're home for Thanksgiving.

Mama took so many pictures that I can't possibly include them all, so here are three collages--one of all of us kids, one of things we have been doing, and one of the beautiful Garden of the Gods. Enjoy!

THE KIDS!


THE ADVENTURES!


THE BEAUTY OF COLORADO!

Keystone

A couple weekends ago, Mommy, Daddy and I went up in mountains for some well deserved quiet time. Well, I deserved it--I'm not sure what Mama and Daddy do all day. We did lots of fun, relaxing things--we went for walks, fed fish, went paddleboating, looked around at an antiques festival (I should say MOMMY looked around, I was bored out of my friggin' mind), and barbequed. It was a good time. Here are some pictures from our fun little getaway!

Cars: Take 2

Mama says people don't understand how much I love my cars. Here is the proof. I managed to find four different ways and places to arrange my cars--before 10:00 this morning!

In the TV Room:


On the couch:


On the blanket--Mama and I discovered that each car could have its own parking spot!:


Under my play table:

A Morning in the Life of Me

Today has been a really good day so far. I woke up at 7:00, got some milk and played with my cars for about an hour. Little did I know that after I had spent all day organizing them (and reorganizing them and reorganizing them AGAIN!), Mama threw them all in the toy box after I went to sleep last night. She is so sneaky like that. So, of course, I had to get them all organized again this morning. No one understands the pressures that I deal with on a daily basis--I mean, if I don't put the cars in some sort of logical order, who will?

THE CARS:


After car sorting, Mama got me dressed and we headed to our favorite little coffee shop. Mama got her caffeine fix and I got to play with all the toys. I also met a little girl named Azelyn. She was clearly flirting with me--I get that a lot. We ended up playing together for a while. We built with blocks, drew with chalk and made a nice little mess in a relatively short amount of time. Not my best work, but still impressive.

Once Mama was fully awake, we went to a new place. It is a little museum very close to where we live. Of course, the first thing I found were the fish. You know how I LOVE fish. We also played with trains, rode in a little jeep, listened to a man play the piano, colored, and built stuff. I had a lot of fun, but it wore me out! In fact, Mama was so impressed with the museum's ability to tire me out that she bought a membership so we can go back any time we want. :) Mama was doing everything she could to keep me awake until we got home--singing, tickling my feet, opening the windows. It was a fruitless effort though, because when I want to sleep, I SLEEP. Who can blame me? All this excitement and it isn't even lunchtime yet!

Playing with the dinosaurs, "ROAR!"

 

Building, building, building...all in a day's work.


Playing with a choo-choo train. There was a bigger and better one there, but it was inside a case so I couldn't get to it. Darn!

 

Having a staring competition with the bearded dragon...I'm pretty sure he won.

Zoo Day!

When I woke up this morning, Mama announced, "I think it's a zoo day!" This did not surprise me, because most of what we do is stuff that Mama thinks up at the last minute (she's not much of a planner). So, I humor her and just go along with it. It turned out to be a lot of fun, because my buddy, Ella, and her Mommy came along. We saw all kinds of fun animals--bears, elephants, hippos, and my favorites, the big cats! Here are a few pictures of our very fun day at the zoo.

 

Is Mama Neurotic?

Mama thinks I don't see her, but every night she comes into my room two, three or four times before she goes to bed just to check on me. I guess she wants to make sure I'm breathing or something. Is this normal? If you want to commiserate because you do/did the same thing OR if you just think she's nuts, go ahead and leave a comment--I love getting comments!

Cousins, Cousins, Everywhere!

This weekend we had a visit from my Uncle Mitch, Aunt Diane and my BIG cousins, Dan, Ben and Sam. They were passing through for a couple days on their way up to the mountains for vacation. I had so much fun playing with the big guys. It was Sam's 11th birthday, and he got this thing they call a "skateboard". I had never seen one of these before, but after their visit, I know that I want one bad! I think I have a natural talent for it too--I even stood up on it for a few seconds (before falling). Look out, Tony Hawk!