And the Pool closes.....

My days and many evenings this past summer have included the pool with Mama and Dad.  I really love the pool and have gotten very brave.  Dad doesn't like that part so well but I can really go anywhere along the wall. I jump to mom if she holds her hands out and love to walk on my tippy toes.  That really makes Dad nervous!  I have taken a few slips under the water but none that made me cry or get really scared, so I have had a very FUN and safe summer.  The pool is closing in 3 days.  :(  I hope my mama gets me swim lessons somewhere b/c tonight was the first night I ever jumped in without her holding my hands.  AND it was only b/c I watched a little girl do it first.  (Although my mom says I watched a zillion people jump all summer) but tonight it clicked.  I dived in, and twisted jump-ded, and lots of jump-deds that splashed my mama.

Lake George

A couple of buddies and I went to a lake this past weekend.  It was a FUN weekend, even if we had to share some of the lake house with our parents.  Oh well....they were pretty manageable.  We had a great time, on a slow boat and a super fast boat.  My mom even went boating in a flat one called a kayak.  Basically it was just really good food, good friends, and A LOT of playing!  There was a guy seated on a bench in the hallway of this lake house who let us climb all over him.  His name was Ol' MacDonald , but people kept calling him Ronald McDonald.  I'm not sure who that guy is, but me and Ol' MacDonald were buds!  We stayed in a bedroom that had a name it was called Mayor McCheese's Suite, we even had hamburger placemats in case we got messy at lunch.  All my buddies were there and I had a blast. 

I lead a very good life!

       What a summer it has been.  I'm having a a ball--I have traveled everywhere and hope to keep traveling.  My mama and dad went to Sweden and I stayed with everyone who loves me.  They were very good to me, my dad says TOO GOOD to me.  :)  He's just jealous.
        My days always include some fun activity.  That can be the zoo, the pool--lots of different pools, a playground, the library, the museum center, riding my bike, piano lessons, or jumping around and swinging like a monkey at the zoo.  I get around.  I even took an airplane ride to Houston, Texas.  It was a long trip, and Mama and I got in trouble a few times, but I was already seated so time outs were impossible.  I have had lots of time with friends and family and really things are a blast right now. 
       My Mama and Dad can't believe all the stuff I can say.  I sing the alphabet and "Drop of Golden Sun" (Do-Re-Mi) all day long.  It makes Dad crazy but Mama loves it.  I'm really not quiet unless I'm napping.  My Mama and Dad are trying to decide what kind of things they should get to decorate my new bedroom, but I really love everything, here are my favorites right now.
      1)  Grandpa's tractor is really it--I talk about it every day and I love to drive it, slow on the driveway
      2)  I love music with all my heart and sing round the clock - I especially love to sing about the Farm and my favorite horse Lucky and those MOO cows
      3)  I will do anything Mama asks if I get to see Sarah Jane or my Papaw.  I'm a big people lover
      4)  I'm very into reading books right now and even lick my thumb to turn the pages like my Nana.  I read at least 25 a day and love the library. 
      5)  My bike and swinging on the monkey bars is the best....
See why my life is so great?  I'm just a real happy guy and love that I get to do so much.  Did I mention how much I love swimming, and oh....I love that tractor!

Kings Island

My mom has three more weeks of school.  She is really tired of it, and she is very hot there.  There's no A/C and she said the fans blow on her students to keep them awake, not on her.  But I have officially started summer and my babysitter Betsy took me to Kings Island today for the first time ever.  It was great, my neck hurts a little tonight from all the scanning I was doing with my eyes.  It was really a fun time.  I hope my mama and dada take me back soon.  My friend Sammy got to go with me, he is a good map reader and companion.  He lets me call the shots, at least this year--next fall will probably be a different story....

My parents think I am pretty hilarious lately.  On Monday my mama was in the bathroom drying her hair.  She wasn't all the way dressed for work but she did have her shirt on.  Dad and I came up to get me dressed for Betsy's house and when I saw her I said, "Get 'er fanny Dad, get 'er fanny now dad!"  They laughed and laughed.  They get my fanny every night when I'm getting ready for bed, seemed like the right time to get Mama's.

Are you ready for the summer?

I am so ready for the summer.  I can't even tell you how much I love playing outside.  If my dad can do something, I want to do it with him.  Yesterday he and I pulled weeds, threw the weeds--really fun, and then raked them up and I used a shovel to put them in a bin.  What a fun day--I take good naps on these days b/c my dad and I get pretty tired.  My mom loves being outside too, but with her I play with water, hit the baseball off the tee, golf a little or she makes me an obstacle course and I take off running.  Don't worry I still go down the roller coaster at least 1x a day AND the sandbox is my forever friend. 

HOWEVER, for the record, I could play with my cousin Sarah J every day.  I love her--I really do, she is the bomb.  I'm a people person, I love to watch people I love to play with everyone and I really like to charm people.  My mama has been very tickled lately when I say "T-Dub", it gets her every time.  In a few short weeks we will playing all the time.  She won't go to school and we can head to the pool everyday.   I last thing, if you think I don't know how to tease....just wait till you see me, I'm getting really good at teasing.  :)

Easter!  We celebrated my and Grandpa's birthday yesterday.  It didn't go exactly how mom had planned.  I have hand, foot, mouth disease and am a little miserable.  Mama says I don't look that cute because I have sores and blisters all over.  I don't care because I get lots of snuggles and sleep in mama's bed everynight - FUN!  (not for her)  Here's a few pictures from the surprise Grandma and Grandpa brought me.  He was really cute--Dad said we couldn't keep him here but we get to visit him at the farm.  Happy Easter everyone--see you soon.

My Birthday Weekend! - I'm 2.

 My weekend was great.  I was in Piqua for a big party, where my Uncle Mark fell asleep skyping with me--that's a first, and I'm not quiet.  I loved my ice cream cake.
 And then today 10 of my little buddies and I, jumped all around the gym.  My Nana and Papaw were there and we played and played!  Again, I'm loving the ice cream cake.
 So I ended the day doing my favorite thing right now--playing with my dad.  If he can do it, I can do it too!  Goodnight, I'm tired!