What I've been up to...

The weather sure is warming up quickly so I have been spending a lot of time outside. Mommy sets up buckets of water to play in to beat the heat.

Great big ball of ice! SWEET!




Painting at Peyton's birthday party

Mommy couldn't resist. By the look on my face, you can guess that I could!



I have been very interested in role playing. I like identifying and playing with pretend food, giving everyone tastes, and pretending the lemon is sour-yuck! I just got food that I can pretend slice into pieces. Right now, I just pull them apart but I'll be cutting up cucumbers in no time! Here I am feeding the baby ever so gently...
Stirring "onions"


I participate in more and more art activities, but mommy can't get me to stay too long. One day, we used sponge brushes to spread glue and then put torn pieces of paper on top of the glue. So I spread my glue very well, mommy put a pile of torn paper by me, and then showed us how to stick them to the paper. I put one piece and then another. Finally, I just brushed the whole pile on my paper, patted my hands clean, and moved on to the next thing! I ended up with the same product as Camden and Peyton, and had extra time to play!










Museum picks for Mother's Day

Like daddy, I love playing with poker chips. They are one way that I am learning my colors! I fill them into different containers, build towers, and sort them by colors.


Playing at the neighborhood park with Peyton

I love fountains...


More bragging...

I have learned my basic shapes. (circle, square, heart, diamond, star, and triangle) Mommy cut pairs of colored shapes out of foam paper and we play the match game. I also like finding them in books we read. We were in Michaels this morning, and I pulled down some huge foam letters they use to spell out names in baby nurseries. I was so surprised to see matching letters. I started putting all the letter A's in a pile.

I know the colors red, green, blue, and yellow. I play with these color nesting cups during bath and identify the colors as I am building towers. I now know the color white when playing with the poker chips.

We went to the library last week and mommy stocked up on some new books. Do you know I sat and listened to all 12 of them?!? Circle time is my favorite part of the day. We sit and read books, tape stories, flashcards, and sing songs. Mommy has to stop after about 20 minutes because Peyton, Camden, and I would stay there all day if we could. I have become quite the teacher. Usually she calls Peyton to circle time, but now that's my job. I yell "PATE!" and then run over to him as if to say, "Come on man, your holding up circle time!"

Peyton and I play chase a lot in the morning. Well... I try to get Peyton to chase me. I run to one corner of the house and yell "PATE!" Then I run back to him to try again.

I am very interested in the singing magnetic letters I got for my birthday. I now know almost half of the letters. I don't say all of them, but if mommy asks to hear one, I grab it to hear the sound the letter makes. I even know some of the letter sounds. Mommy can't believe I know half of the alphabet.

I am a pro at using a spoon to eat certain things like oatmeal, rice, and beans. We tried cheerios in milk and I am doing pretty good.

I copy a lot of mommy and daddy's actions even if I don't understand them. Daddy noticed that when he turns on my bath water, I feel the water and try to adjust the knob to warm or cold.

Dancing has become one of my favorite things to do. I know you have seen my stylish moves. I even stand up and mimic the dances on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Not only do I stand up and dance, I have memorized when they come on in the show and look at mommy to join along. Tonight, I handed mommy the remote after their march to rewind it again, and again...

I am completely pacey free now. I have a "lovie" and blanket I use and a mini Donald Duck book.I love those things!

I love trucks! I look for them out the window of the car when riding, on our walks, and in books. Mommy and daddy even got me a tonka truck that makes lovely sounds.

I have learned what a boo boo is and I call them "ouchies." My first ouchy was on my knee. Usually during bath time I'd noticed it was there and gasp while pointing. I then have a sad look on my face. Daddy or mommy would say "I'm sorry you have an ouchy" and kiss their finger and touch it. Then I would look satisfied and point to the other knee and compare. This would go on about 5-10 times a bath.

I am very interested in showing compassion to others. I love giving hugs and kisses to Camden and Peyton, especially when they are sad.

Happy Memorial Day!

*** STARS! ***


We wanted to send Uncle Reedy a Memorial Day card so mommy took pictures of me waving the American flag. Unfortunately, Mommy doesn't have Patriotic music. Since it is known that I love Spanish music, we went with that!

Not only do I have a favorite song, but I only like a specific part of the song!


I KNOW WHAT I LIKE! WAIT, I THINK...


I love to dance...


I had to show off the knowledge of some of my ABC's in the process. I hope you can hear the letter sounds I make too!

A Beautiful Day at the Strawberry Patch

I finally made it to the strawberry patch today with Mommy, Daddy, and Nana. I really enjoy picking flowers so this was right up my alley. I even knew which ones were ready to be picked. I guess it's a good thing I know some of my colors because I was able to spot out the red ones. It must be known that I participated in all the steps of picking these beauties- picking, putting them in my basket, carrying the basket with me, picking...




...sampling a little taste.(I had to make sure they were good, right?) It took me a little while to realize that eating could also be a FUN step of the picking process.














Here I am hard at work!


The damage...

Video update

Myrtle Beach

I had so much fun at the beach. We got there Friday afternoon and I couldn't wait to get into the water.


It rained a little in the morning so we took a walk on the pier.


The sun started to come out so I had fun playing with Tony and Courtney in the sand.




After my nap, it was beautiful and I had a blast hanging out at the pool.




I had to play on the beach one last time before we went in for the day.






Top floor, baby!


All dressed up for dinner...

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Even toddlers can celebrate Cinco de Mayo!


It doesn't get old!



I know it's been a while since I have posted. I have beach pics coming soon!

Spring is here!

The weather has been so nice the last couple of days!

Mom had an Easter egg theme going on last week to get all of us ready for the egg hunt. We took apart and put together plastic eggs and had trial run egg hunts. Here Peyton and I are catching on pretty quickly. It's every tot for themselves!





We also used the eggs to do some stamp painting. All of mommy's preschool teaching days sure have paid off for me.




Thursday was my bestest buddy Peyt's first birthday. We made a special snack together to celebrate. I am a pretty good pudding chef. Mom let me use the cup from my tea set pour in the milk.

(Little side note: I have been working hard on my role playing skills making up specialties in Mia's kitchen for mommy, daddy, Zoey, the cats, and even my baby doll to sample. Hey, if I have to "taste" everything they put on my plate, they have to taste my cooking darnit!)

Anyway...I did well pouring and stirring up the pudding.




I didn't however do so well waiting for my next turn!


Notice the pouting face close up. Yeah, I can really turn it on when I want to!


Saturday was the big day of the Easter egg hunt and all that practice was worth it! I found all kinda cool stuff. I liked watching the Easter bunny, but wasn't getting too close to him. After a while, I let Peyton have my basket...being his birthday and all. We also got to hit the pinata. Daddy helped me give it a wack and of course I wanted it to be my turn forever!



The rest of the outing was spent going up and down steps and roads with inclines. That has been my favorite activity lately.

I gave mommy and daddy a shock while playing with my foam puzzle today. I usually pop the letters out and mommy or daddy place them for me to push them back in. I guess they have left me alone with my puzzle too many times because I got this... no really guys, I got this!

Oh, camera is nuts so it is muted. It's a shame too because I made a couple of the letter sounds after mommy said them. We are working on buying a new cam even though this one is not even a year old....UGH!



Scooping skills...