Getting Dizzy!

As many of you know, my sweet dance moves mostly consist of dancing in a circle. With a lot of practice, I've totally evolved that into all out spinning fun! It is soo much fun to just spin and get totally dizzy and then fall down! It kinda freaks out Emma a little bit, but I think she's just jealous.

Fall Breakfast

Mom has introduced me to my new favorite breakfast that I'll be enjoying throughout the upcoming fall and winter: steel cut oats. Mom made them a few weeks ago and I have loved it ever since. She makes it super yummy with butter, heavy cream and brown sugar and then gives me a banana on the side. Plus, she lets me sit in the big kid chair scooted right up to the table and I get to keep one car on the table with me. Nothing like having breakfast with a friend!

And I'd like to give a special shout-out to grandma Joyce on her 60th birthday today! Happy birthday, grandma!!!

Touch A Truck Day

This weekend, mom and dad took me to the greatest event ever: Touch A Truck Day. There were trucks everywhere!! Dump trucks, fire trucks, ambulances, back hoes, even lawn mowers! There were even official people there that helped you in and out of the trucks. I just loved hanging out and seeing all the cool trucks. They even let you beep the horn on the dump truck! Afterwards, there were balloons for all the kids and I even saw a couple of my friends. But it was really hot out so we went home and cooled off before we went to my friend, Quinn's, birthday party. Nothing like chips, cake and ice cream on a warm afternoon!

Apple Picking Fun!

Thanks to mom, I've discovered a new passion for fall: apple picking! Hanging out with friends, enjoying the warm autumn air and eating lots and lots of tasty apples. Nothing beats it! We've gone 3 times now and each time was with different friends. We did go to the same place twice but there was a good reason for it: bouncy house and pumpkins! I've never been in a bouncy house before and I was pretty nervous when I first went in. But I was lucky that my friend, Quinn, was there to show me how they work. I've never jumped so high before in my whole life! And the best part about this place is that they have a tractor disguised as a train that you ride on to get to the apples. So much fun to pretend you're on a train!

So what are we doing with all those apples that we picked? Eating them, of course! Emma even loves apples. Mom used some to make this delicious stuff called apple butter. Wow that stuff is good, even right out of the jar! Mom mentioned something about making an apple pie, but I really hope she makes more apple butter since we're running low!

Sharing With Friends

I love tomatoes. And I love my friends. But do I love sharing my tomatoes with my friends? You bet!! I was a bit hesitant at first, but Mom said that we have a ton of tomatoes in the backyard so there is plenty to share. So during snack time today, I decided to share some with my cool leopard that uncle Frank and aunt Jodie gave me when I was really little. He's kind of big so I haven't been able to play with him until I got bigger. And since I'm a giant now, he's just the right size. We had a great conversation while we ate and turns out he loves tomatoes just as much as I do. I can tell that we are going to be good friends for a very long time!

Summer's Not Over Yet!

Mom and I refuse to acknowledge that summer is almost over. We both love the warm weather too much to let it go! I always have such a great time hanging out at the beach and playing at the playground. We recently met some friends at a beach in Marshfield and hung out for the day. There were about 10 kids and we all played together really well. Then this cool dog showed up and she just loved when mom threw rocks in the water (I've never seen a dog run in the water like that before, it was hilarious!!). We all hung out and had lunch together, but it is hard to keep sand out of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I don't remember it, but mom snapped this photo of me sleeping on the way home. Somehow, my neck didn't even hurt when I woke up. But I easily could have slept another hour or so, I was exhausted!

Happy Labor Day!

Boy, Labor Day weekend sure was fun! It was so much fun, I took yesterday off to just relax and recover from my busy weekend. Our friends, the Drobots, drove here (all the way from Michigan!) and stayed with us for a few days. They have 2 big kids, Mitchell and Rylee, and I loved watching and hanging out with them. We all went to the beach one day (it sure was hot that day!). We also went to the aquarium (Rylee made up a cool song about 70-year-old Myrtle the turtle) while dad and his friend, Scott, went for a tour at the Sam Adams brewery. I think we had much more fun than them since we ended our outing with cookies at Faneuil Hall. The Drobots even went to a Red Sox game and but they lost. But we went out for barbeque that night and Mitchell and Rylee drowned their sorrows in waffles (who knew you could have waffles for dinner??).

I was sad when they left on Sunday morning, but mom and dad knew just how to cheer me up: Thomas the Train! At Edaville USA, they had a ton of stuff for kids like me to do, including carnival-type rides! I really didn't like going on the rides by myself, but I loved going on them with mom and dad. The best part was the train ride around the park with Thomas the Tank Engine pulling our train. He is such a nice tank engine and I bet grandpa Cal would be good friends with him. I was so exhausted after having so much fun, so I was glad that we just hung out around the house on Monday. My friend, Clive, and his parents came over and we all had some yummy gazpacho for a snack. Then today, I started swimming lessons again. I was a bit overwhelmed and cried just about the whole time. I did tell mom that I'll try to like it more next week, but I'm not making any promises!