Beach Weekend

We went to the beach house for Easter weekend. Mom and Dad took Friday off so we left on Thursday night. It was a long drive, but Friday the weather was pretty good and I got to spend lots of time outside exploring.

I had to go and check out the pond...but there were no frogs in it this time. Grandpa says we need to wait until April or May to see the frogs.

Grandpa's big log is gone now so there is only a pile of floats were the log used to be. Grandpa has plans for the floats, but for now it was fun just to climb on them and check them out.

We took a walk to the road to look at the ocean. Avery went with us. I found a cool stick that I had to bring back to the house with me. I showed Grandpa my "crab walk". He thought that was pretty funny.

Grandpa took this photo of me and Mom and Dad sitting on the rock wall.

Mom and Dad and I went to Westport on Friday to check things out. We decided to stop and get an ice cream cone. I wanted "blue". Luckily they had a blue flavor: Bubble Gum! Thankfully bubble gum ice cream is not the same as Mom remembered (no chunks of bubble gum) and really it's more like the old Blue Moon ice cream that Uncle John used to love so much. I ate every bite. It was delicious!

Happy 3rd Birthday Nicolas

Nicolas turned 3 on St. Patrick's Day!

We went to his birthday party on Sunday. We all got to wear funny green hats. I got to have cake for the 3rd day in a row!! I love cake. Dad says it must be the Treutel in me.

Mom tried to get photos of Nicolas, Erin, and I....everyone kept talking about herding cats.

Party Weekend

We had lots of birthday parties to go to last weekend. First on Saturday evening we went to Chuck E. Cheese for Cassie's 5th Birthday Party. I had lots of fun and hit it big on the Cyclone game (91 tickets!!) .... which amounted to about 91 cents worth of fabulous prizes.

I wasn't so sure about this giant jeep ride at first, but after awhile I was having a great time.

Almost 2 and 1/2

Status report:

I am officially potty trained!! I have even been staying dry at night. This is a small miracle according to Mom and she is constantly reminding herself that it reallly is a step up in the parenting department to be allowed to run the entire length of a store in search of a restroom with a 30 lb. ticking time bomb...only to arrive and find out that I was "just teasing". In any case...it's better than dirty diapers. Hands down.

My current favorite foods are chocolates (thanks Nani!), cracklin' oat bran, fruit rollups, peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches (the "crunch" (crust) is the best part), rice (although I am NOT a fan of rice pudding), mixed nuts (cashews, pecans, and macadamia nuts), hot tea, gummi bears, cantaloupe, and of course: mack-a-Yo-knee (macaroni).

My favorite books right now are:

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward/Marjorie Flack
Corduroy by Don Freeman

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion/Margaret Bloy Graham

and

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen/Kevin Hawkes

I love to play "Starfall Letters" or "Letters Game" on the computer. Poor Auntie Jamie was subjected to this many times. I also love Elmo games and Peep and the Big Wide World. Oh and every day I check to see if we got another package in the mail. I love to get packages!

I can sing a really cute version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and when we were reading a book about babies the other day at school, Sandy asked each of us if we wanted to have a little baby brother or sister and I told her that I didn't need a baby brother or sister because I have Avery.

So much for Kali and Mingus...apparently cats are cats, but dogs are siblings?

Mom isn't so sure about this logic.

Although I have also recently decided that I enjoy spending time as a cat myself...and when I am a cat, my name is Choo Choo. For fairness sake...I also pretend to be a dog, although not as often. When I am a dog my name is Bongo.

Don't ask...Mom has no idea.

Rocks and Logs on the Beach

We walked on the beach and Auntie Jamie helped me find some really cool rocks. She even let me keep some of the ones she found. I have started an excellent rock and stick collection.

Auntie Jamie is showing me a seagull in this photo.

Day Trip to Deception Pass

We took a trip to Deception Pass on Sunday.

It was a cloudy day but it didn't rain and that's really good weather for springtime in the Pacific Northwest.

Hey Auntie Jamie, you need to wave to the camera like this!

To the Museum

Auntie Jamie, Mom, and I went to the Children's Museum to hang out on Friday. We had a great time. They had a lot of fun things to see and do. I walked through a whale and climbed through the rabbit hole to a silly room where the doors got shorter and shorter (they have an Alice in Wonderland exhibit). We even had tea at the Mad Hatters tea table!

I liked the section with all of the moving parts. There were buttons and levers to push and pull and lots of things to see and noises to make. It's too bad that Mom didn't get instructions from Dad before we left about how to take a photo that isn't all fuzzy...but we will definitely have to come back because we all had a great time!

A Visit From Auntie Jamie

Auntie Jamie came to visit me from Wisconsin and we did lots of fun things. I introduced her to all of my friends at daycare and showed her the cool rainbow I made for St. Patrick's Day.

Here is a photo of Auntie Jamie and me riding in the car.

More Cool Photos from NC

Here are a few more photos Mom found on our camera.

Flowers at Duke Gardens

There aren't a lot of plants blooming in Duke Gardens in February...but I found the ones that were in bloom.

Family Photos

Uncle Tom and Aunt Heather took us to Duke Gardens. While we were there Uncle Tom took some photos of us.

There were a lot of great photos to choose from, here are a few:

A Day at the Museum

While we were in North Carolina we visited the Children's Museum. I had lots of fun playing with all of the cool things they had there. Bella and I played with all of the cool boats and ducks in the water.

Trip to North Carolina

Mom, Dad, and I just got back from a trip to North Carolina to meet Miss Bella and visit with Uncle Tom and Aunt Heather. Here is a photo of Daddy reading to Bella and me.

I already miss them lots and lots.

So, what do you think of my new haircut?

I know, I know...I really don't look that different.

Fun in the Tub

I am having a lot of fun in the bath tub these days. I like to stay in the bath until my

fingers and toes are "purrrny" (pruney).

I no longer like to have bubbles in my bath and now I always ask for "regular water".

And, my shorter hair makes for much better mohawks!

Safety Goggles

"Mom, this is my belly and it wants to have some more popcorn!"

After we got home from my haircut I felt even goofier...I decided to wear my goggles around the house for a few hours.

First Haircut

Mom and Dad finally took me to get my first haircut.

Dad needed a haircut so the timing worked out well to do it on Saturday.

At first, I wasn't so sure about this haircutting thing...but then I decided I wanted to go first.

Funny Glasses

Here I am being a goofball and wearing funny sunglasses.

Trip to the Zoo

Last weekend we took a trip to the zoo.

The weather was great and I had a lot of fun.

Snow Good

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Yesterday was a beautiful day for sledding in the mountains. I had a lot of fun. The sun was shining so bright I wished I had listened to Dad and brought my sunglasses. My new sled is weeeeweee fast!

My favorite part of the day was when Dad pulled me on the sled and I spent the whole ride eating all the snow I could grab. Dad said I ate more snow than any kid he knew.