Olives

Have I told you how much I love olives?

Visiting the Flamingos

On Friday Mom and I went to the zoo with Aunt Dianne and Uncle Ed to see the flamingos.

They were pretty cool.

Searching for Rocks and Shells

The best part about going to the beach is definitely the ocean. The ocean is HUGE!

Mom told me we should look for cool rocks to bring home with us. She wanted to find white ones, but I liked the speckled ones the best. I found lots of white ones too!

And there were sooooo many sand dollars! We got a whole bag full so we can bring them to school to share with all of my friends.

Finding Frogs

Another fun thing to do at the Beach House is find frogs in Grandpa's frog pond. You have to stand back away from the edge of the pond so you won't slip in....that water is cold!

Dad is really good at finding them.

After he found it, we each gave the frog a kiss.

Kissing a frog is kind of silly.

Golf Lesson

We spent Memorial Day Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's Beach House with Drs. Greg and Luz, Nicolas, and Isabella and Chad (Thriller), Sabrina, and Erin. I had a great time.

Thriller is a golf pro so he gave us a little mini-lesson. I think Erin has been practicing more than the rest of us :)

The best part about the golf course is really that is provides so much space to run around.

Hint of Summer

We had some really nice weather a couple of weekends ago...pre-summer is what Mom kept calling it. We didn't have any popsicles so Mom got some push-ups from Safeway. These are really tricky to eat when it is warm enough for them to melt. I am going to need some more practice.

Saturday Night with Nani

Saturday night I got to spend the night with Nani.

We had lots of fun.

I love you Nani!

Saturday at the Zoo

On Saturday Aunt Renee and Uncle Ryan and Jack and Henry came to Vancouver and we all went to the Oregon Zoo with Nani. I saw lots of animals but my favorites were the Meerkats, Lemurs, and Ducks....or at least that's what I keep telling people. They also have a new dinosaur exhibit that is really cool with a giant T-Rex. I am really into dinos these days. I know T-Rex, triceratops, stegosaurus, allosaurus, apotasaurus (Mom's not 100% sure about these spellings).

There was a really cool farm part in the zoo where Jack and Henry and I went to pet some goats. I also got to "drive" a tractor.

Weekend in Vancouver

We spent the weekend in Vancouver visiting Nani and Grandma Alice for Mothers Day. We stayed at the Hilton in lovely Downtown Vancouver. I had a great time. I kept telling Mom and Day: "I yike this place". I especially liked the giant king-size bed and the pool and hot tub.

Saturday morning we went to the Farmer's Market down the street and picked up some flowers for Grandma Alice. For my Wisconsin Family: Yes, those are lilacs. They are in full bloom right now, smelling AMAZING, and Mom is loving it.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of those moms I know.

We will be celebrating with Nani and Grandma Alice in Vancouver.

Photos from the Oregon Zoo will be posted next week!

Sugar Babies

Aunt Renee gave me a bag of treats at Henry's party. Mom and Dad said I could have ONE thing from the bag and I chose the sugar babies. Unfortunately they forgot the video camera, but they were laughing at me while I was eating them...

Riding Bikes

It was really nice on Saturday so we brought my big wheel to Henry's party.

I had fun riding on the pavement.

Cousin Henry's Birthday

Happy 5th Birthday Henry!

Saturday we went to Henry's birthday party.

Mom made Henry's cake...I helped with the baking part.

It was a big hit!

Fun Outside

These photos are actually from last weekend....the weather here this weekend was crazy.

Snow, hail, rain.

In Seattle in April??

Anyway, it was really nice last Saturday so we spent some time hanging out outside for the first time all year. Love those spring flowers.

Easter Ham

One more photo from our Easter Weekend.

And a big thank you to Grandpa Dean and Grandma Trudie for such a fabulous big old family Easter weekend full of lots of fun! I'm so glad I got to spend time with all of my Patterson cousins and Aunts and Uncles.

Also a special thank you to Nani and Papa who sent me an Easter package in the mail that arrived on Thursday before we left. I was so "cited". A huge gigantic tin of Easter popcorn...which I have declared as my own and have decided it belongs in the living room right next to my little recliner. Mom is always reminding me to put the lid back on it so Kali, Avery, and Mingus don't get any of it.

The "booty kind" is my favorite. (For those of you who aren't familar with Robert's American Gourmet Snacks - Pirate's Booty comes in a caramel flavor (Mom's favorite) - so now all caramel popcorn is called "Booty" in my world.

Easter Morning

Easter morning at the beach. The easter bunny brought me two baskets...I think he was confused because I wasn't at home. That's okay though, more candy for Mom and Dad (see previous post regarding what happens when you mix too much candy with clam chowder).

Mom and Dad did let me have one rolo...knowing that since Mom and Dad like them so much I was sure to be a fan as well.

The Easter Bunny brought me some "magic fun capsules" (those little capsule things that you place in a glass of water and then "grow" into a sponge shaped like some kind of animal). They are my new favorite things for bath time. Warning to anyone who is thinking about sending me some of these: You need to get the ones that only take 15 minutes...the 3 hour ones will not work for bath time.

Hunting for Eggs

We had our Easter egg hunt on Saturday afternoon since the weather forecast for Sunday was calling for rain. I found lots of eggs...and I ate lots of candy. When I say "lots" I really mean it...Mom and Dad pretty much just let me go crazy so I think I spent most of the egg hunt eating jelly beans. When Mom asked me what flavor I was eating, I replied: Jamba

This gives you an idea of how much candy I have had in my short 2.5 years.

Well, that and the fact that I proceeded to puke candy and clam chowder in a projectile fashion only moments after eating my dinner. It was not pretty. But as soon as I got it all out of my tummy I felt a lot better.

Obviously I have rookie parents....who shouldn't have let me eat so much candy all at once.

Notes for next year:
1) Don't allow me to keep eating candy just because my joyous reaction to the sugar consumption is so entertaining.
2) Fill the eggs with more non-candy items that are fun to play with
3) Don't follow up the egg hunt with clam chowder or any other type of cream based dinner

Beach Boys

My cousins Jack and Henry (and Uncle Rhino and Aunt Renee) came to stay on Friday night. Here is a photo of me, Jack, and Henry supervising the wood splitting Dad and Uncle Rhino did on Saturday morning.

Uncle Nick arrived minutes after this photo was taken...and broke the axe ~hmmm, suspicious~

Uncle Rhino shared his iPod with me.

He was supremely impressed when I told him I like Bocephus.

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.