Thoughts on Thanksgiving

As we prepare to set sail on the Mickey Boat...we here at Colton's Antics wish all of our family and friends throughout the world a Happy Thanksgiving! Hope your day of feasting and family is warm and memorable.

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.

-Phillips Brooks

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
-Thornton Wilder

We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.

-Author Unknown

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

-Seneca

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet....

-Rebecca Harding Davis

Silly After Dinner

Dad took some photos of Mom and I after dinner. We were being very silly!

Sunnies for the Mickey Boat

I am soooo excited for the "Mickey Boat".

I found my sunglasses the other day and I told Mom I am ready to go.

Fall Day at the Park

On Sunday morning Mom and I went to the park while Dad installed the new bathroom floor. At the "bumpy slide" park, to go from the parking lot to the playground area, you have to walk on a boardwalk "bridge" through a marsh.

This is one of Mom's favorite parts of the park. We always see such interesting things in the marsh.

Sunday was beautiful and we saw some berries and some purple thistles.

My favorite part of this park is the bumpy slide of course, but on Saturday the bumpy slide was wet because we went to the park early in the morning.

So I had to settle for the "spinning round n round" thing. Mom doesn't know what the name of this thing is, they didn't have them when she was a little girl. Basically it is just a circle on an angle that you can push. Sort of like a merry-go-round I guess. I like to sit on it and have Mom push me around, but not too fast!

Check out my long hair! I have an appointment for a haircut Tuesday after Dad's done working. Just a trim, but I told Mom I don't like my hair so long in the back because it's like a girl and she said that Cookie would trim it so it's not so long in the back. Mom told me that Nani will be sad if we cut it too short and that everyone likes it long, so we are only going to ask Cookie to cut just a little bit.

Get Out and Vote!

Seriously people, what are you waiting for?? Get out and vote!

Unless you are considering voting for that stiff old guy and that lady who winks all the time....

If you are considering marking the box next to their names...then we here at Colton's Antics recommend that you JUST STAY HOME.

Halloween Night

Joe, Kelly, and Addy came over to our house on Halloween night to go trick-or-treating with us. I was so excited I could hardly contain myself...and then we had to stop and take photos before they would take us out to collect candy.

Mom and Dad only let me have one piece of candy AFTER I ate my dinner. All that work for one piece of candy?!! Hey, now that we're talking about candy...I wonder what happened to my trick or treat bag?? Has anyone seen it lately? I haven't seen it since Friday night?

If you happen to know where it is, can you give me a call?

Election 2008

In case you've been living in a cave of some sort...we are on the verge of one very historic election. Guess who we are voting for at our house?

Mom Face

I have Mom's smile.

But I also have Mom's serious face too.

Costume Photo Shoot

Mom wanted to get some photos of me in my costume in the daylight so that we could send them to all of my grandmas and grandpas. I was in one of my "moods"...so the following photos are the results of much bribery and frustration.

Some of you may be wondering: is that a dinosaur or a dragon?

Let me make something quite clear: I am a dino. Dragons have wings and make fire...don't you know?

Caterpillar

Yesterday at Sandy's we read a book about a caterpillar. Then in the afternoon I told Sandy I wanted to use the markers to make a picture for home.

Here is what I drew:

I told Dad and Mom:

It is a caterpillar... going into it's shell to turn into a butterfly.

Pumpkin Patch

It was a gorgeous day to visit the pumpkin patch!

The sun was shining and the sky was blue and there were lots and lots of pumpkins to choose from.

Addy and Kelly went with us this year. Addy and I had lots of fun looking for worms and slugs.

Birthday Party...

Okay, so first the bad news:
Once again Mom and Dad failed to take any decent photos to document a major life milestone of mine. Uuuugh, will my rookie parents ever learn? They did manage to get some video, which Mom promised to get up on the blog very soon.


Good news:
The party was lots and lots of fun! Turns out even grown-ups like to bounce!

And you should've seen the cupcakes Mom made...oh wait, here are some photos:



Pumpkin Cupcake

Slug Cupcake

Yes, Mom made those pumpkins and those slugs by hand (out of fondant). These photos really don't do a good job of showing how cool they were.

Birthday at Seattle Center

On my birthday we went to see a play at the Children's Theatre. Before the play started, Mom and Dad and I hung out at Seattle Center. It was a beautiful day to be three!

Puyallup Fair 2008

Summer wouldn't be complete without a trip to the fair. I rode lots of rides this time. I even went on a haunted pirate ride with Mom. Here's a photo of Chelsea and I at the petting zoo.

All this fair action is hard work. Good thing we had this wagon to ride in.

Trip To Remlinger Farm With the Warrens

We took another trip to Remlinger Farm. This time the Warrens when with us. I rode the ponies again and fed the goats and sheep. I'm not so sure about goats up close...

Mariners Game

In September I got to go to the Mariners Game with Dad. It was not my first baseball game, but I was so little the last time we went I didn't remember it.

A Visit From Chelsea

Chelsea came to visit with us tonight and we talked and played and had a good dinner. We have been missing her a lot. We haven't seen her in awhile because her mom is really, really sick.

It was so good to see her and give her kisses and hugs and show her all of my latest tricks.

We all love you Chels and we hope your mom can be home very soon.

Weekend Fun

Dad went fishing with Grandpa Dean this weekend so Mom thought it would be fun to go to Remlinger Farm. We had a great time. Mom and I rode on all the rides.

The weather was beautiful.

I got to ride on a pony. I picked the brown pony named: Sugar. He was really nice.

I was most excited about riding on the train. It was smaller than the Santa Train, but it went all around the farm and past some really cool animals like an angus bull and an alpaca. They also had miniature donkeys, which were pretty cool.

Me. Being Cute.

As the terrible twos are winding down, my cuteness is ramping up.

Or maybe its just that the longer my hair gets the cuter I become?

Oh, and by the way...did you know that Obama is going to be my present?

That's right, I said:

PRESENT

-not president-

Mom thinks that is pretty cute too.

Wagon Rides Are Fun

Addy and I had lots of fun riding in the wagon.