Breighton's Journey

Out of the mouths of babes.

Breighton:”Mommy those darn squirrels keep eating the birdfood!”

Mommy: “WHAT kind of squirrels?” (pretty convinced he said BROWN squirrels but not 100% sure)

Breighton: “The DARN ones…”

Me: “What are darn squirrels?”

Breighton: “Oh those are the kind they only have in Ohio!”

**I am sure Mommy, Grandma and Great Grandma call them “darn squirrels” all the time!

Later the same morning:

Breighton: “Grandma Emmerson just call me a bad name!”
Grandma Susie: “Emmerson doesn’t speak, how could he call you a name?”
Breighton: “He did he called me a BUTT HEAD! Listen…”
Emmerson: “baa baaa baaa ball”
Breighton: “SEE!!! He called me a BUTTHEAD like Daddy does!!!”

Great Explorations for Zachary’s Birthday

We went to Zachary’s forth birthday today at Great Explorations. I had a fun time playing in the vet office.

Sliding down the fireman’s pole! over and over and over

We caught a live animal show on the stage.

They had a bearded dragon.

I watched very intently. I am really into this stuff!

A tarantula!

The lady brought out a scorpion, and it stung her!

Cool!

I played in the pretend Publix store. I even put on the green Publix shirt!

Daddy and I built a race car and Mommy tried to help make it go.

Very neat!

Daddy fixed the engineering issues and it started to go, finally!

I pulled the rope and made a tennis ball shoot 20 feet in the air!

What a fun place to have a birthday party. Happy birthday Z! 4 is AWESOME!

YMCA Kids Fishing Tournament At Wall Springs Park

Today we had a VERY long day. We started the HOT morning out at Wall Springs Park for the YMCA Kids Fishing Challenge. We got there a little early so Mommy tried to teach me how to fish, as I have NEVER done this before. I have a toy Spiderman fishing pole but I only fish from my bed.

This was an amazing deal to enter this tournament. It was only $15 and it included a fishing pole (to keep), Tackle box (to keep), t-shirt, lunch, games and other activities. As you can see in the photos the pole is REALLY nice!

Mommy baiting the first hook with squid. Doesn’t she look thrilled. She actually really had a great time, despite the heat.

After the first cast…

Mommy taught me about all of the parts of the fishing pole. In one ear… out the other!

I just wanted to reel it in. Luckily, after a few tries we caught a FISH!

I reeled and reeled. This fish was HUGE, it was hard to land!

See, HUGE! Mommy it is HUGE!

I didn’t quite know what to think of the fish.

I guess I am happy about it. Cool, it is moving all over the place.

Asking Mommy if I can keep it as a pet! Mommy said NO! Bummer!

Soon the real tournament started. They had three categories. First caught, biggest fish and smallest fish. In my fishing slot on the pier we were on I caught the BIGGEST one! We don’t know yet if I won the overall time slot because we left early.

Here is my BIG fish!!!

It was 8 inches long!!! WOW! Most of the ones the other kids caught were about 4-5 inches. What a whopper!!

My buddy Madi was also fishing. She caught 2 fish.

It was HOT and exhausting! But we survived.

I will let everyone know this week if I did win a trophy. Either way, I had an AWESOME time!

The Little Red Ant

For a change of pace and to help break up the summer I am taking some First Arts Classes at the Hoffman Center at Ruth Eckard Hall. This weeks class was centered around a book called “The Little Red Ant”. It is a Mexican fable. Basic premise is the ant learning that he can be strong enough and brave enough to lift heavy things and do anything!

We read the story everyday, played games (my fav was Coyote!), painted, colored and even got to go outside and hunt for bugs!!!

Each day this week we worked on our backdrop or mural. The animals were painted separately and cut out and glued on.

We helped to make our ant crown I chose red feelers for mine, because I like to be different.

There were only 5 kids in class this week. I was the middle of the ages.

On Friday we put on a play for our parents. I was really into acting the part.

We crawled around the garden and looked for someone to help us move our crumb cakes because they were too heavy!

We called out like a coyote (el coyote).

Finally at the end we were able to lift our crumb cakes once we gained the confidence from our adventures!

I had such and amazing time.

I was sad to say goodbye to all my new friends.

I love them with all my heart.

Except these darn feelers are poking me in the eye!

I survived. Will I do it again, YES!

**Note from Mom: This is the first time Breighton has been excited this much to be in a school or social setting away from Mommy & Daddy. He loved every minute of it!

Kitten Update

So I am absolutely loving my new kitten. She is helping me to be more gentle and empathetic. I have finally opted on a more suiting name. If you remember my first choice was “spot-Stripey-Bite-ee”. Now she is formally known in the house as “Lightning”!

She still sleeps in my bed at night with me. She tends to curl up right behind my back and keep me warm. If I wiggle too much in my sleep she goes to the end of the bed and sleeps in a cat bed I made for her.

When Mommy and Daddy came in to take a picture she woke up. Silly kitty!

Kitty Update

So no budging on the name yet. She is still “Spot-Stripy”. Mommy has taking to calling her S.S. Kitty!

Last night I tucked in at 8 and watched my kitty play from up in my bed.

I called for Mommy to bring me a sippy cup refill. Mommy wanted to know why.. I was playing RAIN with my kitty. I was sitting in my bed shaking all the water out of my sippy cup because i wanted to “teach kitty about rain!” UGH!

Finally I was super quit and Mommy & Daddy thought I was asleep until at 9:45 they heard a knock on my door and came running in thinking something was wrong. I just wanted to tell them what my kitty was doing. Finally around 10:15 I fell asleep.

I was awoken this morning by my kitty jumping up and down on the top of my tent over my bed! I don’t know how she got up there but she wasn’t supposed to be. Mommy rescued her and me! I played quietly in my room with her for about 30 minutes and then I let out a horrible scream. Kitty turned on my radio and it was LOUD! I was terrified! Once again Daddy and Mommy to the rescue.

I am enjoying my kitty so far. I LOVE her LOTS!

My NEW KITTEN!

Today, because I have been being such and awesome boy, I was able to get a new pet. This is is a pet I will have for a long time. It is MY pet, not Emmerson’s!

After nearly 2 ours at the SPCA in Largo we came home with my new kitten. She is staying in my room for a few days until we get her to the vet.

She is only 10 weeks old, born on March 31, 2009!

She has a LOT of spunk! She LOVES to play with me. She isn’t scared of all my stomping and loud noises.

I am learning to play gentle with her.

I was even nice enough to let Emmerson try to play with her for a few minutes. He was a bit rough so I kicked him out of my room.

I am SO happy!

She is so cute and cuddly.

I am still working on her name. I chose Spot-Stripy for her name but Mommy & Daddy are still trying to encourage me in different directions. I may compromise on Stripy… only time will tell.

My Kitty!

My ONE Day Turtle Pet

On the way to the playground tonight we found a turtle in the middle of the road. We rescued it and saw no water around so we brought it home for me to keep as a pet.

Once he got into his tank and acclimated we discovered that it was a Red Eared Slider. Apparently this type of turtle was banned in 2007 and you are not allowed to have them as pets. You are also not allowed to let them go into the wild. So here we are stuck with an animal we can’t keep and can’t get rid of!!!!

I enjoyed my turtle… i named it CRUSH. Mommy called Fish and Wildlife and they said because we picked it up with the intent to save it that we should let it go in a freshwater pond in the area.

Today after Emmerson’s nap we took Crush up to the pond near Grandma Susie’s house and let him go. Mommy was so proud of me for being such a big boy about letting him so. I now call myself an “animal rehabilitator”.

Summer Fun at Brooker Creek Preserve

Mommy took Emmerson and I to Brooker Creek Preserve for a really fun story-time, We read a book about a singing frog.

I sat really still and even participated a few times. I told the teacher ALL about my tree-frog!

After the story we got to play in the nature center. I loved these lever displays. You pull a lever and a bug or animal does something silly.

I even taught Emmerson how to use them!

That is one BIG dung beetle!

Drive by hugging. For some reason this week I realllllly love Emmer-bemmer!

We enjoyed a near mile walk along the nature trails. We saw tons of spiders and a black racer snake.

Swimming Lessons 2009

I have really wanted to learn how to swim so I can play in the pool with my friends and cousins this summer. The first two days of lessons I screamed my head off the entire time.

The third day I hid under the picnic table and Mommy finally just gave up.

I was NOT going to budge. Thankfully the instructor was running behind because of a last minute student and we had to head to Music with Mar so under the table I stayed until it was time to go to the car.

Day 4! What a change. Yesterday I got FOUR shots for my four year check up! Apparently one of those shots was full of water magic!?

I played on the stairs until it was my turn.

I barely fussed and did everything asked of me.

I learned how to do “turtle head” where I pop my head up to take a breathe.

I still need to go back one or two more times but I am way more confident now and WAY less screamy!