Author: Mom

Today I spent the day with Grandma Jo and Grandpa Howie. Mommy and Daddy worked on getting part of my new room remodeled so when the baby comes they can have my old room. They got the walls painted (BRIGHT green, yellow, red and blue… one each!) and my new ( http://www.flexa.dk ) bed put together. It ROCKS! I will tell you more about it later as it is not officially my room for another few weeks until it is all put together. I did have fun climbing on it though tonight when I got home.

Anyway… the ZOO! Grandma and Grandpa picked me up around 9am (after breakfast and cartoons) and took me to Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa. It was a very hot day today and we all must have lost 5lbs in sweat. The let me feed the giraffe, which I was a bit apprehensive about.

I took Grandpa Howie on a camel ride.

We had a blast! I love riding the camels.
We rode the merry-go-round but I refused to sit on any of the animals, I just wanted to ride on the bench/chair thingy. Oh well. I really had fun… just no animal riding today!


I got rhinos and hippos confused. At least that is what I am letting everyone think. Really I was just playing the same game I played with Mommy and Daddy all week… I kept calling a giraffe a zebra. I finally stopped after my parents were sufficiently insane! This week maybe rhino and hippo will be the new game.

Ready for more fun! 🙂

After a hot day in “Africa”, I mean the zoo, we went back to Grandma/Grandpa’s house for a nap. I stayed awake the entire ride home by pretending to tickle Grandpa Howie with a paintbrush. He needed some color? I then took a 1.5 hour nap and had a snack and played a few games with my Grandparents.

Grandpa was shocked when I told him to “Leave me Alone!” My new thing is I tell people to “Leave me alone!!” then I go find a quiet corner and do my business. At least I know when I have to go. Mommy told me if I put poo-poo in the potty this week I can have a new Diego Racetrack I have been eyeing! 🙂 I remind her daily that I want it but haven’t quite surrendered to the idea of poo-poo in the potty right yet. I like to remind Mommy and Daddy of all the “special treats” they promise me. My memory is SUPER sharp now so don’t try to pull a fast one on me! 🙂

After a fun play we all went to Macaroni Grill. GiGi came with us too. Mommy and Daddy were still hard at work at home. I ate like a champ, considering I didn’t eat much all day, no surprise there! After dinner I got to go home and jump on my new bad! I was really happy to see Mommy & Daddy.

I absolutely loved my day with my Grandparents. Thank you both so much for such a lovely outing and fun play day. Mommy & Daddy got so much done!

Okay, Mommy finally got her tushie in gear and got all the pictures from the vacation posted as well as everything else she promised to post. So there are new edits and posts going back to mid May now.

Thanks for reading! 🙂

I am having a hard time with MONSTERS this week. I think I see them everywhere. Mommy & Daddy are trying to help me understand but I just don’t get it. I still keep getting so scared and wanting Daddy to hunt the monster or dragon. Maybe it will pass… *cross fingers*

Well, we can check that off my list of things to do in life. I went to bed at 8pm and woke up at almost 8am today. Mommy was VERY happy because Daddy had an ice cream late last night that had a fair amount of not just corn syrup but also high fructose corn syrup. So basically, Daddy couldn’t fall asleep. In fact he was up so late that he is STILL sleeping right now (8:30am). Poor Daddy. Mommy felt like crawling out of her skin from her ice cream too. We all broke the rule of no corn syrup products within 8 hours of sleep!

I was so rested that this morning I got up and have not wanted to watch TV at all. Mommy has been reading and now we are playing Legos again. Another LONG day of Legos…. is that okay Mommy?

Today I INSISTED that Mommy “Leave BB alone, PLEASE!” She walked out of my room and then a few minutes later I realized I chased away my play-mate and went and got her! Sorry Mommy. We played a LOT of Legos today. We built farms and towers and jungles for my animals. After we had dinner Mommy and I were playing on the floor in the living room and I turned as white as a ghost and snuggled into Mommy’s arms and started crying “Dragon…dragon”. We had to call Daddy in to hunt it and see that it was for sure gone. Daddy was a good hunter and chased away the dragon. I was nearly in tears for about 30 minutes.

Afterwards I climbed on the sofa when I heard the “Ice Cream Truck” . I kept telling Mommy “Mommy LISTEN!… ICE CREAM TRUUUU-K”. Mommy and Daddy gave in and bought me Dora Ice Pop. I ate it in the bath… it was yummy.

I am tired and ready for bed early tonight. I have been having allergy issues and my eyes are all runny. I need a good nights sleep.

Mommy said she is almost ready to do pictures. She just has to learn the new program Daddy put the pictures in.

First off…

HAPPY Father’s Day to the best Daddy EVER!!!!

We all had a really nice day.

Grandma Susie helped me build an AWESOME tower of pop-blocks.

Cousin Anna enjoyed some downtime with her video games.

Cousin Ian watched “Twister” on the BIG TV.

Mommy snuggled a grumpy me. But I soon moved on to other things.

Great Grandma Thelma (GiGi) is back to her chipper self after her nasty fall a while back. She looks great for 92!!

Great Grandpa/Grandma Reed were happy to be with family.

Everyone ate lots of food and was very happy.
Mommy laughed a lot.

So did Grandma Susie.

Aunt Kim turned 45. Ugh! 🙂

I guess this is what happens when you turn 45? Huh?

Grandpa Howie ate WAY too many deviled eggs.

And had WAY WAY WAY WAY too much sugar!!!