Today, Mommy and I went to our new playgroup. We're so thankful that our neighbor, Ms. Amy, has been so welcoming and has introduced us to her friends and all their kids. Here we are posing for a picture at Ms. Jetta's house: Helia, Kirsi, Ella, Annelies, me, and Jared. Of course I had to stick out my tongue for the picture. If you look on Ella's blog today, she explains who was missing in this picture. We hope to see our missing buddies soon!
Ms. Jen is reading a book to some of us.
And here are most of us having lunch. Somehow, I always have a fussy and picky day on playgroup day, so I missed out on some of the yummy food.
Here is the big blue Ford tractor that lives at Ms. Jetta and Mr. Phil's house.
The girls were better at driving than the boys were!
Thanks to Mr. Phil for sharing his tractor with all of us.
Here are today's moms and kids together. Thanks for a fun playgroup, everyone!
(And, by the way, Graham had playgroup today, too...check his blog and take a peek!)
My New Playgroup
Jamey
My little buddy, Jamey, came to visit today. He's my first little buddy visitor since we've moved. Special thanks to Mr. James and Ms. Karyn for bringing him to see me! And now I'm wondering...which little buddy will visit me next? Thanks for coming to play today, Jamey!
Here we are standing at my back door wishing we could go play. It's too wet and muddy out there, so we're just letting in the fresh air and wishing...
Here are Jamey and I with my yellow chair...who's going to get on the chair first?
Here we are listening to Jamey's daddy singing the Teapot Song, one of my favorites. Emma Claire's mommy is so good at singing to get kids to smile and look at the camera. Here, Jamey's mommy is making sure I don't run away, and we're smiling, but not at Jamey's daddy. Maybe you could visit, Emma Claire, so that we could get a better picture?
And Did You Notice?
I'm throwing with my left hand in all these sideways movies. Maybe I'll be a "lefty" like Daddy's daddy, but it's still too soon to tell...
And Now...
The Best Game
Almost, But Not Quite
My big boy room is almost ready for some "after" pictures, but not yet. Mommy is done making the pink ceiling "Irish Cream" like the rest of the house and making the pink walls green. Here are some sneak peeks of my green room. I've been sleeping in there for a couple of days, but just in my crib, not in a big boy bed yet.
Here are the airplanes that Caleb gave me for my birthday. I like to wake up and talk about their sizes and colors. And, Caleb, you'll be happy to know that I can say your name now! When I moved, I said "Cay-bub," and now I say "Cay-yub."
Here is my fan. Mommy gave me a special surprise by putting airplanes on the blades. They fly around and around!
And, here are my ladybugs in my new room, down where I can see them and look at lots of my little buddies. They were in my old room, too, and I've missed seeing them! There are a few buddies who are missing (like you, Cay-yub,) but Mommy is working on that. I love to see pictures of my buddies.
When Mommy and Daddy are done hanging things on my walls, I'll show you more pictures. Mommy is also working on the other pink room, and has make its pink ceiling Irish Cream, too. Maybe someday we'll have the ballerina teddy bears off of the walls and have "after" pictures of it, too.
New Buddies in New Playroom
My two new buddies, Jared and Ella, came over to play today. Mommy has enough boxes in the playroom cleared out that we can actually play in there now. We pulled all the toys out and had a great time! But, Jared and Ella thought that the stairs were a better toy than anything in the playroom. Thanks for coming to play, little buddies!
Having my new buddies over today made me really excited to see one of my old buddies, Jamey. I haven't seen Jamey since before we moved, and during our time apart, Jamey has gotten really interested in tractors. I knew I liked him!!! He's also had a lot of cold, yucky weather at his house lately, so, on Sunday, I'll share my tractors and my yard. Come soon, Jamey! I can't wait until Sunday!
Too Cool
Since I didn't have any sunglasses of my own, Grandma took pity on me and found some for me.
Now I am too cool for words.
Family
I'm happy to have more family close to my house now! Here are some pictures of me with some of my family.
Reading My First Truck Book with Grandma.
Playing with my trucks with Great Grandma
Reading my tractor book with Great Grandpa. He knows all about tractors, since he has driven lots of them!
Walking in grandpa's shoes. Mommy used to like to do this, too.
Jared
Mommy and I had a great morning with Jared. Jared's mommy, Ms. Amy, dropped him off here, and we played and had snack and played some more. Mommy said we did a great job sharing. Jared and I are both obsessed with vehicles, so it's hard to share when we love all the same toys. But, today we did it! Thanks for coming to play, Jared!
Tonight's Quote
I had a sentence with nine words in it today, and Mommy was pretty impressed. But she wanted me to share this shorter sentence with you instead. I put it together on the changing table tonight, all by myself:
"Trader Joe's. Bank. Wal-Mart. Mall. Target."
Moving Adventures, Part 4-Finally!
Here's the last part of our moving adventure: the fun time at Grandpa and Grandma's. After the fun dinner with lots of relatives, we had originally planned to spend one more night at Uncle Jerry and Aunt Linda's house. (And they had a REAL crib for me to sleep in...it was great!) But, there was a snowstorm on its way, so we decided to drive to Grandma and Grandpa's instead to try and beat the snow. (You may have read about this already.) We were glad we did.
I liked sitting and watching Grandma's Christmas village.
Here's Daddy with his mommy and daddy.
Dinner!
Here I am with my mommy and daddy.
Now I'm showing my muscles. Grandma and Grandpa love this trick.
There was so much beautiful snow! We were glad that we drove early to try to beat the storm.
My first sledding adventure!
We are not kidding when we talk about lots of snow!
Whee!
Daddy had some trouble making turns in the snow, and he dumped me out of the sled. Not a happy ending to my sledding time!
We had a late Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's, and I got some really fun toys. Here I am with my construction puzzle that has sounds.
Grandpa made this name puzzle just for me!
Here I am showing Grandpa my John Deere tractor.
Grandma is reading me my Johnny Tractor book...
and so is Grandpa.
My biggest surprise was this amazing tricycle.
I'm going to learn to pedal soon...
but until then, Grandpa can push. Thanks for the great visit and gifts, Grandpa and Grandma!
I Still Remember
Since we've moved to our new house, I've said things that have shown Mommy and Daddy that I remember my little buddies. I have mentioned a lot of them. My most recent one was Emma Claire. Last night, right after dinner, I said, "Emma Claire blue kitchen. Play Emma Claire blue kitchen." At first, Mommy was thinking of Emma Claire's mommy's kitchen, and said that it was not blue. But then she remembered the kitchen I was talking about. It's Emma Claire's play kitchen. Somehow, what I said made Mommy cry. She really misses our old friends.
A Great Dad
My dad pushes me high on my big boy swing.
He helps me make my zebras sit on top of Noah's ark.
He makes bathtime lots of fun!
And, he lets me lay on him while we watch Mater and Lighting 'Queen. All in all, he's a great dad!
New Blog Buddy
I have a new blog buddy for you to meet! Her name is Ella, and her blog is over to the right. She's not a brand-new baby, but she is new to blogging. Like six of my other blog buddies, she is expecting a new sibling this summer. I hope you enjoy her stories!
Pajama Day
As you can see on Ava, Emma Claire, and Jamey's blogs, they and my other friends in my old town are stuck inside today because of the pretty snow. Unfortunately, we don't have snow, but we do have a great reason to stay inside: Mommy is sick.
The great thing about Mommy being sick is that I got to wear my truck pajamas all day long. And, usually, when I tell Mommy, "Watch Mater Lighting 'Queen," she says, "No, not now." But today, she suggested it. That made me pretty happy.
Our day was good except for my nap. I started crying with a broken heart at the end of my nap because I had unstitched Boz's mouth. It was terrible. Luckily, my mom can sew, and she fixed Boz's mouth.
Another great thing about Mommy being sick is that Grandma came by to bring us dinner and some groceries. It was a great surprise!
When Daddy came home, he put some play clothes on me, and we spent the rest of the afternoon playing outside and working in the yard. All in all, it's been a great day!
Moving Adventures, Part 3
Yes, there's more to our moving story! It was a big trip! Here are some more pictures to tell you all about it, and this is another upside-down post, with Jan. 3 at the bottom and Jan. 4 at the top. I think we'll have one more moving post after this and be done with the long story.
Here we are after a very fun dinner at a restaurant with some of Daddy's aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Daddy's relatives made time for a special dinner just because we were in town, and that really meant a lot to us.
Standing: Great Grandpa Don, Great Grandma, Uncle Jerry, Aunt Linda, Uncle Bill, Zackary, Aunt Connie, Daddy, and Corey.
Sitting:Kali, Karson, Kelley, Spencer, Amy, Gabi, Mommy, and me.
Standing in front: Molly.
Here I am with a bunch of kids that I'm related to! Daddy has cousins who have kids, and these are some of the kids. We're all waiting to have dinner. They wanted to color, but I just wanted to eat raisins. All the little kids were really nice to me. Their names are Karson, Kali, Spencer, and Molly. None of Mommy's cousins have kids yet, so this was a fun, new experience for me!
Here we are with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Don. We had a fun visit with them!
Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Don gave me this wonderful, big John Deere tractor. I love it!
Aunt Linda has lots of toys in her basement because she's a grandma, too. Here I am riding her horse. Yipee!
Aunt Connie knows just how to make little boys happy, too! Here is the firetruck she gave me. I didn't want to let it go, ever! (This is the same one that "probably needs batteries" in my famous video.)
We stayed at Uncle Jerry and Aunt Linda's house. Aunt Linda knows just how to make little boys happy. She has some toys from when Daddy's cousin, Scott, was a little boy. She let me play with them!
Here I am playing out in the cold with their dog, Mitzi.
Our first day of driving was really long! Since we were in a hurry to move, we didn't get to stay at Uncle Denny and Aunt Shari's house like we have before, so they met us at a restaurant for a quick bite to eat. We were thankful that they had time to see us! (Aunt Shari visits my blog every day. Hi, Aunt Shari!)