My Creek

This is my creek- The Minnehaha Creek. I love going for walks there. I get to run and gallop. I get to me interesting people (like joggers and bicyclists) and dogs.

Best of all, I get to throw rocks, leaves, and sticks into the creek. Daddy always helps me find the biggest rocks to toss in. Those are my favorite- they make a HUGE splash!





Woo!Hoo! That rock made the biggest splash I have ever seen. This is awesome!

There's usually more water in the creek, but since it hasn't rained a lot, the creek is drying up. Because of this, I found alot of things-a sleeping fishy, a glass bottle, a can, a shell, and some smelly weeds. I made sure to investigate each of them thoroughly.





Don't worry, this tree is not attacking me. It just sad and that's why it's weeping. It was fun to run underneath it. Oh, I see a bridge. That's another great spot to throw rocks and leaves into the water. Follow me...









What do you think mommy and I are doing? She's teaching me how to spit in the water below us, of course. I didn't think mommy was so cool! Apparently, you're supposed to spit in the water and make a wish. If you say the wish before the spit hits the water, it'll come true. Hmmm...I wonder where mommy learned that?







Our walk eventually came to an end, but not until I picked up every stick I could find. The next time we come to the creek I'll have lots of things to throw into it!

BaPa, MumMum, and Jakie

When daddy was on his trip, we went to visit our grandparents. I love to visit them because there's always so much to do! BaPa (Grandpa) and I went swimming. It sure was nice hanging out with the boys, but then the girls arrived and the pool got crowded.








MumMum (Grandma) and I played cars in the pool. Then it got too hot and I needed to take my swimming clothes off. Ahhh, it's so much cooler just with the little swimmers on.









BaPa said he'd give me a tractor ride. WooHoo!!! So I got my bubbles (I don't leave home without them) and Nemo baseball cap and hopped into the little wagon. Only drawback was I had to put clothes on...





And BaPa drove us off into the sunset...ok, the pole barn. I got to run around inside- it's huge. Then BaPa pointed out the corn he had planted. We had some of his sweet corn for lunch- everyone said it was yummy and tasted like candy (another ploy to get me to eat something healthy- I didn't fall for it).







You know you had a good time at Grandma and Grandpas when you come home looking like this!

Thanks for the great time- I love you!

Ouchie...Band-Aid?

I LOVE Band-Aids! All I have to do is say "ouchie" and point to a body part and mommy or daddy will get me a band-aid. Band-aids make everything feel better. The best part about them is that sometimes you can rip them apart into many little band-aids and place them on various things througout the house....







Like Moo and La-La. They were talking too much, so the band-aids came in handy.







The kugga's (train) butt hurt, so I put on a band-aid. Yep, bet you didn't know that kuggas have butts...they're always loosing them.







The lizard I got from my cousin Joe's party needed band-aid....after I bit it's tail and a piece was hanging off.







Daddy needed a band-aid over his "ouchie" too. So I helped him out..All better, daddy?

I've been quick to help out those in need of a band-aid's TLC- my toys, daddy, Lily, the furniture, the carpet, my bed, and mommy even walked around the whole mall with a band-aid on her butt....Ahhh, band-aids are awesome. As you can see, you can put them ANYWHERE!!!

Puddle Jumping

I'm so excited! I got these really great rain boots and I get to go outside and jump in some puddles. It just finished raining really,really hard. I watched the whole thing from our window- at times it looked like a monsoon. So there's gotta be some great puddles to slosh through...








Hmm...the depth and width of this puddle seem ideal for jumping. It seems to have a fair amount of water. Wait, let me take a closer look. Yep, this is the one!









Jump! Splash! Giggle! Jump! Splash! Giggle! This is awesome. I can't believe they make shoes especially for this. Does everyone know about this? I could do this all day.









Wait a minute. Why am I wet and dirty? My cute new rain boots are dirty also. You know I hate to be dirty. As much as I love you puddle, you're nothing but trouble.









When the going gets tough, the tough go swinging. Ah, that's much better. I love swinging almost as much as puddle jumping. Only thing is that my boots fall off while I'm swinging. Oh well-it's been a fun evening afterall.





Editor's Note: The puddle Jakie found was the ONLY puddle around after a massive rain. After he swung we went back to do some more puddle jumping, but it had already evaporated. Jakie was confused as to where the puddle went, but was a good sport about its disappearance!

Eat My Shorts

I heard it said that it's hard to fill somebody's shoes. But have you tried to fill daddy's shorts?!? Those things are HUGE. None-the-less, I stole a pair out of the hamper and quickly put them on (I practice taking my pants off whenever I can). I hope they're clean....








They smell clean to me- thank goodness! Hey, how come whenever I put a pair of shorts I only have to use one leg? Do clothing designers not know that the second hole is useless? I'll have to e-mail Heidi Klum at Project Runway and give her a heads up.

It's fun to run around in daddy's shorts. They fall around your ankles sometimes and then you go boom!





Oh wait. On closer inspection these are not clean shorts as I had previously reported. Yikes, gotta go.....

I'm Ba-aack....

...Red train, Blue train...go train go............
Oh, Hi! You caught me trying to catch up on my Dr. Seuss. Trying is the formidable word--just when you think there's a place where you can do a little light reading, mommy shows up with a camera. Is nothing sacred? Where's a "man" supposed to kick back and relax?






Where have I been these past 8 months you ask?
Well, last winter my life turned upside down & inside out...Lilija (aka "Lani") came into the picture. The family got pretty busy and my blogging days were finito! But things are under control now. I'm taller, faster, talk non-stop, turned two, lost a kitty, gained a sister, run circles around everyone (literally), am obsessed with Thomas the Tank (kuggas), love bubbas (bugs), am so over Go-Go (Diego), and as you can see, I'm trying to get potty-trained (that's not going so well-but that depends if you ask me or my parents).
Hope your summer is swell-tering so far...I crack myself up (I get my pun-iness from my dad's side). Gotta go, I need to go Boops!!!!