Oll and Marker's House

Greetings from the southside of Chicago! We stayed with Auntie -oll and Uncle Marker. They have an awesome house- lots of room to run crazy and play cars/kuggas. Auntie -oll built me this cool fort- she and I had a blast playing in it!




This is my Auntie -oll! She warned mommy not to publish any pictures of her on the blog...mommy didn't think feet counted. Doesn't she look like the wicked witch after Dorothy's house fell on her?





This is Uncle Marker. He played and played with me. He didn't even mind wanting to go downstairs and then upstairs about a million times! Pudgie and Stinky also live in the house- for dogs they're not half bad. The helped me get over my fear of dogs. By the end I was hugging and kissing them (not as much as Lily- but that's her story).

We also got to see Thomas B. (Auntie -oll's daddy) who played catch with me as well as Jessica, Kelly, and their mommy Sue.



I'm not sure what this Christmas thing is, but Auntie -oll and Uncle Marker had Christmas presents for me and Lily. I got really cool pirate ship (which I managed to break almost immediately), a Mousy and Kitty movie, and Twins shorts (thanks Miss Kimmy!).

I had a GREAT time visiting- hope to see you soon! Love you lots.

Are we there yet?

Lily, mommy, daddy, and I went on a LONG car trip last week- we drove to Chicago to visit mommy's family and friends. I didn't realize it was going to take 9 hours to get there- I got bored really fast. When I couldn't handle the boredom any longer, I fell asleep. That is a tricky thing to do in a mini-van. But I tried...







It's dificult to get good beauty rest while sitting in a booster seat with a seat belt cutting into your throat. Gosh I hate that seat belt!











Ahh-finally, some good sleep. On the way home I fell asleep for almost 2 hours! Gosh that felt good. No more car trips- I'm opting for the plane next time...

Halloween: Part II

Jakie's off to go trick-or-treating! It was quite a chore to get him out of the house- even the lure of candy didn't get him to wear one of his three costumes. He opted for the fire chief raincoat (actually he was tricked into wearing it since it was cold and you needed a coat to go outside)







He started out with some Kit-Kats in the pumpkin. Periodically he stopped to make sure the candy was still in there.











This is the 3rd house Jakie went to. The 1st one didn't go so well, neither did the 2nd one (they had dogs). By the 3rd house, he was agreeable to actually go up to the door- but he wouldn't walk. Dad had to carry him the whole time.

We went up and down our block- by the end Jakie was having fun. Next on the agenda- handing out candy...




Jakie was the look out man- he waited 'patiently' for trick-or-treaters. When some approached Jakie let us know they were coming (no need for a doorbell). When dad went outside to hand out the candy, Jakie followed with his pumpkin. Two pieces for the trick-or-treaters, one for Jakie...nice scam!

3 Kit Kats and 1 box of Milk Duds later- Jakie was ready to end Halloween.




But first he needed to give out some Halloween kisses- hope your Halloween was sweet!

Halloween: Part I

Oh 'Hi'! You caught me getting the pumpkins ready for Halloween. I don't know if you can see, but the inside of the pumpkin is a BIG MESS- kind of like my hands (later on I wipe my sooty hands on my white shirt...)





One of my favorite past-times is falling in the bursh (bush). You take a running start and then leap into the burshes. You should try it- you'll love it.






Yep, this pumpkin will do- it makes an awesome chair.












Say 'pumpkin'- here's me, Lily, and mommy posing for our Halloween picture. I took a little time out of playing to pose for a picture

Happy Hauntings!

Pumpkin Pickin'

On a beautiful October afternoon, daddy and mommy took me to a 'pumpkin patch' to pick out my very own pumpkin!







There were so many pumpkins-I didn't know which one to choose. I made sure to examine at least half a dozen of them before I made my choice (actually, I picked out many great pumpkins, but then I would see one that I liked even better)

It's a wonder that I chose one at all...






But here it is- my very first pumpkin! Gosh it's heavy. When we got home, we put it on the front steps. Whenever I pass by it I give it a hug. I love pumpkins!!!

Bye-Bye 'Blue'

My buddy 'Blue' is broken. As you can see from the picture, the top of his head got cut right off! How this happened we'll never know.

'Blue' was a great friend...





'Blue' came into my life early on. Here I am three days old smelling the lilacs from Grandmas garden with my pal 'Blue'. He wasn't called that back then...he was known as Smackey.






We played together.











We hung out together. He was fortunate enough to have met Fergie.








'Blue', Moo, La-La,and I were the best of friends. We did everything together.
We will all miss him- he was there through the good, the bad, and the ugly. No one could ask for a better and truer friend.

So long 'Blue'...I'll will always love you.




Editor's Note: 'Blue' met misfortune with the kitchen scissors at the hands of his owner's father. Jakie stuck the broken pacifier in his mouth, took it out and said 'Blue' broken! He got a little teary. But he didn't want to use him. We kept 'Blue' out on the room divider for many days- Jakie would ask to see him to make sure he was still broken. One day after examining him, he threw 'Blue' across the room...he hasn't mentioned him since. And 'Blue' is now but a very sweet memory...

My New Bike

This is my Cool new bike!











This is my helmet for riding my cool bike!














Wait, the helmet is not cool!














Helkee! Helkee! It hurts! It hurts!
(Translation: Help Me! Help Me!)












Fine, if you won't take it off, I'll do it myself.













Editor's Note: Jakie hated having the helmet on so much that he did not ride his brand new bike! In fact, he has yet to ride it. And all because of one little helmet...Lots of new blogs added-keep on scrollin'

Future Doctors of America

Deep thoughts by 'Dr. Jakie':
1. Will Moo & La pass the MCATs? (La, yes. Moo-not so sure..)
2. Will I be able to operate with 'blue' in my mouth? (I'm sure I'll see it if it falls into the patient...)
3. Do these hair covers come with SpongeBob on them?
4. Are there Choc milk breaks in med school?
5. I can't believe mommy gets to wear such cool things at work

PS Mommy's catching up on blogging-so keep on scrollin'

Happy Birthday, Daddy

This is my daddy- he's making a silly face for the camera (he doesn't always look like this!)

It's his 34th birthday! Gosh, that's really old...










Daddy and I are trying out our silly party faces for the camera. Mommy, Lily, and I threw daddy a birthday party on Sunday (4 days before daddy's actual birthday). The best thing about the party was the....





CAKE!!! I love cake- it makes the birthday party. Daddy let me helk him blow out the candles and share in his wish (psst...I wished for more cake)







Here we all are after getting sugared up and opening presents. I love birthdays- next one is cousin Alyssa's party on Saturday. More cake-yum!

This is the Life

Kickin' back with 'Moo-La' watching Sponge-Bob

Here's Lookin' at You

The square root of 1,456,798 is 1206.978873! Glasses ROCK!



Is it true that if you put on a pair of glasses (when you don't need to wear them) you will jinx yourself and thus have to wear glasses? Dr. Mark?

Hmm, these glasses might come in handy with the babes...daddy did get mommy afterall!

Editor's Note: The above glasses theory is a Grandma Genia-ism

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!!!