Turtle Masterpiece

Mom came to pick me up the other day at school and the teacher's all said to her, "You should look at Reagan's artwork." Mom thought she maybe hadn't been paying enough attention to the art wall. So she took a closer look. The teacher asked me to show Mommy which one was mine. I pointed to the one in the middle. See?

I'm not sure what the big deal is, except I did try extra hard to make my turtle with circles and polka dots. I didn't just smear paint around like everyone else with the paintbrush. All the teachers came from all the other classrooms in the whole school to admire my art. Mom made Dad bring the camera in the next day to take a picture. Everyone was very proud!

Dutch Wonderland: My First Amusement Park

This is my first adventure at an amusement park, I've never really ridden on rides before. So Mom and Dad and I went to stay overnight near Hersey, PA to visit Dutch Wonderland. Dutch Wonderland is a park mainly for toddlers!

To everyone's surprise, I went immediately up to a ride called the Froggy Hopper. It's a platform that rises up in the air...and falls...over and over! I went to stand in line with Mommy. She kept asking me if I was sure I really wanted to do this. I was sure! At one point, I ran out of the line to find Daddy, but then I still came back. Then, it was our turn!

As soon as the ride started...I screamed and cried! Ok, so I didn't know what I was getting in to.

Then we rode all kinds of other rides - like the swan ride, the sky ride, and the merry-go-round.

Then Mom and Dad said one more ride, that it was just a nice little boat ride that looked like a log. But then, I realized...we were going up and up a really big hill. Hey, wait a minute...

...and then SPLASH!! That wasn't nice, Mom and Dad.

Track Star!

(By the way, Happy Birthday, Grandma!)

During our stay in PA, we explored the nearby town, which included the college of Franklin & Marshall. It was my very first campus visit!



It was a beautiful evening!



We found the athletic field and Dad and I decided to take a turn around the track.


I asked Dad what these were for, he said "hurdles." This is the best I could do for now.

Then we discover that I can really run! I ran almost a quarter of the way around the track myself, really fast. Ok, the secret was that Dad told me that this girl was chasing me. But she really wasn't. Anyway, I can really run!

Then we explored some beautiful gardens.

I got some pinecones, but they were sticky!

Here are some of the photos we took of the horticulture!

Fourth of July 2009

This year, Mom and Dad let me stay up to see some fireworks from our front yard! I think I had more fun with my glow in the dark puffer fish...


As usual, Uncle Fred and Grandpa KC came to visit for the holiday weekend. Here we are at a local zoo, Uncle Fred fed the goats for me because I was too scared!


We enjoyed all of the beautiful animals. Look at this peacock!

And, what's this? A sheep? Nooooo, that's Grandpa, silly!

Have you ever seen a camel this close? He almost licked us on the safari ride!

A beautiful zebra!

A family of deer...

A rhea mama and babies...

Grandpa and I enjoyed an afternoon stroll...watch out for the goose poop!