Tool Time Girl

Sometimes I help Dad with the power tools! Here we are putting together some shelves for my new play room (the subject of my next posting).

Yeah! High five!

Flutter-flies!

We went to the Smithsonian's Butterfly Habitat and saw lots of flutterflies! (I don't know why they call it a Butterfly home when it's filled with flutterflies...)

Splish Splash!

It's hot outside! Good thing Dad let's me play in the water!





Oh, I love the water! But, no dirt. Dirt is bad. Oh, gosh! There's dirt on my hand! Dad, get it off of me! Is it still there? No? Phew. Ok.

Graduation Day

Last week, I graduated from the Infant Room to the Toddler Room at school. We had a special night and my whole class performed a Butterfly song. Video for that is coming soon...

Here I am in my pink dress! I am so happy the performance is over (oh, the pressure!) I spit out my pacifer!

Do you like to sing in the shower?

Well, I don't. (Mainly because I don't take showers).

But I do like to talk to the shower head.

Ok, I know that was a longer movie than you are used to (3:20 min) but it's a once in a lifetime moment. Now that shower head is installed in Mom's shower, so I can't play with it anymore. So sad.

The Greatest Show on Earth!

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus proudly presents...

...under the big tent...

...Reagan the Brave!

Lion (a.k.a Sescie) Tamer Extraordinare!

Watch in awe!!

Wait, there's more...

Then and Now

Back in October of 2006, Mom and Dad went on a "Babymoon" to a cabin in West Virginia. A babymoon is like a "honeymoon" before the baby comes (that's me!) Here is Mom back then:


A few weeks ago, we all went back to the same cabin. This is Mom and me:

Here I am frowning at the camera with Dad. I wanted to play, not take pictures!

The best part about the trip? We went to this shop with hundreds of stuffed animals and I got to take one home! Meet "caa," or cat if I could pronounce the "t" at the end. Isn't he cute?

I love my cat! Thanks, Mom and Dad for a great weekend!

The Zoo!

A few weeks ago we went to the zoo. And, boy, I have never seen so many monkeys! Outside of school that is! Ah ha ha. No seriously...

Here I am with Dad. Not sure what I'm looking at...my shoes I think.


Here are some prairie dogs.

Here we are posing with a statue of...an anteater?

The most exciting part was all the walking I got to do on my own!

Mom had a hard time letting go.

It's ok, Mom! I'm a big girl now!

What once was lost is found again

Sometimes...you lose your ducks. But then, you find them again along the way. What a life lesson.

The Easter Bunny and I

Oh, sorry, were you expecting to see a picture of me and the Easter Bunny? Well, funny thing about that...

The last few weekends, my parents tried to take me to the mall to visit with the Easter Bunny. Every time I saw him from the second floor of the mall, I laughed and pointed and even ran into the a glass wall trying to get to him! He looked like so much fun! So huggable! So cute!

But then when we went down to the first floor to see him, he was suddenly...so...big. I cried! I shook my head, "No!" I wanted nothing to do with that giant bunny!

This happened three weeks in a row. Second floor = smiles! First floor = trepidation!

So, needless to say, no pictures with the bunny. Maybe next year.

There's a little Captain Morgan...

...in all of us. Please drink milk responsibly.

These shoes were made for walking!

Ok, ok, so a lot of you have been asking for more videos of me walking...so here are some. I promise to post more this month!

This one is kinda funny...

I'm a toddler! I'm a toddler!

Mommy and daddy are soooo proud!

Happy Birthday to Me! (and Dad)

Dad and I have birthdays one day apart, remember? Anyway, Mom and Dad sang happy birthday to me on the day I turned, "The Big One." Just ignore the confused look on my face...I know exactly what is going on and will remember this moment forever.

After the singing, I ate half a cupcake. The carrot cake was for Dad.

Music Lessons

So Uncle Fred, Grandpa KC, and my Dad have decided that I should take up cello lessons. I checked, and the smallest cello they make is still taller than I am! Plus, I think I need to start with a simpler instrument.

So Uncle Fred got my a xylophone (phew, that's hard to spell!) for my birthday! I was able to play it right out of the box...see? Who needs private lessons and music theory class and Saturday group lessons? Sorry, people. You're just going to have to wait before you start planning all my afterschool activities.

Mom? Dad? Where are you?

So here I am at Grandma's, studying the squirrel commune that lives in the backyard, and one day I couldn't find Mom and Dad. They left me here! By myself! And they went...


...to Paris?



Actually, no. I guess they went someplace called 'Las Vegas' where there are tacky replicas of world monuments. Sigh. I didn't get any cool souvenirs when they got back. Not even a T-shirt that says, "My parents went to Las Vegas and all I got was this stupid T-shirt."

Nobody knows my sorrow...

...oh, the sorrow of having the stomach flu, that is.

Apparently, just about everyone who came to my party ended up with the stomach flu. What a way to bring in the new year.

Yeah, Happy New Year to you, too. Blah.

It's my party!

After Christmas, everyone came over for my first birthday party!

First, all the Zoldak men tried to test me...but I know which one is Dad!


Then Cousin Max helped me blow out the candles on my cake!

I grabbed a fork and Mom let me have some cake!

Oh, yeah, that's good cake!!

What did Santa bring?

No, sorry. You cannot borrow my car. Nope. Sorry. I said no.

Merry Christmas!

Are we going to open the presents or what? Now? How about now?

Over the river and through the woods...

...to Grandmother's house we go! After a 10 hour ordeal in the car (don't ask, my butt is still numb), we finally arrive at Grandma Betty and Grandpa Don's house!

Jail break!

Hi, is anyone out there? Can you please post my bond? At least sneak me a file in a bottle of milk or something?

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

A few weeks ago, Mom and Dad took me to a ski show and told me about this wonderful thing called snow! I'm halfway there to becoming the smallest snow bunny, see?

Then, when I got home, I found a tissue box next to my crib. So instead of taking a nap, I decided to make a snowy crib! Mom was not too happy. Oh, well.

My First Tooth!

What do you mean the "Tooth Fairy" only comes when they fall out?

Trick or Treat!

Sooo, many of you have asked if I got any candy for Halloween. Well, in fact, yes! Yes, I did! Mom let me pick two pieces from the big bowl. I carefully examined...um...about a dozen or so pieces and I selected for myself two boxes of "Nerds." Why? Because they make a lovely sound, of course!! Let me demonstrate:

UPDATE: Uncle Fred came to visit and he ate one of my boxes of Nerds! Now I am down to one box.