New Blogger In The House!

It's my Godsister, Tava!

Hi Tava... I'm so glad that you have a blog too now. Check out your new link button on my sidebar. I will be stopping by your blog a lot. Tell Godmomie Latoya & Godpopie Justin that I said "Hi!" and I hope that we can all get together again real soon!

"All Aboard!"

"The Booga Wooga's Home... Let's Go!"

After a hard day of play at day care, there's nothing like coming home to my Thomas & Friends trains. I can always count on them to be right where I left them, in my trusty carry case. All of them are ready to play with me at a moment's notice and take me some place special as soon as I take them out. My Thomas family has gotten a lot bigger over time and sometimes, it's hard to know which one to play with first. I know that no matter who I pick to play with, we will always have a good time.

OK... should I play with Annie & Clarabell, Arthur, Bertie the bus, Bill & Ben the twins, the Circus Trains, Diesel, Diesel 10, Donald & Douglas the twins, Edward, Emily, the Express Coaches, the Giggling Troublesome Trucks, Gordon, Harold the helicopter, Harvey, Henry, James, Iron Arry & Iron Bert the twins, Mavis, Murdoch, the Old Slow Coach, Percy, Peter Sam, the Recyling Cars, Rheneas, Rusty, Toby, Salty, Sir Handel, or good ol' Thomas? How about Ben, Mavis, and the Express Coaches? I guess Gordon won't mind if we borrow his coaches for a while.

It also doesn't matter how or where I play with them. Sometimes, I put my tracks together and let them do something that Grammy calls "ride the rails". At other times, playing with them on the floor can be just as nice. We go here, there, and everywhere... over things, under things, inside of things, outside of things, and on top of things!

Playing with them on top of the bed or on top of something called a "night stand" is also fun.

The hallway is a great place
to play with them too.

And now, it's snack time! How about
some juice with those crackers?

I better hurry up before Grammy catches me in here. She doesn't want me to go into this thing called a "refrigerator" on my own because sometimes, I forget to close the door after I get what I want out of it. Ah-oh, here she comes and she's got that camera again. I guess I'm just something you would call "busted!"

A Birthday Lunch for Grammy

After church today, we all went out to eat at a place called the "California Pizza Kitchen" to celebrate my Grammy's birthday. This past Thursday on September 4th, she turned 50 years old but, we decided to wait until the weekend to take her out. We wanted to go on Saturday but, somebody named "Hurricane Hanna" came to town and made it rain all day! What a bummer and just who is she, anyway? You know, I don't like it when anybody or anything takes my sunshine away. All I know is, I'm glad that SHE'S gone and the sun is shining bright again. Today turned out to be a really nice day for a birthday lunch.

As for me, I have been what Grammy calls "a little under the weather" ever since our trip to Knoebel's last weekend. I went to the doc yesterday and she said that it was nothing serious and I was just fighting a little cold. So, I wasn't feeling my best today but, I made it through church and lunch like a champ. After we got home, Mommy put me to bed and I took a nice long nap. I told Grammy to do this post for me so you could see the birthday lunch pics and maybe I will be feeling better tomorrow...

A Note From Grammy...

TO: My Grammy

From Pop-Pop, Mommy, and Me!

TO: All Of Our Family & Friends...

From Pop-Pop, Grammy, Mommy, & Me!

Another Fun Place To Go!

America's Favorite Family Fun Park

My Great Uncle Andy & Aunt Wanda invited all of us to go with them yesterday to a really fun place called "Knoebels" in Elysburg, PA. We had to drive for a pretty good while to get there but, it was worth the trip. There were lots of people, all kinds of rides, a big campground with something called "log cabins", a large picnic area, and everything that you could ever want to eat and drink. There is another large area with holes and poles stuck in the ground called a "golf course". Grammy said that you can play a game called "golf" there but, what is it?

Anyhoo, we went to the "Kiddie Park" first when we got there. I rode on something called a "pirate ship" with my Mommy, a "balloon" ride with Pop-Pop and Grammy, and a "jet plane" ride all by myself... that was my favorite! My Mommy and Aunt Wanda got on some rides together too. They screamed a lot but, it looked like they were having a lot of fun. My Mommy's favorite ride was something called the "Sklooosh". It was a boat that rode down a hill real fast and made a big splash in the water when it got to the bottom of the ride. After Mommy and Aunt Wanda rode on that, it was time to get in the water!

We all went to another area of the park that had a "Crystal Pool", a "Kiddie Pool", and water rides. I wasn't old enough to get on any of the water rides so, Pop-Pop and Grammy stayed with me at the kiddie pool until my Mommy, Uncle Andy, and Aunt Wanda came back. At first, I wasn't sure if I wanted to get in the water at all because it was cold so, I just ran around the edge of the pool for a while until I was ready to get in it. When all of the adults came back from the water rides, everyone played with me in the kiddie pool until it was time to get something to eat. After we all had some food, we looked for more rides to get on.

By this time, it was getting dark and all of the rides had bright colorful lights that glowed in the dark. Pop-Pop and Grammy rode with me on a giant carousel... Pop-Pop rode all around the park with me on a choo-choo train... and Pop-Pop and Uncle Andy rode with me in a car. There were two really big rides at the park called "roller coasters". One was named the "Twister" and the other one was named the "Phoenix". Both of them were really fast and made a lot of noise. I couldn't get on them either because I was too little so, I just watched and waited with Pop-Pop and Grammy while Mommy, Uncle Andy, and Aunt Wanda rode on them. Then, my Mommy and Aunt Wanda got on one last ride before we left the park called the "Fandango".

Thank you Uncle Andy and Aunt Wanda for taking us with you. We really had a fun day at Knoebels and I hope that we can go back again next summer. Maybe we can stay for the weekend in one of those "log cabin" things. My Mommy, Grammy, and Uncle Andy had their cameras for this trip so, there were lots of pics taken. Here are some of the pics that Grammy took while we were there. We hope that you had a Happy Labor Day weekend too!

P.S. Grammy said that you can click on the Knoebels logo or text link under it if you want to know more about it so you can go there too!

chillin@unityweekend

People Coming Together

On Sunday, we all went to something called "Unity Weekend" at a place called "Penn's Landing". There were lots and lots of people everywhere, plenty of food to eat, and tons of cold stuff to drink. People called "stars" were singing and playing music on something called a "stage" for hours and hours. I really liked the music a lot so, I did "The Booga Bounce" all day and had a great time. Grammy said to tell you to click here if you want to know more about Unity Weekend and the names of the stars who were on that stage!

New Beginnings

Adventures in Day Care

Well, I just made it through the first week at my new day care. Change is always a little scary at first but, if you give it a chance, sometimes things will work out okay. The first big change is that me and Mommy have to ride the bus to day care now. I always liked bus rides so, that was fun. We have to catch two buses to day care and in this pic, we are heading for the corner of the block where we live to catch the first bus.

Grammy left with us on this day and brought the camera so she could take some pics. When we got to the corner, we had to wait a little while for the bus to come so, I sat down while Mommy watched for the bus. The big shadow that you see on the ground is Grammy taking my pic!



After a while, we got off the first bus and in these pics, me and Mommy are waiting for the second bus. This time, there was a place to sit but, I decided to stand up and wait for the bus with Mommy.



When the second bus came, me and Mommy got on it but, Grammy stayed behind because she had to catch a different bus that would take her to work. She had to take this pic really fast but as you know, Grammy has a really quick "trigger finger" with a camera!


After we sat down, Grammy came up close to the window where we were sitting and took this really neat pic of me waving goodbye through the glass. If you look really hard, you can see the outline of me and Mommy in the glass!


At the end of the day, Mommy and Grammy came to pick me up but, Grammy got there first so she could take even more pics. This day care is larger and has more space so, there is plenty of room to play. In these pics, all of the other kids are in another room watching TV so, I had this space all to myself. Grammy also took a pic of the other kids watching TV but, she said it came out too "blurry" (whatever that is) so, she couldn't post it.







There are more kids at this day care and that felt different. Many of them are around my age so, I am looking forward to making a lot of new friends. There are also some older kids that come later in the day when they get out of school. Grammy said that they are there for something called "after care" and she took this pic of them outside in the play area behind the day care.


Grammy told me that Mommy was on her way to come and get me so, I kept watching the door while I played with some toys. Mommy finally got there and in this pic, she is packing up all of my stuff so we can head for home. There's a playground up the street from the day care and we have to pass by it when walk to the bus stop. One afternoon, me and Mommy stopped there for a little while and I got a few slides on the sliding board before we got on the bus.

When Mommy dropped me off at day care this week, I got sad and cried when she left to go to work and at other times during the day. There were so many new faces around me that I didn't know and I guess I just wanted to cling to the one face that I did know. Ms. Rose, Ms. Edie, Ms. Khalisa, and Ms. Linda are all very nice to me and the kids are really friendly too so, as the week went on, I played with them more and with each passing day, I cried a little less than I did the day before.

A lot has changed but, I think I'm going to like this day care. Every Tuesday is "arts and crafts", which I liked a lot at my old day care. Every Wednesday is something called "show and tell" so, I can bring one of my favorite toys to play with on that day. This week, I took my Thomas train. Every Thursday is "art day" and every Friday, we have something called a "picnic lunch". I get to carry my new Cars backpack and Thomas & Friends lunch bag everyday, just like the big kids going to school. I also have to take my Winnie-the-Pooh sleeping bag every Monday for naptime during the week and every Friday, I have to take it home so Mommy can wash it.

My Grammy won't be picking me up everyday anymore but, she promised to come and get me if Mommy can't do it. She also said that she would take me out for rides in my red car sometimes on Saturday afternoons. And, I guess my Pop-Pop won't be able to just show up and surprise me anymore either but, that's okay. I really like the bus rides with Mommy in the morning and afternoon so, I'm happy that we can do that together.