October fun

I helped Mama make candy lollipops.

Ooops! I got the candy all over my hands!

Ready for Trick or treating.

Mmm! Candy!

At preschool we had a party. I won the bingo game 3 times!

Black frosting makes for funny faces!

Ok, getting all the seeds and slimy stuff out of the pumpkin could be fun!

Oooooo! Slime!

Messy... but having lots of fun!

Like our pumpkin?

And, last but not least, I turned 3 1/2 this month.

Happy to me!!

What have I been doing???...

Hi people! I'm back. I realize it has, once again, been a while since I have updated you. So, I'll get on with it.

Up until building this "house", my creations have been straight towers--I mean "trees".

Mama wanted to take a picture of me with my house, but I refused to be in the picture.

Shades! I've got Shades!

FIRST FIELD TRIP

My preschool teachers took us on a field trip to an apple orchard.

We heard about all the different kinds of apples they grow here.

I'm not sure I could fill this apple bucket and still walk!

My friend, Elizabeth, went with me.

After walking through the orchard,

we stuffed a scarecrow.

I got to help put the straw in his overalls.

Practicing my bronc-riding skills!

We didn't get to ride the horse, but we did get to sit on the saddle.

Giddy-up!

Elizabeth and me sitting on the scarecrow's lap.

And a nice posed picture with our new friend.

(Mama left her camera on the table when we left the house,

so the field trip pictures are compliments of Elizabeth's mom.

Thanks, Miss Michelle!)

Daddy got a new toy... and I got a new box!

This box was STUFFED FULL of bubble wrap!

Daddy and I had fun popping the bubbles!

Someday this will be part of my swing set.

I helped Mama make this cake for a baby shower.

Mmmm! Cheese!

Look closely and you can see the cheese on my forehead!

Quick, take my picture. I want to watch the parade!!

After the homecoming parade, there were activities on campus.

I really liked this bouncy obstacle course.

Some of the obstacles were a little big for me, but I overcame them!

Sliding out of the bouncy course.

Enjoying a bit of popcorn while waiting for the next activity.

Hmmm. What is she doing to me???

Hey, cool! She painted a baseball on my face!

Back at home I got to play in my sand pile for a while.

Maybe I need a bigger sand pile...!!??!!

Daddy & me.

I found this caterpillar in the yard.

After "playing" with the caterpillar for a while,

I put it in the garden beside the flowers that grew from

the seed I planted and gave to Mama for Mother's Day.

OK, that's it. Gotta get back to playing in the leaves.

I hear that before long the leaves will be gone and

there will be more SNOW!

Has it really been that long???

Did I hear someone say that it has been nearly two months

since I updated my blog??!?!??!!?

OK, OK... so I've been very busy!

Here, let me share a little bit of what's been going on.

This should catch you up until....

a month ago?!

With all the summer sun, my skin got a bit dry and itchy,

so...

I decided to put on some lotion.

Didn't I do a good job?

I even got some on my back.

Gramma & Grampa came to visit after their trip to New England.

They went there after we saw them in Virginia.

Gramma went with me to the audiologist.

Grampa & I helped Daddy fix 2 lawnmowers and the snowblower.

I helped Gramma finish eating her lobster.

And I helped Gramma make mints for my cousin's wedding.

Gramma went to take a nap, so I worked on the mints all by myself.

Gramma made it look easy, but I can't seem to get them to come out of the mold.

We took a ride on a train that took us through the area

where oil was first discovered and used.

The best part of the train ride was the popcorn.

We headed up to Michigan for my cousin's wedding.

After the wedding, Uncle Jim let me drive his tractor.

Wow, was that awesome!

Driving the tractor!

While the other cousins were riding the tractor,

Luke and I made lightning-bug-rings.

Daddy, Luke and I played on the tractor a little more.

Then Uncle Jim let me ride the horse.

He has all kinds of cool toys at his house!

Giddy-up, horsey.

Back at home, we enjoyed fresh corn on the cob.

Yum, yum, yum!

We stayed home a few days before heading back to Iowa.

As we got close to Gramma & Grampa's house there was a big storm.

It rained and rained! (Not for forty days, but there was lots of it!)

Aunt Joyce had 16 inches of water in her basement the next morning.

Across the street from Gramma & Grampa's house there was quite a large puddle too.

Gramma let me help wash the dishes.

She knows how I like water.

Now I'm big enough I can reach everything in the sink if I use my stool.

Sometimes I dump water all over the place.

They just don't make sinks big enough.

One day I got to stay with Ken & Betty while Mama went to some meetings.

Ken let me get up in this "little, tiny combine".

They had a very nice trike that I got to ride... and crash!

I LOVE to crash! It's so fun!

There are so many crashes on our corner at home,

I've learned who to call when there is a crash...

Listen to this!

Ken took me for a ride on the big lawnmower.

We even got to ride on the road.

(Notice how excited I was about my adventure,

until I thought maybe I would be in trouble for going on the road!)

Cousins, Dalton & Dylan, came to stay with us one night.

We played lots of games.

That night while they big boys were getting ready for bed,

I went to Mama and said, in a deep, quiet voice...

"Guille go see Dalton, Dylan. Be right back."

Mama thought that was pretty cute.

The next morning I was waiting for breakfast.

I was hungry and didn't know why I couldn't eat.

Mama said we were waiting for Dalton & Dylan to get up.

So, as I headed for the stairs, I said, "Guille help them!"

Hmf! I still had to wait.

I helped Grampa work on his van.

It was tight quarters, but I managed to get a good look at what he was doing.

Grampa has the right idea... lay on the floor.

It's easier to get to those under-the-car places.

We changed the oil, too.

All that work made me hungry.

I knew there was a treasure somewhere in that cereal box!

I FOUND IT! A raisin!!

We had a good visit with Gramma, Grampa, & lots of relatives.

Daddy couldn't stay the whole time, and I missed him a lot.

One day, Mama said that Daddy was coming to take us home.

I thought she was teasing me.

And then...

Daddy's Here!!! YEAH!

Sorry it has been such a long time since I posted.

I will TRY to do better.

And, I'll try to get caught up to date very soon.

Thanks for being patient. That is... if anyone still checks to see what I'm up to.

That's all for now.