Break it up! Break it up!

Yep, that's what I need to do. Break it up. I thought I was doing a good job of getting pictures ready to post from our trip to Gramma & Grampa's house for Easter, but realize that it needs to be broken up into more than one post. So, here starts our journey.

I got the spiffiest new sunglasses. They're GREEN!

But, try as I might to stay awake on the trip,

I just couldn't do it.

Once we got to Grampa & Gramma's house,

they gave me TWO cookies!

And look what else I found!

SNOW!

I know, there's not much of it left, but it's still snow!

Gramma has the coolest toys on her porch.

Look at this big bike!

And a workbench.

Wow, this thing must be old! It was Elizabeth's daddy's.

I can ride this bike, Oh, yes I can!

What do you mean, I have to peddle?

Looking out the window, enjoying the day.

And suddenly, Aunt Joyce appears out of nowhere!

Hey, Dylan, can we help you?

Oops! You mean those 100 pegs weren't supposed to go on the floor?

Don't look now, Elizabeth.

Pretend we don't see your Grandpa building that tower.

Then when he's not looking....

CRASH!

hahahahaha

Hey, Uncle David, would you build another tower?

We'll get more blocks out.

Um, excuse us please.... We could use some help.

Never mind. I'll get in the box and throw them out.

Shew! That was harder than it looked.

A walk to the school playground for...

Swings...

riding on Grampa's scooter...

and SLIDES!...

Have I mentioned that I love slides?

Now THAT is a SLIDE!

Back at Gramma's there are more toys to play with.

How 'bout a game of football?

Of course I'll play football with you.

But I don't know how.

Don't worry. Elizabeth will show me how to play.

First you put on the helmet.

Like this.

Hold still, Guille.

You're kinda tall for me to put this on you.

OK, Thanks, but no thanks.

That silly hat is no fun to wear.

I'll just stick to "kid play".

Havin' a chat with my Grampa.

We met Ken & Betty for lunch and they brought me a present.

Hmm, wonder what could be in this bag.

Hey! There is something really cool in there.

Look! Cars, a ball, animals!

Wow, what more could a boy want?

(Food?)

We sure love Ken & Betty.

They have been our friends for all my life.

Even longer!

Back at the ranch. What? Is there trouble brewing?

Don't worry, Gramma! We've got you covered.

We've got squirt guns!

No water and we don't know how to make them work...

but that's beside the point.

Gettin' ready for a snack.

Kinda crumby cake.

Here, Guille, let me help you with that.

Ya want some more?

Aunt Judy came for a visit and we played at the park for a long time.

I had to get rid of my shoes and socks, though.

I love playing with Elizabeth.

She's so much fun.

Too bad we live so far apart.

Havin' some time with Gramma at the park.

And, OH! Look! A TREE!

Bubbles!

Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles!

What card do you have, Grampa? Huh? Let me see!

It's OATMEAL!

I LOVE oatmeal!

Gramma brought out a bag of treasures.

Elizabeth and I got to help unload the bag.

Then we showed Grampa what treasures we had found.

And we pretended to try them out.

Mmm! Hot chocolate!

She HUGGED me!

Aren't we cute?

OK.... Whew! Part one is ready to post. I'll try to get part two up before too long.

Spring clean-up

Time to pick up all those sticks that fell through the Winter.

Big sticks!! Good thing I have a wagon to haul them.

This one is a bit too big for the wagon.

Guess I'll just carry it to the burn pile.

I told you I'd show you updated pictures of our bathroom.

Here's the neighbor working hard.

World's best neighbors!

fingerpainting... what fun.

Who needs a bean bag chair when you have a bag of laundry to sit on?

That's it for now. Hope you are all enjoying the Spring weather.

bu-bye

It's beginning to look like Spring!

Have book, have shoes, will travel.

Getting ready to go outside.

Since shoveling by hand is such hard work,

I decided to see what would happen if I scooped the snow

with the shovel UNDER my tractor!

Hoping to get a glimpse of Spring, we headed to the home & garden show.

And look, they had this great place for kids to play!

Yeah, I had such fun!

I got to touch a lobster, too.

While we were at the home & garden show, we saw our neighbors.

We mentioned the need to replace my bathtub,

and the next day...

...the work began!

I watched Daddy take the door off.

The tub is out!

Oh, how I cried when they started cutting up my bathtub.

I love baths, you know.

The NEXT day, when Daddy got home from work,

we played outside for a little while.

These snowball fights are such fun!

Mama took this movie through the patio door.

Time to go back inside and get back to work on my bathroom.

I'm not sure whether we have spent more time

at the lumber yard or at home this week.

Brenda went with us to help pick out what we need and to keep me entertained while Mama tried to decide what kind of flooring and tub to put in.

Mama told me that we could go outside and play,

so I put on my pants & boots.

Ready to go!

(Hmmm, which side is going first, the front, or the back?)

(Hey, I put them on ALL BY MYSELF!)

It's a bother when the tractor gets stuck.

Guess I just need to use my muscles and turn it around.

Hey, look! Here's my donkey friend!

He's been buried in the snow all Winter.

Shoveling... such fun, that I just HAD to shovel that last pile of snow.

Oooh, it's heavy!

Well, I need to go to bed now. It's past my bedtime and I'm sleepy!

I'll show you pictures of my new bathroom next time.

3 slurps... and a whole lot more.

What a happy day!

Generally, when we go to a restaurant and the waitress plops 3 straws on the table, I poke it in my mouth and don't see what the big deal is about using one of those things. It always LOOKS like Momma & Daddy get drinks to go from the glass to their mouth, but it doesn't work for me. Momma keeps telling me that we'll work on using a straw.

Well, WEDNESDAY WAS THE BIG DAY!

The waitress gave us the straws...

I pulled the paper off...

put the straw in my mouth...

worked VERY HARD at wrapping my lips around that thing...

and then...

I SLURPED!

And, I SLURPED AGAIN!

THREE SLURPS, to be exact!

I got water through my straw!!

Yeah me!

(Boy, that was a lot of work for three slurps! Drinking straight from the glass in much easier, but I do suppose I'll try the straw again another day.)

The next day, while shopping, we found a great deal on these balls.

Such big bags, and I could carry them all by myself!

I must have pretty big muscles, huh?

We took the balls to the basement and dumped them into my swimming pool.

Careful, don't spill any of the balls on the floor!

What? Really? I can throw them?

I can toss them in the air, get them all over the floor?

Oh, what fun! Balls in... balls out.

Ah, now this is livin'!

I AM Mr. Cool!

Gail brought a really fun game that we played.

What a fun way to work on saying my colors and other words.

Ready, set, go....

Giggles

I'll get this one!

This BIG woodpecker is drilling holes in the tree in our front yard.

Too bad we couldn't get closer to it.

Thank you, Daddy for holding my toys.

Can I dump these on you too?

Yeaaaah!!