the Park

I just love going to the park. on Turkey day we went to the park so Mama and Daddy and their crazy friends could play football. i think they're too old for it - someone could get hurt! anyway, while they played, i hung out with Nana. i sampled some elk poo (i don't recommend it without some kind of dipping sauce), played in the mud (there's nothing better), and fell off the swing. Nana thought it was funny that i got sand in my pants - until she's the one that got to change my diaper!

hard worker

in this picture i was helping Daddy load up some firewood at the land to take back home. i'm SUCH a good helper - i sat in the grass with Mama, ate sticks, and threw pieces of elk poop. it was a lot of hard work but definitely worth it! now we have enough wood to keep us warm for at least 2 weeks (the way Mama burns thru it - Daddy says she's a pyro).

it's all about me

i was having a great time crawling and walking around until i discovered that if you leave your hands in the snow they get cold! and then the sun gets in your eyes - now that really chaps my hide. the day after turkey we went up the mountain to get our christmas tree and ended up with three! one for Nana and Papa (surprise!), one for Auntie Duck Duck (no bah humbug this year), and one for us. not sure what good it does just sitting there looking pretty - they don't even let me play with it.

establishing trust

seriously, why do parents feel the need to lie to us about very important things? take cake, for example. until my birthday i didn't even know there WAS such a thing. and it's heavenly! the frosting is so sweet and sugary and yummy. it's my new favorite food. forget peas! did they seriously think i would go through life loving peas? it's a whole new world......

who comes up with this stuff?

this was a present from my buddy Cole. it's a tractor with a farmer, cows, and a milk maid (oops, dairy goddess). it's from 'the Little People'. now, i realize i haven't been around very long but isn't it politically incorrect to make fun of someone's physical misfortunes? they're definitely little (and kinda overweight if you ask me) but seriously, haven't the toy makers got any boundaries? anyway, i like pushing the tractor around and throwing the little people at the dogs.

a scholar i'm not

Nana helped me open birthday presents. in this picture i got a book. another book. don't get me wrong - i LOVE books. but don't they know that I CAN'T READ??? and it's not just books - Nana loves to send me cards on the holidays and i just don't have the heart to tell her that i don't understand a damn thing they say. but the pictures are nice and they sure tear up good.....

too neat to eat

Nana made this really cool cake for my birthday. it's a bulldozer with real dirt - my favorite! ok, it's not real dirt but it sure tasted good. the bulldozer even has taillights - that was Papa's idea. and the monkey candle was on my Mama's and Auntie's first birthday cakes a looooooong time ago. i didn't know they made candles way back then!

it's not a party without balloons

it's my FIRST birthday and these balloons were really wiggin' me out in the beginning. Daddy tied them everywhere - to my chair, to the table, to the doorknob, and even to my pants! i guess i should just be glad that there wasn't a clown on the other end of them. i hear clowns are super freaky and the last thing i need to do is cry at my own party!

meltdown

I asked them nicely NOT to post this picture but they (Mama and Daddy) think it's just SO funny when i have temper tantrums. i cry and scream and hug the floor because life is just so hard sometimes. Nana is laughing at me too - they all must have forgotten what it was like to do nothing but play, sleep, play, eat, and have someone else wipe your butt for you all day!

the Barber

I got my first haircut the week before my birthday. Mama was sick and tired of my bangs in my eyes but Daddy didn't want to cut the curls off the back. so they compromised and Daddy trimmed up front and on the sides. Nana supervised and Mama took pictures. I did pretty good - didn't start crying till the end because they were making me sit SO still for SO long. now i'm pretty stylin'

what NOT to wear

THIS is what happens when Daddy is in charge of dressing me in the morning. seriously, my Halloween shirt with my Badger pants. hopefully he won't be allowed to pick out my clothes once i start dating! In this picture i'm reading a book - upside down and back-to-front. I must be gifted.

Little Cooker

I'm helping Mama make dinner. i think we're going to have green chilis and i'll stir them up with two spoons. seriously - there's a lot of fun stuff in these kitchen cupboards! one of them is FULL of tupperware, a big one is ALL booze (they lock that one up), and another is different sizes of cans, boxes, and glass jars. I'm told those are the "canned goods". one of my favorite things to do is to take each canned good out of the cupboard one at a time and put it on the floor. then when i'm board with it, i move on to a different cupboard. hours of fun!

PlayLand

This is my new friend Ellie. We met at the McDonald's Playland. What a crazy place! food all over the floor, screaming kids everywhere - it was great! Ellie and her brother Caleb were visiting with their mom. It was nice to finally meet them all.