Bobcat & Sketti

I'm telling my Daddy how to run the Bobcat. He needed to move a bunch of dirt so we can build a rockwall out front.


Later, Mom was serving one of my favorites: Sketti. I wear protective goggles now... otherwise I get too much sauce in my eyes when I stuff the noodles in my mouth.

Room Deco

Here's some cool stuff Mom made for my walls!

Here I am going to a 3 alarm fire. That's my dog, Liebe, in the back.







Here I am flying to Mars. I love rocketships!















You need some big objects moved? I haul logs, cows, and doghouses.

Crazy Mirror Time...

which is right after bath time! Here I am with Mommy practicing some cool faces.

Recent Chubby Pharoah Impersonation

It's done! It's done!

Frolicking through my very own field of green...

Alternative Takes...

on the word blueberry. I like to be creative with my pronunciations.

'Bah-boo-wa-wa-wa-wa'

'Bah-boo-bee-bee...ha-ha'

My Cousin's Impeccable Logic

in the car on the way somewhere this morning

Me: Bohn!, Bohn!, Bohn!

Cousin Ben: Do you think EJ's going to grow up to be a democrat?

Dee: I don't know, Ben. Why do you ask?

Cousin Ben: Because he keeps calling me 'Bomb' instead of 'Ben'. Democrats use the word 'bomb'. People in the military use bombs. Do you think EJ's going to be in the military?

Dee: I don't know, what do YOU think?

Cousin Ben: I think he's going to be a general because he's kind of bossy and generals HAVE to be bossy.

Water Bubby

Went swimmin' with the Fam last week. Here I am trying to convince Mama to get out of the way so I could dive into the kiddie pool.

This was at Grandma Viola's birfday party. Happy Birfday Grandma Viola!

Overseeing my Minions

Here I am overseeing my Mama-minion whom I slave-labor-forced (along with Dada) to lay my Royal Sod in the back yard. The work is finally finished! The Dada-minion finished the border the next day. It looks like this:
[picture coming]

new favorites

My new favorite food:

CURRY! I love this stuff.

My new favorite pastime:

Eating washable crayons!

S'more Words

Today I learned how to say:

guh-boo = buckle
phooussh = rocket jet engine sound

WATER!

Here I am using greywater from Mommy's New Rain Barrel to water the forsynthia we saved earlier this summer. We BOTH forgot to water the forsynthia ALL winter, but finally started giving it drinkies in May. And now look at it! Mommy is lucky to have such a good little helper like me.

Am I'm confuseded?

Apparently I'm experimenting with my Vocabelly. This morning Mommy asked me if I wanted some blueberries. I signed "yes" with a big smile and then pointed at the refrigerator said, "Bah....dun-dun!" I think I like this better than yesterday's version of 'blueberry'.

While Mommy was getting me some blueberries, I read on the bag that bah...dun-duns are loaded with antioxidants! This makes me especially happy, as I don't like free-radicals floating around in my little system, if I can help it.

2 new words

Yesterday Mommy and Daddy taught me two new words! They are some of my favorite foods.

bah-buhnee = strawberry
boo-hmph-hmpfh = blueberry

Vocabelly

Here's a list of some of the words I'm saying out loud (instead of just signing).

Ghjuooosh = juice
Ooooghjsh = O's (cereal)
Wahh Hoo = waffle

Mum, mama = mommy
Babah = grandpa leland
Ghjuooghju = auntie julie
Baaa = ball
Chuck = truck, car, jeeps, heavy equipment
Ghjo = uncle joe or cousin joe
Eeeee Jhga = E.J. (me!)

Action Shot

This picture gives you an idea of how fast I am now!

The green stuff in the background is called "grass". We don't have any of our own yet, but Dada says "Soon, Little Guy, you'll be playing in your own field of green." Daddy is hard at work on the sprinkler system for the drought tolerant grass Mom and Dad are ordering soon. But I don't think any kind of grass is going to use less water than our backyard-of-plain-dirt.

Our puppy told me she's excited about the grass, too! She's going to make Daddy a whole bunch of presents on it. I don't know what they are, but I bet they're going to make Daddy very, very happy.

Bye-Bye Nuk-Nuk

Well, it's been 2 whole days. And I haven't had a Nuk-Nuk in 2 whole days! Mommy was worried about my teeth...since she heard how much braces cost these days. And Daddy put me to bed last night and couldn't find my Nuk-Nuk. But I didn't even notice because I was so tired.

Here's a picture of me with 'mud on my face, a big disgrace'. Mom & Dad have been letting me help with the landscaping. It's a lot of work to shovel dirt and eat mud, but I've been helping a lot! I helped Daddy fill in the trench for the sprinkler pipes. He hadn't put the pipes in yet, but I didn't think that would matter too much. Mommy sat me down by a hole that DID needed filled in after that. I worked on it a little bit, but then I practiced rock climbing on a pile of gravel. You can see why I was so tired.

Monkey Boy

Yesterday I'd climbed all the way up on top of the kitchen table and was squatting next to the fruit bowl with my hand stretched out ready to grasp another banana... when Mom and Dad came around the corner!

Shoot. Monkey Boy foiled again!

Me Love Spaghetties!

Folks, I make my video debut on my Dad's blog this week. Here's the link. Check me out!
The Notch Works

Home!

I was so excited to be home that I called Briggie & G-Pa right away.