An education in noodle eating

We had pasta for dinner tonight. It was fantastic!

Top 3 phrases of the week

“I LOVE TO PLAY”!! That’s what I just loudly announced to mommy and daddy. You should have seen them laugh. But I really do! It’s my favorite thing these days. I love to play with everything; my toys, the furniture, my easel, daddy’s cell phone, mommy’s purse, and anything else I can get my hands on. But let me tell you something I DO NOT LIKE—haircuts. They are the worst. I totally understand why Uncle Ben never cuts his hair. I wish I could get away with that. Mommy wanted to give me a little trim so I would look good for my birthday party this Saturday and you should have heard me yell. You would have thought she was trying to put a dress on me for all the fuss I was making. I just don’t like it. O-yea, that is the other phrase I’ve been using a lot the past week-“I don’t like it”. I find it to be useful for all sorts of occasions. For instance, when I’m not happy with dinner or a particular bedtime story isn’t up to snuff I’ll announce “I don’t like it.” My 3rd favorite phrase of the week is “it’s kinda shakey”. It also has lots of uses. I first used it to describe the towers I was building with my blocks. But more recently I’ve realized that lots of things are “kinda shakey.” For instance, just this evening I took a bath and I myself felt kinda shakey. That’s all for now. I attached a picture of me giving mommy a kiss tonight. Are we not the cutest.

Me on the phone!

Just in case you wondered what I look like when you talk to me on the cell phone. I take my phone conversations very seriously.

Basketball and my new tunnel.

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a nice week. It is Saturday morning and I am recovering from a particularly busy week. My first day of school, lots of drawing, and playing basketball with dad at the park. Yes, I have started playing basketball. It seems like a super fun game. We have a court right across the street. Dad and I played a couple of times last week. They have a little basket that when dad holds me up over his head I can slam dunk the ball. It’s a lot of fun, but daddy seemed to get tired after 9 or 10 shots. We also played on the real court. I would pass daddy the ball and he would shot the ball in the hoop. But after a while, instead of passing the ball to daddy I ran away and threw the ball into a big pile of weeds. It was pretty funny. Daddy ran frantically after me yelling something about poison ivy. The only bad part of the episode was that then we had to go all the way back to the house to wash the ball. But daddy was a good daddy and he took me right back to the park to play some more basketball. Well, that is until I grabbed the ball and threw it back in the poison ivy. Then our time at the basketball court was over. I have attached a video of a new toy that my friend Jack brought me. It is a tunnel that I can climb in and out of. Lots of fun. Well, I must be going. Mommy and daddy promised me a ride on the downtown trolley today.

First Day of Pre-school

Well today was a big day! My first day of pre-school. I showed up with a beautiful bouquet of flowers for my teacher Mrs. Vicky. She’s a very nice lady and takes good care of me. As soon as I entered the classroom I ran over to the trucks and started playing. However, Mrs. Vicky kindly told me that I had to go wash my hands before I could play with the toys. I had an absolutely great morning at school playing with all the toys and boys & girls. I did have some trouble falling asleep. And once I woke up from my nap I was pretty cranky. But when daddy picked me he took me to Barnes and Noble to play with the trains. I was very happy because I love those trains. But I had an ever bigger melt down when we had to leave. I just didn’t understand why we had to leave. After Barnes and Noble, daddy and I went to the grocery store. Once inside, I made my usual “I want a special cookie” request. Daddy picked me out some yummy sugar cookies. But he said I couldn’t have one until we got back to the car. So I yelled “I want sugar” for the rest of our time in the store. We got some strange looks. All in all, a fun day and I can’t wait for my second day at pre-school.

My Weekend with Jack

Hi everybody. It is Monday afternoon (Labor Day) and my good friend Jack just left to head back to Shreveport La. He and his parents, Phil and Kelly, spent the weekend and boy did we have fun. Jack and I played really well together. We spent most of our time playing with my fire and Tonka trucks. Jack seemed to really enjoy my alphabet train station. I even showed Jack some of my new drawings. We also went to the park something like 4 times in 2 days. By the end of the weekend we were both really tired. On Monday morning we took a break to watch some Mickey Mouse on TV (picture below). All in all I had an absolute great time with Jack. And it seemed like mommy and daddy had fun with Phil and Kelly. On Sunday night we all went out for Chinese food and I had some great chicken teriyaki lo mein. The noodles were great and the chicken was ok. On Monday we had pizza for lunch and I ate a lot. I'll write more latter, but now I need to go take a nap.

The other great thing about this blog is that I can post pictures. You can click on the picture to see a close up. This is me at the zoo last week with grandma and grandpa. I really like the zoo. My favorite animals right now are giraffes and rhinoceros. Also, they let the peacocks roam free around the zoo. I tried to catch these three. I almost got them.

I gotta wear shades!!

Hi everyone. One of the best features of my new blog is that I can post videos of myself. Here is one where I am trying on sunglasses. I think they look good. What do you think?

No nap today!

Well, I thought that would be all for today, but it turns out I’ve had some extra time. Largely because I have decided that I did not need my afternoon nap. I know what you’re thinking…an afternoon nap is very important to a growing boy. But I just don’t see the point. I have so much more fun without the nap. Yes, the late afternoon and early evenings are tough…real tough. I am a lot crankier and way less patient with mommy and daddy. But by not taking a nap this afternoon I got an extra trip to the park across the street. I was able to climb the slide and yell in the yellow tube. It was a lot of fun. I haven’t decided about tomorrow yet; maybe I’ll feel like a nap, maybe I won’t. I’ll let you know either way.

Welcome to the Musings of a Fish

Hello everybody and welcome to my blog-“The Musings of a Fish.” Sorry it took so long for me to get up and running. It turns out that mommy and daddy are not quite as tech savvy as one would think. So I have decided to take the lead on my own and have created my own blog. For those of you who do not know, a blog is basically a personal diary or political soapbox in which I post whatever happens to be of concern to me at a particular moment. For instance, when I woke up this morning I was really in the mood for a banana, but once I had said banana I decided that I would actually prefer an apple. But daddy told me I had to wait for breakfast to get an apple and should simply continue eating my banana. Well, I ate a few more bites then hid that banana good. That will show them. And yesterday morning I felt that my pajamas were too constricting. So I decided to take them off before mommy and daddy came to get me out of my crib. They foolishly thought they had broken me of that habit. I love them a lot, but sometimes they can be so silly. O-yea, I also had some really good jumps yesterday. That is all for today. One more thing, each new post will appear at the top of the page. Older posts will appear at the bottom.