Visit from Gram, Pops and Aunt J

For my birthday this past month, Gram, Pops, and Aunt J came to visit.  They took me to Jungle Jack's playland.  My Aunt J rode the Safari Rumble In Jumble ride with me:

We picked the first cold day of the season to go.  So we were alone on this ride.  I did the Golden Frog Jump to The LilyPad Ride by myself.  I stood in line by myself and rode it by myself!  Being four is great!

I also got to ride a big roller coaster named the Sea Dragon.  Look at me, front row with my arms up.  My dad told me this is the only way to ride a coaster.  I am too young to realize that there are pansies who don't, like everyone in the seats behind me!

What a fun day!  As I pondered how awesome it was, JC steals some of my cotton candy dipping dots.  Where did I get it?  The future!

Thanks for the fun visit!  Jungle Jack's still doesn't know what hit them!

Let's Go to New Mexi-Co?

Hola Amigos and Amigas!  That's Dora for "Hello friends of male and female persuasions!"  As alluded to in earlier blog posts, we have big announcements.  One announcement is the soon to be arriving Don Fernando....

If he was a turkey that took 8 hours to cook, we are at 3.5 hours.  We actually don't know gender yet, so it could just as easily be a Leona Fay.  The other announcement pertains to our future place of residence.  In only a few short weeks, we say Bye-Bye-Bye (bye bye!) to Ohio.  We will be moving to the Land of Enchantment - or New Mexico.  We think Land of Enchantment sounds better.  We are excited to be in the state for their centennial statehood event after missing Virginia's 400 year anniversary in '07. 

For those unfamiliar with the 87544, we will be living at 7000 feet on the side of a volcano.  But lo, while New Mexico is a desert, we are near the source of the Rio Grande and so part of our new backyard looks like this...

Please use the comments section to provide catchy new blog names for us that are needed with our imminent departure.  And just in case there are any of you dying to visit the Land of Enchantment, we have a 4th bedroom and will welcome LOTS of visitors.

Happy Birthday M!

What is this?  I, M, woke up on a morning around my birthday and found my dad like this....

I guess my dad stayed up too late wrapping presents.  Or he didn't stay up late and the sugar rush from a box of Zingers wore off in mid sneeze!  After waking him up I realized other people were in the house, too.  My Aunt J and this nice grandma...

And a nice grandpa...

With many plans for the day, we got down to business right away.  Here we are having a breakfast cake.  I am blowing out 4(!) candles!

After loading up on cake and ice cream,  we opened presents, too.  Here I am with my hand-writing game.  It came from my beautiful momma, and if you have seen her handwriting, you'll know why she got me this!

I got a beautiful dress from my Grandma L...

The life of the party turned out to be a hopscotch map.  Notice my hair in mid-jump...

Even Pops got into the act, here is the start of an epic fall that took out camera woman Aunt J!

Here I am amid my sea of gifts.  Looks like my parents will need another brown box when we move....to...well maybe I'll tell you next time.  After these action packed two hours, we headed off to another part of Ohio for the rest of my party.

Happy Birthday to me!  Thanks for all the gifts and visitors!

M's First Day of School...Year 2

Hi there!  I, M, have started my second year of my formal preschool education.  The following are a few of pictures of myself and my brother, JC, at my orientation.  Here we are working on a puzzle together...

We also played with the fruit and toys...

What is the weather like in Ohio?  Why, it's sunny with a chance of M...!

Our first Friday was spirit day.  I "buckeyed" the trend and went as a Hokie!

My school is great, but it looks like I won't be there for long.  Check back next time for an update on my brother and I's future whereabouts!

Summer Update

School is out and board games can help pass the day.  Some people play the board game Risk for fun.  Risk is called the game of world domination.  I prefer to team up with my sister and play a game called my parents' bed domination.  We are undefeated so far....

Although the days are longer, some things get shorter.  Can you see what got shorter in this picture?

Yes! Our chair finally broke after six years of service.  The back leg split wide open.  Can you believe it?  Oh and I got a hair cut, too...

Am I going to miss my old hair?  My answer lies below...

Ohio State Fair O-Ten

Hullo there from the Ohio State Fair!  Here we are pictured with the wrong end of a cow!  No worries - it's a butter cow.  The glass is to protect those who are lactose intolerant.

I, M, was ecstatic to ride the rides.  However, I was only 41.5", a half inch too short to ride alone.  Luckily my dad was there.  Together we averaged out to a height that allowed us to ride the Helicopter Spin-o-rama!

What a dull ride!  It did not go up.  It did not go down.  Midway through I asked my dad why we wore seat belts.  He said he did not know.  Time for something more exciting....like the Crazy Plane!

Heights were in vogue, but I wanted something more exciting.  Perhaps some water bumper boats?  Being the only aggressive driver lead to a lot of dirty looks from other parents....so I flashed them this grin!

Finally, I decided to go for it.  We hopped on a roller coaster!  Wee-haa!  I had my arms up the whole way---and to top it off, the rain had just started so we got to ride it twice without stopping as the employees rushed to save their speaker system.  No pictures, of course because my dad was screaming and grabbing the hand holds.  He wore his yellow VCU shirt, so at least he did not falsely advertise!  In related news, I'm looking for a roller coaster riding partner!

Charles Edward Cheese

My Aunt S had a birthday approximately two months ago.  To celebrate, we went to Charles Edward Cheese's House of Fun approximately two months ago.  In related news, never get your photographs developed at the CVS on Main.  The problem, of course, is how to get to Virginia to help celebrate?
First, I tried the gigantic lego man who lived down the street.  He refused.

So I used some horsepower, instead! 

Made it!  Here is a picture of the birthday girl looking wistfully into the distance as the three cheese mixture inspires mental poetry.  Little JC thinks she took more than her fair share!

JC quickly got over the slight and Summer and him threw some footballs...

We soon grew tired of all the pizza and fun.  So we strapped ourselves into something that required little to no effort!

Thanks for the party!