Friday was a busy day. After a long day at school, I went for a swim and then decided to work on my bike riding skills. Daddy took me to a parking lot and made me do drills. He said if I missed a cone, I had to do it another 10 times until I did it right….only kidding. He only wanted to give me something different to do and help me work on my bike riding skills. I did crash one time and scrape my knee so I’m not quite an easy rider yet. But it’s not about how many times you fall or crash – it’s how many times you get back on the bike.
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there – especially my dad. Mommy and I spent the whole day making daddy feel special. We started things off right by making daddy some breakfast. I was totally putting things in the bowl as mommy told me when we were making waffles. I even added my own special ingredient that only mommy and daddy know and they said they were the best waffles ever because of my special ingredient.
We also went to a movie and went swimming – I wanted to make sure daddy had plenty to do because I notice whenever daddy doesn’t have anything to do and it’s real quiet he tries to fall asleep on the couch. I’m sure this is because he’s bored so I go out of my way to make lots of noise and have him doing something all the time. During all this time together, daddy mentioned that one of the best feelings in the world is when I reach for his hand when we cross the street or walk in a busy parking lot. He says that’s the feeling that makes him feel like a dad because he knows I’m depending on him to protect me and to give me the guidance to get wherever we’re going. Hmmm, that sounds sweet and all, but we’re like walking 15 feet to the main entrance of Kroger so slow down Ward Cleaver.
Anyway, Happy Father’s Day!
A little pinch of this and a little pinch of that
Part of the shirt I made for daddy - wonder if this will be as cute when I have a size 13 foot
So I wasn’t a very good blogger during the month of May and June has started off rocky, but I wanted to write a quick HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my parents. They have been married 9 years as of 6/15 and together for 14 years. They each talk about the support that each of them has provided the other as one of the many secrets they have for staying together so long, but they are both quick to point out that they can still make each other laugh at will – even when no one else finds what they say funny. I mean there are times when they will say something to each other that I have no clue why they are rolling around laughing.
Whatever the reason, I’m glad they’ve found their secret to a life of love and laughs….and ME…… HAPPY ANNIVERSARY mommy and daddy!
Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful mommy. You are the best no matter what every other kid is telling their mom today. Honorable mentions to my Grannie and Nanny.
The weekend kicked off by us having an Easter egg hunt at school. Us kids had a great time. It was little bit of a break from the norm of learning all the time and gave us an opportunity to eat lots of candy and keep our teachers busy by running it all off so I think they were happy for the end of the day to come.
Saturday was great too, but I did over hear mommy, daddy, and grannie talking about some bunny remains that were found in the backyard. Not sure what that means, but evidently this was the 2nd year in a row that bunny remains were found in our backyard the day before Easter. Not sure if there is some sort of strange voodoo, but it is hard to ignore that the only two times that has happened has been on Easter Eve.
Anyway, the real big day was Easter Sunday. It started off with a little visit from the Easter Bunny and boy did he like me. I got a basket full of toys, books, and candy. A great start to the day.
After that, we went to church at Papa and Grandma Dupree’s church. Once church was over, we were ready to get the show on the road – Easter egg hunt time at papa’s house. While the daddy’s were hiding the eggs, I was scoping out my competition – two of my cousins – Lily and Tyler. They looked like they could be pretty tough, but I was twice as old as Tyler and Lilly hadn’t mastered walking yet so I figured I could hold my own. As you see in the video below, I meant business. I was running to all the eggs like nobody’s business. I own Easter Sunday, baby!!
With all the eggs found, Grannie and I chilled out on the old school tree swing. It was a great way to come down from my sugar high (two major sugar highs in 3 days – I may need to consider getting help).
Showing off my guns trying to intimidate my competition
Today is Tio’s birthday. He is so crazy. I saw him Sunday at a cookout his sister held for his birthday. It was pretty cool because I got to see some of my homies, Shad and Tristan. We played football and I showed them what a 34 lb freight train feels like…check it out….
And no one has a birthday without getting birthday spankings. I’m not sure how old Tio is, but mommy said he was real old so I made sure to give him a lot of spankings. The video is a little dark, but you should be able to make it out.
So after mommy and daddy came back to rescue Grannie from me, we went camping at Tyler State Park. We decided to go here on a recommendation of a friend of ours whom happens to be named Tyler.
Daddy showed he has some camping chops by getting our tent up in no time. He kept telling mommy that he use to go camping all the time with his dad when he was a little boy, but mommy had to see it to believe it – she still thinks he may have been a little lucky. After the tent was up, we realized we couldn’t put the cover on because the wind would collapse our tent. It was warm outside so we figured no big deal. That nonchalant, carpe diem attitude faded when the sun and temperature dropped, at least for mommy and daddy. I was fine because I was in the middle and had plenty of warmth, but they said they had their booties hanging out from the covers. It’s all good though – no one got frostbite or anything.
So we camped, hiked, fished, cooked over an open fire and even had a surprise visit from Tio – it was all a great time.
Camping chic
Lookin’ good
We’re the tent in the middle
I got tired so mommy stepped up
Off roadin’ – P style
You should have seen the one that got away
BTW when mommy was giving me a piggyback ride, daddy kept making Dagobah System jokes and talking in a Yoda voice – I don’t get it.
So the last week has been a blast. Both my folks were on vacation so that meant a lot of family time. They did skip out for a quick little trip to Galveston with some friends, but they said they were just resting up for time with me. I pretended to be sad that they were leaving, but I knew that with them gone it was going to be me and Grannie – and she didn’t stand a chance…
Grannie put up a good fight for about 10 minutes and then I laid down the law that it was going to be all about me. We went to the Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park. While the aquarium wasn’t so great because it was small, we had a blast. We rode some big paddle boats that looked like swans and because I am so small, Grannie had to do all the pedaling for the two of us. I kept telling her to suck it up and that this was good for her heart. She said some choice words (and even taught me some of those words), but she survived.
One of the conditions of spending time with Grannie is that I have to take several hundred pictures while I’m with her.
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