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BatDad

Posted on September 22, 2013 by parksway

“BatDad is the father his kids deserve, not the one they need.”

Don’t show my daddy this because he is already goofy and annoying enough with all his antics – he really doesn’t need any new ideas. It’s bad enough we can’t walk by any goofy-looking hat without him putting it on and walking around the store acting silly and trying to get me to put one on. In most cases like that, mommy and me just keep walking and looking for a security guard to report some strange man following us. If we could only get those security guards to stop daddy from singing in the car, we would be golden.

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9/11

Posted on September 11, 2013 by parksway

9/11

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1 down, a lot more to go

Posted on September 3, 2013 by parksway

Well, the first week of school is done and it wasn’t all that bad. My homie, Andrew, is in my class and at my table so that is great. There are also a few more kids from my old class that are in there this year so I have a little comfort in that, but what’s best so far is my teacher – she is so nice.

The first week was pretty much focusing on getting everyone back in the swing of things as far as routine – that also goes for the parents. The first day of school, my folks were so excited and ready to walk me to class and take all kinds of pictures, but when we got there all the kids were already in their seat and no parents were in the class so I quickly walked to my seat and tried not to acknowledge my parents. I mean, I didn’t want to be the kid who brought his parents to school. I was fine with the abrupt goodbye, but my parents looked like I kicked their puppy or something. They left the class with their heads down and bottom lip sticking out and dragged their feet all the way down the hall. Now, three days in, my folks were dragging by day three and so looking forward to the long weekend.

One funny thing about my classmates is there is another Parker in the class. This could lead to some confusion, but so far the teachers are managing – my gym teacher, for instance, calls the other one “Parker 1” and me “Parker 2”. I’m not sure I like that naming order so I’m going to have to do my best to make sure I’m seen as “Parker 1” instead of 2.

Anyway, I’m sure 1st grade is going to be great so stay tuned to see what comes along.

Looking good for school…

My classroom

Flag raising ceromony

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Barbados birthday baby

Posted on August 15, 2013 by parksway

Well, in a matter of a week I got a tan and I turned 7 years old – all thanks to Barbados. I had a blast traveling in style and spending time with my family, but I am tired from the trip and glad to be home. Some highlights from the trip included: seeing a sunken ship and sea turtle while snorkeling during our pirate ship excursion, eating flying fish, boogie boarding, daddy getting stung by a jellyfish, and of course my birthday.

The whole trip was great and unlike last year, daddy didn’t end up in the hospital, but he did get stung on the same leg he broke last vacation. Of course his version of the story is one of man vs. wild like the jellyfish was some sort of Portuguese Man of War. While it does resemble some of the pics of the Man of Wars, it was like the size of strawberry. So even if it was a Man of War, it wasn’t the size of a football or big enough to warrant him getting a tattoo of where it stung him to commemorate his triumph over the wild.

Anyway, first class trip all the way.

a beach tradition

beach chillin’

pretty momma

hot momma

daddy loves me

momma w/ crazy uncle David

view from the room

sunken ship

Crush from Finding Nemo

View from our roof

first class is how I do

Crane Beach

jellyfish along of the beach

happy birthday to me

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Where’s Sally Struthers?

Posted on July 23, 2013 by parksway

Sally may be the only one capable of delivering the following impassioned plea like it should be delivered….for as little as $10 you could make a little boy smile on his birthday. For as little as $50, you could buy a days worth of hugs and loyalty from that same little boy. Why you may ask. Because without your generous gift, that sweet little boy will have to continue to make his own toys out of paper – long laborious hours of coloring and cutting Mario-themed characters, risking losing them when his parents clean the house. Yes, creating his own toys out of paper expands his creativity, but as you can see below, it may actually only lead to being really good at writing ransom notes.

Just click here to make that little boy’s day.

Note: That little boy is ME! I’m turning 7 soon!

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30-Day Notice

Posted on July 11, 2013 by parksway

So today is 7/11 which means two things: you can get a free Slurpee at any of your local 7-11 convenience stores and you have 30 days to find just the right gift for my birthday….although July has 31 days which means it may actually be 31 days, but if you’re in the eastern time zone then….oh you get the picture.

So when you’re done going on an all-day Slurpee bender complete with brain freezes, you can go online to see my birthday “wish list” from Toys-R-Us. Yep, I made it easy on you. Don’t worry about saying thank you – just show me your appreciation by getting a bigger present for me.

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For Sale

Posted on June 12, 2013 by parksway

I was telling daddy the other day that we should sell our house. He asked me why I wanted to sell my house since we really liked the house, yard, neighborhood, and school??? I told him we didn’t need to sell it right away, but in a month or so so we could get a house that was bigger (because we don’t use the guest room much or the other spare bedroom that we still haven’t decided whether to turn it into a home gym, game room, or another play room for me), had more couches, and was closer to Grannie. Daddy seemed pretty open to my idea, but I think he was sold when I told him we could get a lot of money for it – $4,000!!

Check for our home on the MLS soon.

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Time Flies

Posted on June 6, 2013 by parksway

It doesn’t seem like it has been nine months already, but my Kindergarten year is over as of today. At 2:51pm today, I will be a FIRST GRADER!! My folks keep telling me I’m growing up so fast and how they want me to stay little so I actually want them walking me into school and giving me hugs – for some reason they think I will outgrow wanting them to do that – sounds silly to me because I will always want them to do that, right?

Anyway, the last week or so has been very eventful at school. At our last Friday Live, I was recognized as Bear of the Month for exhibiting the core value of PATIENCE. Those who know me will get a chuckle out of that one. Those who don’t, give me awards like these and that’s just one of the reasons this Friday Live was the best ever. I also danced my butt off like I hadn’t before. I guess I’ve grown over the year. Another sign of me growing up more is that I lost my other front tooth. So now I sound a little funny saying a few words with an “S” in them.

I really do need to mention that I know I’ve been very fortunate to be in the school I am with the staff and teachers there. They’ve all been extremely engaged and invested in my success. It was more than my folks and I would have imagined. Thank you to all of them and we will see you August.