Hamilton in the Heat

Last week, Mommy and I drove to Virginia to visit with Grandpa George. They say Atlanta is hot, but boy, was Hamilton hotter! It didn't bother me much because I had so many things places to explore at Grandpa's house. Here we are in the garden...

Grandpa had a tent for me to play with. It was awesome.

I liked visiting with the fish in the fish pond. And I never even fell in.

One day, we went to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum.

They had a ton of planes. I call planes "tee," because they look like the letter t.

I liked checking out the computer stations where you could see the cockpits of different planes.

Sometimes when Mommy and Grandpa weren't doing what I wanted, I had to put my foot down. And the rest of my body. Usually accompanied by a few "no's!"

We went up in the observation tower where you could see planes coming in to land at Dulles Airport. I was more interested in my cars.

Later that day, I went to the playground with Grandpa

And I ate some delicious spaghetti. I find the fork is more for decoration, really

On Friday, Mommy and I met up with Ms. Keri and her kids in D.C.

We went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. There were lots of exhibits, but mostly I ran around.

Here I am with Baby Roxie and Ian around a Neanderthal campfire exhibit.

And here I am tickling Baby Roxie.

Ian and I were checking out an exhibit with fossils.

We found a discovery room for kids just my age. They had all sorts of science tools we could use.

My favorite were the binoculars.

Here's our attempt at a group shot:

We had a great time in Virginia and I loved visiting with everyone. I didn't even mind the drive back (much) and I was happy to get home to see Daddy, the cats, and my toys.
Keep cool!
Q

Cleaning Up

Hi everyone!

We haven't been up to anything very exciting lately, so there haven't been many pictures to share. Just a lot of playgrounds, trucks, and trains. Today we went blueberry picking with my friend Art and his mommy. I didn't get into the picking much, but I did a lot of eating! Mommy forgot her camera, so we took pictures of today's bath instead so we'd have something to share.

 

I gave my farm animals a bath, too. Here's the pig-

And here's the donkey-

Daddy came home during my bath, here's how happy I was to see him!

Hope everyone's staying cool- talk to you soon!
Q

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!
We've been pretty busy celebrating this week-
On Thursday, Mommy and I did some patriotic sponge painting. I did the stripes, Mommy did the stars.

On Friday, we had a barbecue with our friends, the Burns, at their neighborhood pool. I had fun swimming, but I really had fun playing with the big kids in the sand volleyball pit. I helped by carrying buckets of water back and forth.

On Saturday, we went hiking at Stone Mountain.

I started out walking, but I ended up riding in Daddy's backpack. He needed help reading the map.

I liked finding the white trail markers on the trees and the rocks.

And of course, we found a playground. Whenever I see one, I say, "park!" until I convince Mommy and Daddy to let me play on it.

Today my friend Art came over to play and we went out to lunch.

This evening we went downtown for a picnic. They had a concert of patriotic music. I danced a little and wandered around.

We didn't quite make it to the fireworks- it's still a little past my bedtime. Maybe next year I'll see what all the fuss is about!
Happy 4th of July!!

The Stairs: A Photo Essay

Today while Mommy was getting dressed, I found her camera. I thought I would spend some time getting some good pictures of the stairs. They really are an interesting subject. I'm thinking of becoming a photographer. Here are some of my best shots: