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: 

My Big Trip - Part 2: Seattle

Hi everyone!  After visiting Grandma and Grandpa in San Antonio, I went with Mommy and Daddy to Seattle to see Uncle B and Aunt Elissha.  Our first day in Seattle, Mommy, Daddy and Uncle B took me to Seattle's Children's Museum.  Aunt Elissha met us there with her friend, Alex.   In front of the museum is a giant fountain.  When we first got there the fountain wasn't running, so Daddy went down to check it out.  Then, the fountain started all of a sudden and Daddy almost got soaked.  Mommy thought it was hilarious.

Inside the museum, they had a toy boat we could play inside. 

Daddy made sure we put our life preservers on before sailing away. 

They also had lots of blocks.  Uncle B was really good at making things with blocks.

I really liked the play kitchen. 

Daddy and Uncle B found some big blocks and built a house.  They were proud of themselves.

Right outside of the Children's Museum was the Space Needle.  We walked around it but didn't go up.  It was pretty impressive.

To get back to the hotel, we took the Monorail.  I was happy to take a ride on a choo. 

Later that day, we went to the Seattle's farmer's market.  They had lots of fish and fruit and other food.  It was really impressive.

Outside the market, there was a wall covered in bubble gum.  Mommy thought it was gross, but Daddy and Uncle B thought it was pretty cool 

The market had a statue of a pig that really impressed me. 

That afternoon, we went to the Seattle public library.  It was a really cool building with all sorts of weird angles and walls. 

Here I am doing a puzzle in the children's area of the library. 

That evening, we had dinner at a restaurant on a marina.  I liked looking at the boats.

After dinner, we went to Gasworks Park.  It's a giant park along one of the lakes that has the remnants of a gas works factory on it. 

Daddy, Uncle B and I had a rock skipping contest. 

The next day, we went to the Experience Music Project.  They had a huge structure made out of guitars. 

They had a lot of stations where you could learn how to play instruments,  Here I am working on some of my vocal skills. 

Here are a couple of videos of Daddy, Uncle B and me playing instruments.  As you can see, I had a great time. 

Here's the full video of me, Uncle B and Daddy in the studio (Mommy didn't want to post the entire video on the blog because she thought people would get bored with it, put Daddy demanded that the whole video be posted):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdf2d0wSMkM

That afternoon, we took a boat tour of Seattle's lakes and the harbor. 

I had a lot of fun playing hide and go seek with Uncle B on the boat. 

We had some great views of downtown Seattle.

The next day, we went to Mount Rainier.  We were going to hike a path near the visitor center, but it was under 10 feet of snow!

We drove down the mountain a little bit to where there wasn't as much snow and hiked some trails there.  First, we went and saw a huge waterfall.

Then, we walked to several springs. 

Here's one of the streams created by the springs.

That evening, We went to Uncle B's apartment, and he made me a giant fort with his sofas. 
It was a lot of fun. 

On our last day in Seattle, I hung out with Aunt Elissha while Mommy, Daddy and Uncle B did the Seattle underground tour.  Then, before heading to the airport, we stopped by the REI flagship store.  Here I am sitting in a kayak. 

I had a great time in Seattle, and really enjoyed spending time with Uncle B and Aunt Elissha.  I can't wait to see them again!