a few videos

these are not in chronological order, but are all within a few months of each other.

i like to dance, even just after i wake up in the morning...and yep, to lullabyes even

riding a two wheeler before i am even three years old....i feel sooo big! i am learning about the brakes, but after today, i think i figured it out! we hav eyet to take the training wheels off my bike because it is pretty big, so i am borrowing leo's little bike to learn on.

i do love my gymnastics class! this is my very first day in the big boy class! we learned how to go backwards and i did awesome! it took me a few spins to figure out how to turn backwards on the mat so I could practice my backroll. mama was in the stands, but i did not know it. benjamin, one of the bigger kids in my class was assigned to help me. we did all kinds of stuff, and he would do it first, then i would watch and try to do it. mama watch in astonishment as i leaped off a foam pad 5 feet off the ground to grab a high bar and swing from it...the pad was supposed to be under the high bar so we could just reach up and grab it...after the instructor saw me hanging there and could not figure out how i got there, he moved it to the correct place...it took me a while to muster up the courage to make that jump...but i did it...and nailed it too! good thing, or mama might have had some serious words with the instructor.

i love playing the harmonica

mas pics

i built this
feeding the sea mokeys mama's friend mar sent me from italy

ben and max's bday, pony rides in my side yard
i got to get on the fire truck
musical zoo--i was a natural cello player

Happy Easter! 2011!

Pictures in reverse chronological order (newest to oldest)

old town north east hunt

egg dying is fun!

i wrote this all by myself, mama was shocked to see it.
papa and me flyin some kites at the kite festival..we made this kite


at the zoo
my new playroom
love the bb and gramp c visits!!! double date night!


cats versus florida win, going to the final four
i love soccer (sometimeS)

i am the mancala champion


i lov edrums!

Here we are months after my last blog post, and my how I have grown in size, mind and physical capabilities. I learned how to ride a bike, not just with training wheels, but when Leo took off down the alley (he is 4.5), I wanted to be free too, so, mama was in DC with Auntie Em, and papa let me ride on 2 wheels and I did it! I can count to 11, write an E, spell my name, and I know exactly where I live. Today I recited the days of the week...got thru Monday to Friday, and then, the sixth day and Sunday. Mama and papa were clueless where I got the sixth day from, and tried to convince me it was Saturday, but whatever. Papa forgot his wallet and mama had to go back and take it to him and I said "Damnit, what is taking him so long"...mama tried not to laugh, then tried to be stern and tell me that was not a nice way to talk....I got me some puddle stompers and tonight went out the freezing cold rain and stomped some serious puddles...some up to my knees....

we planted our garden this weekend too! mama gave franny the notice that my last day is may 19, I will start big boy school when we get back from our may vacation. it was sad day, and will be harder when it actually comes. life is good though. we are all super busy...but life is good.

hard to keep up

i am getting so big and am such a busy little guy that mama has a hard time keeping up with my blog. today for example, i had music class where i played the trombone, then i went to the playground for an hour, then we met some of nana and grandpops friends who were in town for lunch, then naptime and now over to lily's house. i like to sing and dance and am very good at asserting my independance and opinions. you would think i am a regular teenager with the attitudes. life is good! just realized we need to load some new pics of me, so give mama a few days and she will try to get some on the computer. thanks.

Music Class

I love music and i love music class. All week I have been practicing my ABCs so that I could sing them in front of everyone. Mama was so proud. I love playing the drums the best. I am going potty all the time all by myself and even am trying to wipe my own buns. the other day I was at my friend tessa's house and I put on her green and pink bathrobe and came downstairs and everyone was laughing saying alls i needed was an ascot and i could go to any lounge in town...so i took their cue and told them i was dressed up to take tessa on a date. she ran out of her room behind me buck naked, so i yelled at her to put some clothes on. mama was laughing so hard i thought she might fall over. we had a really nice visit with nana when she came out last weekend. she hung out with me all day thurs and fri cause franny was sick too. well, life is good here. i keep telling papa to take me skiing, so i am hoping he just might, but mama says we need to wait until i am three.

Santa is kinda scary

today we went iceskating and then saw santa. i was not really sure if i wanted to talk to him even after i talked about going to see him all day, bu tthen he gave my friend lily a candycane and i had to go and see what it was all about. i asked him for a basketball and a train. this santa likes to ride his bike, which makes him extra cool.

Mama done went and cut all my hair off

just after my haircut
at sesame street live right after i dove off the stage onto the concrete (oh and mama dyed her hair red)!
fully dressing myself






It was time. I knew it, but she did not. I think mama was a bit traumatized to cut my hair because she loved my curls so much, but it was time. She used this phase of my not liking anything girly to her advantage. In the last few weeks several people have told me i look like a girl, which I did not like. But when they put a girl toy in my first ever happy meal, mama kinda thought it might be time to trim it back a little. Here is the video of the event.

oh and yes, I can dress myself now..here is a photojournal of my first time doing it head to toe (except the pictures loaded in reverse order).