Trick-or-Treat

Mimi and Papa came down to visit us today. Their plan was to put the new knobs on our kitchen cabinets and then hand out candy while we trick-or-treated with both mommy and daddy. And they did exactly that. Above is the picture of Bodie in his costume waiting for the time to go. He was Bam-Bam. He had a club, too. He didn't really know how to use it.

This picture is of my costume. I'm a tootsie pop! We had to wait a REALLY long time for the other kids to start showing up. Luckily, both Bodie and I took HUGE naps today. I slept for 3 hours and Bodie slept for 4 1/2. We were well rested and ready for our late night.

It was finally time.... We headed out with the wagon. We made it to 3 houses before Bodie fell in a huge puddle. :( We had been gone for maybe a 1/2 hour before Mommy twisted her ankle and fell. Bodie had fallen numerous times. At that point we were all cold and ready to head back. Or hobble back as in mommy's case. It was then that Bodie took his club and bopped me over the head with it while saying, "Bam-bam!!"

We did have to trick-or-treat one more time at our own house with our mimi and papa. I could barely wait to get my sucker head off.

Mimi rushed us up the stairs and into a warm bath. But not before I opened the ring pop that Kev and Mon had dropped off while we were out. Since it was a special night, I got to enjoy it in the bathtub. Thanks guys! My favorite part of the night was handing out candy to my "customers". I had so much fun!

Happy Halloween!

Swings

Bodie loves to swing. This is him running on the path to the playground.

He's SO close now, he slowed down a bit to wait for us.

I like to make funny sounds and pretend that Bodie has knocked the wind out of me when I push him. It makes him laugh.

I learned how to swing all by myself this summer!

Second Day of School.

The second day of school drop-off went great! I was in charge of feeding the class pet today. We do that first thing. I barely even had time to say goodbye to mommy and Bodie before I was off with a smile to feed the hamster.

Baby (Hair) No More - Otherwise Entitled Mullet-No-More

Before mullet removal.

Actual removal of mullet

After mullet removal

(Not) My First Day of School

Mommy kept telling me that my first day of school was coming up. I TOTALLY didn't understand what she was talking about. Honestly, my first day of school was a LONG, LONG time ago when I was three. This is NOT my first day of school. Just the first day of 4-year old preschool. We went out to breakfast at McDonald's. (This was not for the food so much as the playland.) Then we headed to school. Once again I kicked and screamed as they pried me off of mommy. I calmed down really quickly and had a GREAT time. I loved school and seeing all of my friends again. This year I know how to swing all by myself so I don't need a teacher to push me. My new teachers are nice and mommy is looking forward to me getting to know them so that I don't kick and scream when she leaves.

Rub a Dub Dub

Summer

Our house up north finally sold this summer. The closing was in August. We all went up north and visited with our family and friends. Bodie and I were able to check out the new splash pad in Charlevoix and we took Aunt Teresa and Mommy to Lake Michigan one evening. Evening is the best time to head to the beach. (Says mommy.) It's not too busy, not too hot, but the sun is still shining and it's not completely deserted.

We also took Papa Reg to the zoo to see the Dinosaurs. I was SO scared of the dinosaurs. This is the only picture of me with one because its a smaller one and papa is there with me.

We also went to a Tiger's game. There were fireworks after the game and Bodie was a little nervous because of all the noise, but we were really good and had a fun time.

End of Year Picnic

On the last day of Preschool we stopped at a park just before we got to school and had a picnic with all my friends. Daddy was even able to make it. It was a surprise that he came. I was SO happy he was able to push me on the swing..... (Even though he doesn't push me as high as mommy!)






Bodie is a big fan of the swings, too. This picture was taken before we got his sandals from Aunt Heidi in the mail. He now is the owner of a nice pair of Teva's!



Before we went left for the park, I got cards all ready to give to my teachers.

Today, Thursday, May 7th, 2009

We must give all the credit to the makers of chocolate milk for the above video....

Today I had a field trip to a farm in the area. I was able to bring Bodie, too. We both had a lot of fun. It didn't rain until we were on our way home. We saw miniature horses, and pigs, and horses, and cows, and chickens, and turkeys, and bunnies, and goats, and sheep, and llamas, and peacocks. I could go on, but you get the idea. When we got there, first thing was a hayride all around the farm. We saw a marsh and bird houses and bat houses and fields that had just been plowed. (What, you wanna see, too?..... Mommy forgot the camera.)

Had to stop for milk on the way home and for a special treat mommy got a little bottle of the chocolate kind, too. We had chocolate milk for lunch which is why we were acting so goofy in the above video. (I get REALLY weird on any kind of sugar. You don't even want to imagine me after a little glass of "coca-coca classic").