That's All Right Mama

Daniel loves Elvis. This is not surprising because Mommy loves Elvis too! I think at last count I have been to Graceland 6-7 times. If we have time to take Dan this summer I will! Every night when we come home and make dinner we put on the Elvis CD. Daniel stands in rapt attention in front of the radio when Elvis comes on and now he has started singing along...

He gets his dancing moves from his Daddy...

This week we found out that Daniel is a prankster. Mark is afraid of spiders. Afraid may not adequately describe his emnity towards them. Daniel has figured this phobia out. He has a children's book with pictures of creepy crawlers in it and deftly opens it to this page. Then he proceeds to chase Mark all around the house with it and put it on him and laugh. Mark is not laughing. Mark especially did not laugh last night when I left it open in front of the fridge in the kitchen before we went to bed. As a matter of fact, he was decidedly Displeased when he went into the kitchen later that night. Daniel would have been proud!

Dig it!

Hello! First, the reason the posts have been so backed up is because we have been having too much fun. At the end of the day we all collapse and then get up and start the whole thing all over again. We have done lots of things this May.

Here are Mommy and I planting flowers. Aunt Lynne has a great idea about starting a potato garden and I think that's our next project.

Eric has been here a lot this month. I love my big brother. He's a lot of fun.

Mommy's Cousin Jack came to visit us this past week. He told us all about his bikeride across the country. That's pretty cool.

Here are Daddy and me looking at his blackberry. He is actually letting me play with it. Silly silly Daddy. . .

Dig my new hairstyle. All of my friends' blogs have pictures of them with crazy hair and here is my first! I finally have enough hair to go wild. Amazing.

Here is my Al Bundy impersonation:


I will leave you with this... I'm pretty smart huh?

Outside Time and Visits from Grammy and Grumpy

Dear Daddy,
Thank you for coming home this weekend. We had a lot of fun, didn't we??? I sure miss you. In case you have forgotten, I'm posting some pictures of us having fun at the park here.

Here you are trying to tell me what sound a cow makes. I will humor you at the end of this movie, but these cows sound pretty quiet to me.



Oh yeah, and here is my "Animal House" impression -- how much jello can I shove in my mouth at once? Bluto rocks. FOOD FIGHT!

While you were gone Grammy and Grumpy came to visit me. It is nice to have them here. I get very very spoiled! I like it! And they forget all about those other two people... (I call them Mommy and Uncle Ken). Mommy is okay with it, but Uncle Ken gets a little perturbed... There are not as many pictures as usual of Grammy and Grumpy's visit, because, well frankly I'm embarrassed to say that I got Grumpy sick. I blame it all on this kid in my class though, I swear!

We listened to a band at school this week and had a picnic. Mommy came to see the band with me. I got my groove on.

And finally Daddy, Mommy and I walked the five mile March of Dimes walk this morning. Shoowee. It was a LONG walk. I talked with everyone I saw and had a great time eating crackers and drinking juice while Mommy pushed the stroller. I don't have any pictures of today, but it was a lot of fun. And we raised $325 for the March Of Dimes. Thanks everyone!

I hope you come home soon Daddy.

Love,

LittleBear

Hey Daddy,

Dear Daddy,
This post is from your LittleBear. Mommy got me my very own potty today! At first I wasn't sure what to do with it, but as you can see from the videos, I am really into it now! In more ways than one...


This potty rocks!



Ha! I fooled the potty. I'm pretty clever. Who needs this potty thing anyway? I'm important enough to have everyone else rushing to change my diaper.



Well, that's all for now. I should be in bed! Catch ya' on the flip side Pop.
Love,
LittleBear

It's spring!

In an effort to entertain Daniel while Mark is away, I took him to Maymont Park this afternoon. It was our first time there and it awesome! The flowers were blooming, the kids were out playing. The ice cream man even stopped by.

I'm posting some pictures so Schmoopie will feel like he was there. Here are some pictures of Daniel playing in the cherry blossom petals. (Papa, this really inspired me to get my real camera out and take some pictures when I have someone to help watch Daniel)

Dan even got to see some flowers. He was very gentle.

And then I suggested he sniff the flower, so he leaned in closer...

And, wait for it...

Attempted to eat it. Sigh. We'll keep working on that.

As we left the park there was a man playing the cello on a park bench. Daniel put his head on my shoulder and listened in rapt attention to the music for 15-20 minutes. Maybe he has found his niche? Or the music lessons are paying off?