Fourth Birthday Extravaganza

As you know, I turned four. Of course it was a week-long celebration. Lots of my friends came out to my party and we had the best time ever.

Poor Harrison, odd man out at the table. But don't worry, he got some cake.

Strollin' with some of my best buds, Emmy and Keely. And of course Blaine a couple steps ahead.

Emmy, Blaine and me were very excited when Keely showed up.

If you think those ducks are funny, you should see the fish that are trying to beat the ducks to the food!

As we did last year, I took Dad to a Royals game for my birthday. I mean let's not kid ourselves, I was in charge.

Here I am getting ready to make my debut on the Little K.

Let's just say I didn't exactly dominate in (or should I say out of) the batter's box. Clearly it was bad pitching. But I did have a great time.

On the carousel. We're up to four tokens if you're keeping score.

My mini golf talents are well-documented. Here I am lining up a hole-in-one. You probably think I'm kidding. But I'm not. I did get a hole-in-one.

And we're out of here. And the Royals won!

And what about Colin? Where do we start? He's insisting on doing this lately. We don't know what to think, we just let him do what he wants. More on him next time.

So Long 3

When you see me next I'll be 4. On my last night being 3 I ate outside and pondered life and the mess I had just made with sidewalk chalk.

Dance Party has pretty much been the theme lately. Here, we pause for a photo op in the middle of dancing... dancing unbelievably we should say.

School closed up last Friday. Well guess what, the joke's on them because Grandma came over and we like that better anyway.

One of those "hey daddy, hey daddy, hey daddy, take my picture, I'm a green burrito" times. I'm sure this happens at your house also.

Meet "Mr. G." Unfortunately Dad and me didn't get to keep it.

Also, I didn't get to keep this pencil thin mustache. Because it's really oreos. Man do I love some oreos.
When I'm 4, expect me to get probably one hundred strong. I know, you're saying 'but Grady, you are already strong.' You are right, I am.

A Night On The Town

Who wants to be cooped up? We went out. We are happy because we got full bellies.
Holy cow, a train. And we rode it!!!

When riding trains it is important to appear serious when you're waving to the crowd. Presidential even.

Like I said, we rode that train. And it made us happy.

Suckers for both of us. How wonderful. There was also dancing to random music. We did it all.

Here's what's funny about this. This goofball could not have been frowning any bigger about going home. Get out the camera to take a pic and this is what you get.

Colin's First School Carnival

My first school carnival and I got trapped in a house. No really, I was hiding from Grady because he was about to.....

blow something up!!!

Really it was a huge fun time. I hold the unofficial course record on this obstacle thingamawhatever.

Grady, the nerd (I mean that lovingly), of course was doing arts and crafts.

You know me, I like to party.

Colin Goes To School...Let's Dance!

If this doesn't get your feet moving, nothing will.

Here we are, two buds.

One day we went outside and it was hot. Like really hot. I came in, got a milk and sat down on the air vent. Hard to believe I'm smarter than I look.

(Drum roll).... I now present to you my first morning getting ready to go to Grady's school. Ok, it's not school really, but whatever.

And there he is, the big guy is ready to show me the ropes.

Grady is used to hanging with Dad in the morning, and for some reason he even seems happy about it.

I'm still not so sure. But at least I've got snacks.

As you can see from us sitting on this bench outside of school, we made it safely. Probably because of our construction orange shirts.

Just like the good brother he is, Grady showed me the rooms. My first week was great.

Summer's Winding Down

Just three people on a bench wearing black shirts, no big deal.

Whoops, we lost Colin.

zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Nothing runs a like a Deere.

Apparently cameras were everywhere. I mean where is that blue flower looking anyway? Darn paparazzi.

That, my friends, is a cow's behind. The black shirts went in for a little cow touching.

Dad and me helped Grandma and Grandpa move in July. This was the first time anybody ate at this new table. No word on if I messed it up.

Who falls asleep while eating a waffle?

With all the toys now in the new toybox, the backyard has just come to life.

Maybe you noticed this smiling face in the new top of the page thingy.

The kid I was playing with kept hitting it into that hole. I didn't like it.

Sunday picnics are probably about over for the summer. But who knows, maybe we'll get back out there. How could we not?