An Olympic Celebration

Last week several nights we made food from a different country and colored flags from that country. Mama is so excited about the Olympics and wants us to enjoy it too. It is a great way to remember God's heart for the nations as we cheer on team USA!

One of the nights we made pizza, colored an Italian flag, hung Daddy's Croatian flag up and listen to Klapa music while we ate our pizza. We prayed for people in Italy and Croatia before we ate and mama showed us on the globe where those countries are. Another night we made tacos and prayed for friends in Mexico and Spain. I have really liked watching the olympics to far and especially like the idea of racing - I try to beat Lucy whenever I can!

Thursday Night Thunder

Daddy took me to Thursday Night Thunder at Atlanta Motor Speedway this summer. He thought we ought to get into the Henry County culture - I think I'm hooked but I just don't know if Daddy will ever be a race car fan (he likes to watch me enjoy it though). We went most Thursday nights this summer and my friends Torbin and Thomas came too with their Daddy. We had so much fun! Last Thursday night was the last race for the summer and I can't until next summer -

My friend, Mr. Turtle

Grandma and Papa have lots of gopher turtles near their house. I like to look for them and they seem to always come out before a rain. During one morning explore with Mama we found this friend.

I told Mama I was going to name him "Mr. Turtle" Mama said that was a fitting name and Lucy and I played with Mr. Turtle for a while. Mr. Turtle even helped me dig for dinosaur bones.



We didn't find any bones but I did make up a song for Mr. Turtle that was sung to the tune of Great is Thy Faithfulness. Lucy liked waving at Mr. Turtle and kept telling him hey - she didn't want to help dig for bones or sing but she did dance and run.


Lucy being one with nature and meditating - we think

More Messy fun

OK - this is a little out of chronological order but I don't want to forget to share these pictures.

While on the farm with grandma and Papa for a couple of weeks we had so much fun. We stayed with Grandma while Mama had finals at school. Mama did well in her classes this summer - I'm not sure what she was studying - something about numbers, body parts and things you can't even see (that class must be like pretend because my couch can be a pirate ship even when I can't see that it looks like a pirate ship). The classes were called Statistics, Anatomy and Microbiology. ANYWAYS - we played on the farm and when Mama came and stayed for a while we played even harder. I think Mama has as much fun playing on the farm as I do. Well, every afternoon it rained and since Mama fondly remembers playing in the rain and mud puddles - we played in the puddles.

We didn't photograph the process of puddle jumping - if you need the specific how-to's you can talk to mama - but here is the final product.

After playing in the mud puddles at the end of the road, I decided to run back to the house with General while Mama and Lucy rode the ranger back. Grandma caught me on camera as I rounded the last corner for home...

Mama decided not to be in the picture but here Lucy and I are after a great time in the mud (my underwear used to be white). I even laid in the mud and looked up at the pretty clouds (it took mama a while to get all the dirt out of my hair)


Though I sometimes am not very sweet to my sister I do love her and really liking playing her. I'm glad she will always be my playmate - just like the brother and sister Mama tells me stories about "the little redheaded girl and the little brown headed boy"...

Lucy on my chopper trike - she is a cuddly mess!

Banana Pudding

Yesterday we made banana pudding. I helped Mama by cutting up the bananas. When mama told me I could use the butter knife to cut up the bananas, I was quick to remind her that, "But Mommy, you said that I couldn't play with a knife because they are dangerous and I could cut myself." She assured me it was ok and I cut up the bananas (and ate a few) and Lucy put the cookies in the bottom of the bowl (and ate a few) - well here is how it went - just in case you would like to make some yourself!

Here we are with cut bananas (more like banana chunks) and a few cookies in the bowl...

Here we are sampling the goods - they pass inspection...

After pouring in the pudding and the milk we stirred - most of it stayed in the bowl...

Lucy liked licking the beaters we used as wisks - yummy...

And then Mama said we needed to help clean up SO we made ourselves useful and cleaned..

Yummy perfection!


I think Daddy liked eating the pudding when he got home from his first day of school about as much as we enjoyed making it. Mama had quite a bit to clean up after the culinary endeavor but she seems to not mind us making messes in the name of art, education, experience (or fun - see blog on mud puddles).

Back again!

Mama has been slack the last several weeks on letting me blog. I will have to catch you up on what has been going on around here - like my 3rd birthday! and a trip to grandmas - but first I'll try and catch you up...

This is my last week before school starts and I'm glad Mama is finished with school for the summer and can stay at home with us this week while Daddy goes back to work. We had a great day today - the library, post office and to Chick-fil-A to use our coupons from the summer reading program at the library. I LOVED the train at the Truett's Grill - I just couldn't be still!

Yesterday our day started out wonderful. We colored and then made Daddy some banana pudding AFTER that the day went downhill fast but I'll leave out the details except to say I'm glad God gave lots of love to Mama's for their little boys.

I am starting to like coloring and Lucy LOVES it. Mama says I am pretty particular about everything and that goes for my coloring too. While I was coloring I had to make sure I colored with every crayon and then lined it up neatly when I was done. I had lots of fun and Lucy enjoyed the coloring and managed to not eat a single crayon.

Kickin' it like a Cowgirl!

Lucy loves boots!

Fun with Food

This week I got to have some fun meals. Here are two of my favorites -

A meal fit for a PIRATE! Mama made me a yummy dinner she said a pirate would love - little octopi, a coral reef, some seaweed and some sand dollars. I ate almost all of it and enjoyed my meal. Ever since I was a little guy - Mama and I haven't enjoyed meals together very often - SO when Mama gets a peaceful meal she is happy and so am I - ARGHHH!

Our other special meal was in celebration of Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A. If you dressed like a cow you got a free meal. Our while family got to eat and all we bought was some fruit! We had a good time and saw our friends Addyson and Emma Kate. We also saw other friends and got to play. Lucy even had a cow tail - I had a shirt that said I (L)UV CHIKIN! Here I am with my friends and with the cow!




I've gotten lots of other yummy meals this summer. Daddy makes pizza and fish sticks for us and gives us lots of yummy grapes. Thanks Dad for all the pizza - I love pizza!

The Macaroni Song

Lucy and I dancing to the "macaroni song"
....stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni!

A Yankee Doodle Dandy of a Day!

July 4th!

Lucy and I had a great time at the Independence Day festival yesterday. We got to play and walk around and enjoy the day - we even saw people dressed funny. Mama said they were people dressed like people dressed when our country was born. I thought it was funny.
Lucy found a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb - Lucy found a little lamb and lamb licked the lunch off her dress.
I was so excited to see a fire truck parked nearby - Lucy and I got to sit on it! Yippee!

Daddy pushed me on the swing and I loved swinging under the trees. I also got to play in a bounce thing that was so fun.

One happy helper!

OK - since mama thinks she knows how to post videos now - she might over do it a bit - just bear with her. OK - this video features me. About a month or two ago, Daddy told me to go and clean my room and when Mama came in to check on me this is what she saw.....

"I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart to stay.....And I'm so happy, so very happy, I've got the love of Jesus in my heart!..."

Watch This!

Mama finally figured out how to make us come alive! Here is her first shot - Lucy enjoying Watermelon!

A few more

I was most fascinated by the pirate who wandered around all day - before we left I got my picture taken with him. I had pirates on my brain because I saw my first movie in the theater this week - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. Daddy took me to watch it one morning with my friends, Torbin and Thomas. I loved seeing the big movie and adding my own commentary - Daddy was glad it was a special, free, showing just for kids so it didn't matter if I asked lots of questions throughout!

There is cute Lucy! She brought mommy sticks while I played on the swings.

Watermelon girl

Lucy loves watermelon. Mama had been cutting off chunks of watermelon for Lucy to eat all afternoon and Lucy finally got a hold of a big piece and dug in. Mama thought Lucy was so cute eating her watermelon she would just let her enjoy the simple pleasure of watermelon, yankee doodle dandy playing in the background and watermelon juice dripping down her chin.

Artists in training

Severa mornings ago Mama took the morning off and played with us before she went to school. We had a great time drawing and coloring and pretending that what we drew actually looked like something. Lucy is especially good at getting chalk all in her mouth!

I DID IT!!

Warning ** sensitive material ** Mama thinks this is a big deal
I pooped in the potty all by myself - ok it was only once but hey - I DID IT!!! (thanks to all you moms who gave mama advice) I've put up a long fight for several months but the potty won. I've been going #1 for a while and no accidents but something about the other scared me to death. Mama was so excited last night I thought she was going to pee in her pants! Mama was beginning to cave and give up but Daddy was sure I would eventually just poop! OK - one time down, a lifetime to go - whew! hard work.

Fathers' Day and Lucy's Boots

I helped mama make dinner for Grandpa Noonan and Daddy yesterday. I put away the silverware and set the table. We had yummy shrimp, mashed potatoes and peas. Grandpa Noonan showed me how to use my potatoes as glue to stick all of my peas to my spoon. After dinner I went with Daddy and Grandpa Noonan to the playground to remind them how grateful they are to be my Daddy and Grandpa! after that I got to stay up and watch part of the basketball game with Daddy - Go Celtics! I told Daddy I loved him and told him Happy Father's Day! I liked Father's Day so much I even told mama happy fathers' day this morning before she left for school. I like holidays!


Shoes, shoes, glorious shoes! Lucy really love shoes - especially these boots mama found for 99 cents. Mama had a great time laughing as Lucy walked around with these on her feet and another boot in her mouth!

Pooped

Mama is pooped. (FYI - Mama sanctioned my use of the word 'pooped' in this circumstance. I rather like to use it as in poopy-head, you're so poopy, or Lucy-Poopy - ALL of these uses get me sent to my room - or worse but the statement above is Mama approved. Of course, I'd rather say 'poopy' in any of these ways than actually go poopy in the potty - yes, I am totally fine with peeing in the potty but I am an abstainer at the moment, strongwilled, independent, poop where I want to child.) Mama is finishing her second week of summer classes and has been working hard. She has classes M-R and two days she is there ALL day 8am-8:30pm. I miss her but this week I got to stay with my neighbor, Jordan and play - his mommy gave Lucy and I yummy snacks. Mama is studying alot too - she is taking Anatomy/Physiology, Microbiology and Statistics so that one day when she grows up she can be a nurse. But Mama is pooped

So since mama is busy here are some pictures of us