Happy 2nd Birthday!

I know it is hard to believe, but today I turned two.

We had my birthday party yesterday. My G-G, Sky King and Mom-Mom were all in town for it (and Christmas, I guess) which was great. We had a lot of fun. Maybe I'll get around to posting some pics, but you know, Mommy has been busy and has not been able to help me with my blog as much lately. However you can always see pics in Mommy's Flickr photostream.

Gosh, it has been so long that Mommy can barely remember the html code to put links in the text of my post!!

Okay. I had a Thomas the Tank Engine-themed party. I love all of my Thomas books, but to be quite honest, I am terrified of watching the Thomas show on TV.
Here's my cake:



A few of my friends came to the party. We did a craft where we painted gingerbread bears.


Mommy and G-G made the bears and Mommy decorated them. It was fun but honestly, we didn't really know what to do with the paints.

My friends helped me open presents!


We ate cake:


And played in my playroom:


The party was lots of fun!

I can't believe I'm two now. Mommy and Daddy keep saying "You're such a big boy!" I don't know what they're so excited about. I mean, I run around, talk, know my colors, count... doesn't everyone?

A conversation with Owen

Last night Mommy and Daddy took me out for dinner at Don Cecilios. Afterwards we walked around our neighborhood and looked at all the bright lights! It was lots of fun. Then we stood out in front of our house and chatted about our day.


red and orange and green and purple and blue from meandertail on Vimeo.

Open, Shut them

I have learned all kinds of exciting songs at daycare. There's the FIRE TRUCK song, of course, which I sing constantly. Then there's some other songs that Mommy doesn't know as well. Like this one.


Open, shut them from meandertail on Vimeo.

Happy Halloween!

This year was a fun Halloween! First I went to school, and I got to wear my new costume. Can you tell what I was?



A hedgehog! Mommy loves hedgies.




At school we went trick-or-treating over at the EPA. We also had a party in our class.




Our school did a pumpkin decorating contest, which our class won! We did a 'recycling' theme, which is appropriate!




Then we went home and got ready to go trick-or-treating!




At the first house, I didn't really know what to make of things.



We went and picked up my friend Alex and went around the neighborhood together.




We got the hang of it eventually, and went to the houses with our candy bags saying "Twick-o-weeeee"



At one house, they had a little dog that I wanted to pet, so I just walked right on inside. Mommy thought that was pretty funny.
Then we went back to Alex's house, where Daddy and Alex's daddy had been handing out candy.




We got to eat some of our candy. Yum!

Hanging out with J.

Yesterday Mommy and I went over to my friend J's house to play.

She has an impeccable sense of style.



She has a pretty neat-o kitchen in her playroom, so we did some cooking.




I sat in her swing.



She had a lot of books to read.



Since her Daddy is a doctor, she has a stethoscope.



When it was time for me to leave, J gave me a big hug.

Hi Jazzie - the video!

Mommy also took a video of me petting my cat.


Hi Jazzie from meandertail on Vimeo.

Hi Jazzie!

I love animals. I love to chase my doggie around and say "Doggie! Come here!". Sometimes I get frustrated that the doggie won't do what I ask him to do, and I have to ask Mommy or Daddy to help me. I say "I pet! I pet!" and then Mommy or Daddy get the doggie to sit down so I can pet him.

I really love to pet the cats, but they rarely sit still long enough for me to do it. Sometimes though, my cat Jasmine will sit still and let me pet her. You can click on these images to see the full size (they get cut off a little bit by my blog template).

la la la!

Another thing I like to do lately is sing. Here I am singing Twinkle, twinkle, little star.


Twinkle twinkle from meandertail on Vimeo.

First ever haircut!

I'm going to be two in a few months. Can you believe that I've never had a haircut? My hair grows slowly. And it is curly, so even the parts that are too long didn't seem too long because they curled up.

Well, we are having our school pictures soon and Mommy decided it was time to get my first haircut.

So we went to Peek-a-do, which is a place where they cut kids' hair. I got to sit in a chair that was shaped like an airplane.



That sounds cool I know, but actually the coolest part is that there was a TV on the counter in front of me. So while the lady cut my hair, I got to watch TV. And watch TV I did.



Once I got settled in the airplane chair (that took some coaxing), I was totally fixated on the TV. That lady could have been doing ANYTHING and I would not have even noticed.




Here I am afterwards. See, not too short.




They also had a mini toy store in Peek-A-Do, so while Mommy did boring stuff like pay for my haircut ($26! holy crap!) I got to play with a cool top.



Then we ran across the street to Nordstroms to buy me a new pair of shoes. I know, it sounds fancy to go shoe shopping at Nordstroms, but they cost the same as at the Stride Rite store and the people were nicer. They had a place where I could color (still my favorite hobby), so everyone was happy.

Up way past nap time...

Napping is so last season

I used to be a great napper, and now I'm turning into a crappy napper. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I guess I am like my Mommy in that way. Here's some video from one of my naps this weekend.


ABCs from meandertail on Vimeo.

Obviously, I was practicing singing the ABCs. Its a little bit muffled because I also have my pacifier in my mouth. I have been learning to sing lots of songs and I practice them all the time. I'll try to get some more on video for you soon.

I color.

Well, I have a new favorite thing to do right now. Color! I would color 24 hours a day if that were at all possible. Unfortunately, Mommy is mean and does not let me take my crayons into bed with me. Hm.

One place that you might think I wouldn't be able to color is in the bathtub. The Easter Bunny brought me some special crayons for the tub though, so I get to color there too! Here are a few examples of my work.




Mostly, I draw flowers, as you can quite clearly see.

I have also begun experimenting with other mediums. Here are some of my recent explorations with stickers.

The rest of my busy weekend

Okay, I know you're all a little bit creeped out by my yearbook photos.

So we went to the Museum, which was fun. We walked ALL AROUND for THREE HOURS. And I am a big boy now, so I walked the whole thing by myself. I went up the stairs into the train car.


I looked at the big pig.


In the butterfly house, there were some birds RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.


OMG! Where did the birds go??


Later we went to Duke Gardens for a picnic with Gil and Sheri. Here I am playing in the rose garden area.


Then we sat on a blanket and ate our dinner.


I also opened a container of pesto and spilled it on my white shorts. Well, I am one.