Last weekend, Mama and Dada surprised me with a trip to see my friends Jonah & Keaton in San Diego. Mama and Dada went to college with their parents, Analeah & Ian at Claremont McKenna College. They still love to get together a few times a year to reminisce about the good ol' days, and nowadays to discuss life raising boys. BOYS RULE! I don't think they discussed playing kick ball in the park and wiping noses & tooshies when they were enjoying their crazy party nights in college! Oh how times have changed!
I had a great time playing with my friends, but my favorite part of their house was a big fan upstairs that I spent hours turning off and on...my favorite passtime by far! My universal catch-phrase for any time I'm happy is "Big fan OOONNNN!" I was a bit under-the-weather, and actually passed my GI bug to pretty much every one else (SORRY!), but we still managed to have a wonderful vacation.
I got to play with all kinds of new toys at my friends' house, and they showed me their favorite local park where I got to play on scooters. It was especially fun when Keaton pulled me around the whole park so I didn't have to work on peddling myself. We also had a super fun day at SeaWorld. Though they didn't have my favorite animal, the jellyfish, I was enthralled with the dolphins jumping so high out of the water. My favorite part was feeding dead fish to the sting rays and sea lions. I keep reminding Mama of the dead fish...so now my fish sticks are "dead fish" and sushi is "dead fish"...yeah, exactly the same as the slimy old sardines that the sting rays enjoyed!
The grown ups even managed to have a grown up dinner one night...no doubt to reminisce about the "good ol' days"...please! We three boys had way more fun than they did!
I can't wait to see them again! In Tahoe next time!
Kickball in the park
Grown ups playing kids games...
More grown ups playing kids' games
Dada & Ian
Mama and Analeah - we forgot to take photos of the times they were dressed up! This will have to do...and is likely the state that they find themselves in most often.
Watching the puffins & penguins
At the dolphin show!
Jonah showing me some special fish
Cool sharks!
Examining the cast of a great white shark jaw...how many sets of teeth do I have?
My treat at Sea World...a huge pickle!
Feeding dead fish to the sea lion
With Dada, Ian & Jonah & Keaton at the sea lions
With Dada and Analeah & Keaton at the sting rays pool
Feeding dead fish to the sting rays
Ohhh...slimy!
Watching the sharks with Mama in the underwater tunnel
Being silly at the aquarium
Water park!
Attempting the rope climb with Dada
Three boys hamming it up
Bathtime with Keaton...he put those bubbles on my face!
Also...some cute fall photos of me!
Grandpa teaching me to climb a tree
While the parents do some wine tasting, I enjoy the beautiful vines and old grapes!
Harvest is here!!!! The vines are heavy with delicious grapes and I eat them straight off the vine. Mama & Daddy prefer to drink their grapes after a little fermenting, but I love the sweetness.
I barely remember last year's festivities, but I remember enough to know that it is pumpkin season! I've been asking for pumpkins for weeks, and Mama & Daddy finally obliged yesterday. Stanley Lane Pumpkin Patch! Hooray!
I went on a long intensive search for my very own Great Pumpkin. Scouring high and low, through the corn maze, under the hay pyramid deep into the tunnels...and picked out not one, but MANY, of my very own Great Pumpkins (though I do have a favorite striped one).
I also got to see the piggies drinking their water and burrowing into the mud, the baby oreo calf, and several goats. My favorite season is upon us!
Stay tuned soon to see me in all my Halloween glory...I'm not telling what I'm going to be quite yet!
So many decisions...so little time...
I am Hercules! Strong Hercules!
Mine!
Vroom vroom
Tackling the hay pyramid with Daddy
Here piggy piggy piggy
Wee!
I win!
Helping Mama decorate
Haystacks and pumpkins all in order...for now...
"say pumpkin"
The final product
Checking out our new decorations. Can we keep these all year round?
