My Little Teapot

I know it's a little dark, but it seems that all of my recent pictures are being snapped with Daddy's nifty new iPhone (which I'm not allowed to touch). There's no flash with it, so unless you're in direct light, things are a little dim. Anyway, this is me showcasing my newest toy. Mommy told me the other day that if I was good for her errands, she would buy me a teapot at Tarjeh. It sings, it counts, it makes pouring noises, and all done in a delightful British upper-crust accent. Would you like some more (now say again in your head with a QE II accent)?

My Jutson

You may think that this is a typo post about my cousin Judson, and you would kinda be correct in that assessment. Mommy has finally given me free reign to do this post, it's a long time in coming. You may remember that my cousin JuDson was born in July. About that time, an interesting discourse erupted in our household. M&D were back and forth on my impending cousin's name spelling. Mommy said it was JuTson, and that they were going to call him Jutty, and Daddy said that was idiotic and they were calling him Judson after his grandfather. Not to be told she was wrong, Mommy ordered a very cute LL Bean towel in her perceived name, and then was forced to tell Aunt Brooke it was on backorder once she realized her error. Mommy ordered the correct spelling, and now I have my very own JuTson towel, with ears. As you can tell, I love it!

My Ayla Week

This maybe a multiple posting. I came away with a lot of pictures and would like to show case a few of them. I'll start from the beginning. My regular readers may remember that we flew out to Cincinnati in April to go visit the Rhoadses and their relatively new baby Ayla. Well, they returned the favor and flew her to spend almost a week at the beach with us. Most of these pictures were centered around the disasterous first night bath that Daddy and Dan tried to give to Ayla and me in the big tub. Long story short, Daddy turned on the jets in the tubby when water didn't cover them and it caused quite a ruckus. I look happy here, but lets just say that I forgave Daddy quicker than Ayla did.

Enough for now, my typing fingers are worn, more pics and stories to come from the week...

My Reading Room

I have recently discovered a new love. Much to M&D's delight, books have become the favorite object of my desire. BOOKIES!, always said with an exclamation point is the newest addition to my vocabulary, and one of the most used. Mommy was letting me play solo in my room the other day and when she came in to check on me, I had moved my princess chair over in front of my library, and was sitting in it, reading and smoking a pipe. Well, maybe I exaggerate a little, but not too much. My favorite novelist is Sandra Boynton, and my current two favorite tomes are The Barnyard Dance and The Bellybutton Book. Destined to be on the list of great classics I imagine.

My River Day

Let me apologize for my recent absence. I know I do it from time to time, but I always come back. I've had lots of things to write about recently, but I've been so busy doing those things that I haven't been able to write about them. So I guess I should start chronologically. Several weeks back, friends Jason and Laura invite me, and by default M&D, out to their play-place on the river. We frolicked in the water and the sun most of the day, then we pulled the boat out. Other than Jason who was driving, I spent more time on the boat than anyone else. It was a good day and I got McDonalds on the way home and fell asleep in the car. It doesn't get much better than that.