Happy Halloween

Halloween is lots of fun. You get to paint pumpkins and make pumpkin pie. I painted 3 pumpkins and PJ painted one too, although mostly he licked the paint and tried to bite the pumpkin.

At school we had a parade where everyone wore costumes including our teachers. One of my teachers was a kitty and the other a Pirate!

I was an astronaut and my two best friends were a teddy bear and a football player. Grandpa came to school with me and met all my teachers and friends.

But after school was when the real fun started. Our house was very very scary (to others). We had spiders crawling on webs and monsters and mummies in the front of the house.

We had ghosts up the driveway and a big scary witch flying down. We had our usual crowd of trick-or-treaters!!! We had several hundred people stop by our house and take pictures and ask for candy. I only went to one house, Turtle and Tim's. There house was also very scary and brought in a big crowd too. I've decided that chocolate is a good thing.

More Fun with the cousins

I've been having soooo much fun with my cousins. We've gone to a school fair and a pumpkin patch. Mommy finished her conference and joined us for a really fun day at a local park/zoo. Before meeting all the animals we had my very first picnic. It was lots of fun and Ben and I sang "Old Mac Donald had a farm" (actually Ben sang and I added the E-I-E-I-O.

For a snack Ben introduced me to ice cream cones. I have to say this is the best thing ever. He was very generous with his and taught me what it means to share. I also got some of Daddy's, Mommy's and Sophia's.

Sophia was very adventurous. She showed me how to climb and even went up a tree. I didn't try the tree but I did try the hill. Sophia and Ben rolled down the hill but I just asked Mommy to come get me.

We saw lots of animals and walked all around the park. It was another really great day!!

Visiting Cousins

Mommy decided to go to a conference for work so Daddy and I decided we also should go somewhere. We hopped on an airplane (my favorite) and went to Virginia to meet my cousins. Ben was great fun and he introduced me to his friends and showed me around their house.

Ben also showed me all of there toys including this really cool Jeep. Ben was a very safe driver and explained to me how to hold on. Ben also read me stories and played with me on the swing.

I also met my cousin Sophia, who is very pretty and has lots of hair. I don't think I will ever have that much hair. We played together a lot. She has lots of nice toys. She is a very good artist and I think I picked up some tips from her.

Sophia also took me for a ride in the Jeep. She drives very very fast and I nearly fell out. Riding with Sophia was very exciting and I screamed with glee from all the quick turns and racing around the cul-de-sac.

Spaghetti is my favorite

So each week we have the neighbors and some friends over for take-night. We often have chinese, pizza, etc, but occasionally we get SPAGHETTI!!!!!

I'm now old enough to take of feeding myself and SPAGHETTI is the most fun of all. I like to slurp up the noodles so I don't bother with a fork. It just takes time and I can get more in my mouth if I use my hands.

The only thing that makes SPAGHETTI better is having an audience. I think that Spaghetti night is everybody's favorite, because they seem to enjoy it too, at least they laugh a lot during dinner.

Mommy runs a race

After months of training weekends with her running group the Red Power Divas and her running partner Joanie S, mommy completed her first half marathon. The morning started really early and very cold but enthusiasm was high for the team in red. There were more than 100 women who committed to train for this event for no other reason than to accomplish a goal and improve their health in the process.

Mommy and Joanie, neither or which were enthusiastic runners in the beginning worked hard together to improve their ability to run for an extended amount of time. In the process each finished their first 5K, 10K, and finally the half marathon. After more than 5 stops during the race to go to the potty (she really took getting hydrated seriously), mommy and Joanie finished in under 3 hours.

I was made an honorary diva and attended all of the events including the kick off party for the race where we all carb-loaded (that was great!!!). I was very supportive, even occasionally training with mommy when mommy felt like pushing the stroller during her run. I liked when she ran fast so I made lots of noise to tell her to "Keep It Up"!!!


After it was over, we were all very happy. I have the #1 mommy!!!

San Francisco Zoo

Today we took Cameron to the zoo. She was very interested in all the animals. She pointed and tried to repeat their names. She thought the ostrich was very interesting and it made her laugh.

She was talking a lot and didn't want to be in the stoller a lot because she needed to be able to jump out and see what was next. It was a cool but very sunny day. We tried very hard to keep Cameron's hat on, but she wasn't having it.


While looking at the zebras and giraffes she decided to take off her hat and throw it into the African safari enclosure. We watched helplessly as it sunk to the bottom of the water feature. Unfortunately for Cameron, I had a backup.

Although she liked all of the animals, she especially liked the ducks. She laughed and jumped around when the ducks came and ate the food out of my hand. She wouldn't let them get near her hand, but she loved to watch them swim around and around the pool. You can see more pictures of our zoo visit here.