Hopewell Furnace

Today Mommy, Daddy and I toured Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. We saw how apple butter was made, square dancing, wool spinning and a loom, sheep, a large draft horse, how charcoal was made, a water wheel, old toys and games, a cannon, and a blacksmith's shop. The bellows were broken at the blacksmith's, so no blacksmithing was being done much to Daddy's chagrin.

Reoboth Beach

Today Mommy, Daddy and I spent our Annual Beach Day at Rehoboth Beach. The water was cold, but no one could stop me from riding the waves!

Playing in the sand. I couldn't find the orange shovel, so I used a garden trowel to dig.
Splashy splashy!
My happy family.
Mommy and me.
I love to push crosswalk buttons. I get a lot of practice on my walks with Mommy.
Nice nose Mommy, it looks a lot like mine!

A Stick, a Ball, a Car and Some Dirt

Today I taught Austin how to play in the dirt. He seemed a little distressed about it, though. He wanted to put the dirt into the pot, but I only take it out.

I don't think Austin's parents usually let him chew on sticks, but Mommy didn't know that at the time. At least it is organic and a good source of fiber.

A stick, a ball, a car and some dirt

Labor Day Sunday

For Labor Day Sunday Oliver and his Mommy and Daddy came over and cooked for us! It was fun having Oliver over for a picnic. We even had our own table that Daddy had found in someone's garbage earlier in the year. At first Oliver and I were sitting across from each other, but my back was to the grown-ups and I didn't like that, so Mommy had me sit next to Oliver. I liked that. I hope Oliver didn't think I was getting fresh.

Before dinner I ate a lot of Munchos. I had never had them before. They were delicious.

Labor Day 2009

French Creek State Park

For a change of pace Mommy and I spent the day at Austin's house instead of Austin visiting us. We went to French Creek State Park and played at a playground. It was a beautiful park. It was a hard day for Mommy, though. There were many rocks in the mouths and Austin's house was not me proof. But, a change of scene is always good.

French Creek Park

My Crew at Smith Memorial Playground

Today Austin, Oliver and I went to the new Tot Lot at Smith Memorial Playground. It totally rocked. Austin has on the brown shirt and Oliver has on the blue shirt. We had a great time!

Click the pic for great photos - and a video of me chasing a squirrel!

Smith Memorial Playground 8/27/2009

Vacuuming

Now that I am 16 (months), Mommy said I should help clean. Today I learned how to vacuum.

Practicing...
More practice. I didn't know vacuuming was such hard work. Check-out the sweat on my chest!
Ready for Action.

Footage of a practice run. As you can hear, "Mommy" is synonymous with "Help".

MOMS Club Summer Picnic

Austin and me eating fruit - organic, of course. As you can see, I am much more refined than Austin. I use spoons when I eat fruit.
Austin can walk. He couldn't last week. That's pretty cool. I wish you could see more of it, but I'm a camera hog - just like my cousin Jackson.

Foosball!

Not only did I get to go into the basement today, I found a car charger for a cell phone AND I played some Foosball with Daddy. It was a little hard to spin the bars while holding onto the charger, but I managed.

My Crew at the Pool

Here is a picture of Oliver, Austin, Oliver's mommy and me at the pool. As you can see, we were a handful!

Am I Too Big for This?

Fingerpainting with My Crew

Today Mommy broke-out the fingerpaints for Oliver, Austin, Oliver's mommy and me. We were not as excited about them as Mommy thought we would be, but we really liked the bottles.

Valley Forge National Park with Austin

Today Mommy took Austin and me to Valley Forge National Park. We were supposed to walk with some of our MOMS® Club friends, but we missed each other. That was fine with us, we had more fun playing in the grass than being strapped in a stroller. Plus, we found our friends on the way home and went to lunch, so everything worked-out splendidly. Mommy did a deer tick check when we got home. There are a lot of deer at the park.

We found a cool caterpillar on the trail. I liked it, Austin did not.


Here are some cute pictures of me eating a nutrition bar and walking around. The bar was really for Mommy to eat, but for some reason she gave it to me. Do you want to guess why? (answer: I had a little fit.)


I see you with the camera Mommy. Here I come.

Being silly on the trail.

Austin had a lot of fun crawling around. He crab-crawls when he is outside. He must not like the feeling of grass or concrete on his knees.
A video of Austin crawling. Mommy cut my cameo short. You can hear I am not too happy about it.

Austin's Birthday Party

Austin turned the big 1 yesterday, so today he had a party. There were some pre-teen girls there that liked to carry me around, and I like to be carried, so I had a lot of fun.

I had a nose-pickin' good time. I brought my cupcake hat for Austin to wear.Austin's party theme was Curious George. We all wore monkey masks and his mommy made a banana cream cake.Here I am taking a time-out from the festivities to pose for a picture for one of my fans.