Railroad Barons

Here I am back at the kids' museum. Whoa, are they greasing these slides?

And I brought some friends along ...

Henry ... and ...


Uncle Jon! (He's a big kid, too).


Hey, Henry, did I mention they have trains here?






Hey, who is this clown? We didn't invite you to our train party.


Henry is very discerning. He knows what he wants and he reaches for it!


Henry was into compiling a train monopoly. Can we say Railroad Baron? I'm pretty sure he had every train in a line at one point.


And when we aren't busy engineering the railways, Henry and I are hardworking firemen.


Here comes the H-Man with the fire hose. Watch out if you planned to stay dry!




We finished up the day with some cheese pizza back home over my personal train table. What a great day!


But, it couldn't last forever and they went back home to Portland. I guess I've got to figure out something to do on my own. Hey, mom . . .


. . . let's go to the park !!!


Yeah, this is my comfort zone. It's easy and breezy at the park.


Dad challenged me to a little one-on-one. I'll show you, pops!


Here I go. Would you look at that form?


This is how we roll in ACC country, baby!


I think I saw a couple recruiters casing my court. I've already got Coach K knocking down my door.


Tyler Hans-who?


I let Dad take a shot or two; you know, stroke his ego a little by letting him think he is making a small comeback.


I also liked just running around "allegro" on the basketball court. (Shout out to the Little Einsteins there.)


I think these pine cones may be an OSHA hazard. I better move them off the Court so we don't have any career-ending injuries.


Um, is there an omen about a black cat on the b-ball court? We athletes are superstitious.


Yeah, stay over there and rub your bad luck on Mom!


Sunday wasn't quite as warm (bitter cold), so we didn't get to spend much time outside.

Instead, we baked cookies! Who needs the sun anyway when you have sugar cookies?


I'm getting to be an old pro at this.


See, there is sunshine reflected on my face instead. All is well with the world!


Especially when you make train cookies!!!!!!!!!!! I loved the steamer and the caboose (both as dough and as baked cookies). I proudly announced to Mommy that I had eaten the smokestack. What a thoroughly fulfilling day!


My poor cows, on the other hand...

Let's just say they were paying homage to Scout and Toby, as they looked more like dogs than cows. Moo!

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Just another Winter Day ... Right.

Here's a shout out to Oma for the great winter hat. Mom and Dad have been trying to get me to try hats for as long as I can remember. And I have been saying "I don't like it" for as long as I can remember, too.

Finally, Oma knitted me a hat that I really like.

Just in time . . .

For the great southern blizzard of 2009 !!!!


I woke up to a blanket of snow outside.

Our back yard is covered!


So is Mommy's car!


So are the trees!


The streets are covered, too!


I guess we're staying home today.


Come on, Dad, and pull me in the sled!


This toboggan is a loaner from the neighbor who simply knew that this little boy would love a ride!


I like sledding so much that I am thinking of taking up bob-sledding...


for the Jamaican team! I'm still not that crazy about the cold!



Ok, Mommy's turn!


Mom's lesson about the snow was simple: you can eat the white snow, but don't eat the yellow snow!



I wish we could hook Toby up to the sled, but who knows where she'd drag me -- through the cat poop, probably. But I bet we could take the Iditarod title if we got Toby, Scout and our neighborhood dogs teemed up.


Wow! This snow stuff is fun. But, there's more fun inside!

I saved the best for last.

Most importantly, thanks to the snow I got to stay home and see my main man OBAMA's inauguration!

That Roberts guy needs to work on his "repeat after me" stuff. Even Dad doesn't expect that much from me when we're learning German.

I liked what I heard from Obama, even if he talked in the serious voice that Mommy sometimes uses.

He needs to use my energy plan: mac and cheese! It keeps me running!


Stay tuned. I don't think the snow is going anywhere anytime soon. Uncle Jon, Yoonhee, and Henry will be in town this week, too.

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Washin' Up

Kevin Costner's "Water World" may not have been a hit, but mine is fabulous!


'C' is for cookie. That's good enough for me!


And then for my next trick...I will turn cookies into a "balanced meal."


Hey Culligan Man! I can drink this entire jug of bath water.


What do you mean, "it's not good to drink the bath water?" Why? Tummy issues? Oh.


Looks like the Conan O'Brian show's "If they mated..." featuring Mommy and Daddy!


Some kids go for the spinning tea-cups; others favor space mountain. I go for the ride down the stairs in the laundry basket.


When I make it big, I'm going fluff and fold, baby. Fluff and fold!

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