A nice weekend.

I had a good weekend. The weather was pretty nice and I had fun being (mostly) outside. Went to Bumpy's Polar Freeze and had a Sponge Bob pop (actually, I traded Dad for his soft serve twist cone after about 5 licks). Played a little catch in the backyard with Dad, then went to the library and took out some books. We've been reading Fantastic Mr. Fox and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at bedtime and Dad told me about another book by the same author (Roald Dahl) called James and the Giant Peach, so we got that one, too. Mom picked us up from the library and we went to get lunch at Gus's Hot Dogs, then for ice cream at a place called On The Farm. Dad and Mom did some yard work on Sunday and my friend Caleb from next door came over and we played with trains in the grass. After that, Grandma n' 'Pa came over and we played Chutes and Ladders, watched a movie called "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", had dinner and played a card game called Animal Rummy (Dad helped me and I won 3 out of 4 games). On Sunday night, Dad read 2 more chapters in Charlie and Chocolate Factory, then I closed my eyes and fell asleep in 2.3 seconds. Zzzzzzz.

Florida Vacation!

I went to Florida for winter vacation last week. I flew down on a plane with Mom, Dad, Grandma and Gramdpa M. We visited with Uncle (squish the fish) Pete and 'aunt T' in Palm Harbor and with Grandma n' 'Pa and Uncle Eric in Brooksville (they drove down earlier in the week). Plus we even met Uncle Mike and Aunt Sheila at the zoo, and one night, had dinner with cousin Lynne. It was like a big family vacation.

I did lots of fun stuff on vacation. Dad, Grandpa and Pete took me to George M. Steinbrenner Field to watch Yankees baseball practice, I went swimming and built sand castles and played at the Loch Ness Monster Pool. Another day Mom and Dad brought me to the Lowry Park Zoo where we met G'ma, 'Pa, Eric, Mike and Sheila. I saw so many animals and got to feed a giraffe. And this year I was big enough to go on rides! I went on a ride called the flying banana, then rode the carousel 4 times and the tiger roller coaster 6 times! We visited a beach in Tarpon Springs and played some more in the sand. And one cool weather day, Mom, Dad and 'Pa brought me to the movies to see The Lorax. I liked it. We went back to Tampa the next day and I had more fun at the pool with Mom and Grandma M, while everyone else went to see a baseball game.

The next thing you know, it was time to take the plane ride home. I didn't want to leave Florida (and either did Mom or Dad), but I was kind of missing my friends at school, and I was excited to tell everyone about my fantastic Florida trip!

Wanna see more photos? There are a whole bunch here.