Story time.

Grandma and I looked at my James and the Giant Peach book the other night, and I told her all about the story that I've been reading with Dad. She said I have excellent retention skills, whatever they are.

K-town weekend

On Friday, Aunt Tory came to town and she and mom had a girls' weekend. Dad went to dinner with them on Friday night and Grandma n 'Pa came over to watch me. Then on Saturday, Dad brought me to Kingston to visit with G'ma and G'Pa M. We went to Hutton Park (where I climbed rock walls — man-made and real), Mickey's Igloo for ice cream, fed ducks at the Strand, played in the backyard with the neighbors, went to the playground at Forsyth Park, played hide-and-seek and a couple of other games that were new to me, but Dad said they were "old school" (more about that later).

Bedtime stories

Dad has been reading some longer books for me at bedtime. They have chapters and we can't finish them in one night. Dad will read a few chapters a night 'til they're finished. I really like the longer books and look forward to my bedtime stories. So far all of the books we've read have been by the same author, Roald Dahl. We started with Fantastic Mr. Fox, then Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and now we're reading James and the Giant Peach. I wonder what's going to happen in tonight's chapters? I can't wait!

School photo

Here's me at 3-1/2 years old in my school photo for Spring 2012.

Playground Tour

This week I visited 3 different playgrounds at nearby elementary schools: Hillside, Rosendale and Craig. They're all a little bit different, but all a lot of fun - especially the rock walls. I'm getting good at climbing them.

Daredevil.

I figured out that I can ride my 4-wheeler backwards (and Dad figured out that my 4-wheeler might be too small for me now).

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.

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came to my house and left me some treats! I had fun searching for the hidden eggs and eating chocolate before breakfast. Now I've got a sugar buzz, so please forgive anything I'm about to do and/or get out of my way.

Coloring Easter eggs.

Ken and Tom visited tonight and we colored Easter eggs!

A new playground.

Today I went to the playground at Rosendale Elementary School in Niskayuna. My friend, Ethan, from my school goes there with his Dad sometimes. They called to see if we wanted to meet them there this afternoon, so we did. It was a lot of fun. There were plenty of slides and swings, plus some stuff that I haven't seen at the other playgrounds I've visited, like a merry-go-round and a tunnel you could climb through. We met an older kid named Jaxton and played with him for a little while, too.

  

 (Ethan, me, and Jaxton, ready to race down the slides)