Monday, July 12, 2010

Crazy Cooks!


I am in charge of the toaster... Danni is in charge of eating refrigerator magnets...


Danni can climb up on to chairs all by herself...  she can't get down by herself though.  And I got in trouble for "helping" her down one time.... oops!


Throwing sugar.... it's good luck, right?


Danni is eating her piece of toast while I make a second serving...

I am learning to cook!!  (Mommy says that this is one of Daddy's most marketable talents!)  I can make "sugar toast"  (toast with butter, cinnamon and sugar on top) all by myself.  And, now that my sister is mobile, she has decided to become an assistant.  She climbs up on the chair with me and tries to help....  This usually doesn't end well... I am a messy cook... and Danni hasn't quite mastered the art of assisting with the clean up! :)

Po's Pool Party!


Come IN, Uncle PO!


I took Uncle Po for a ride around the pool in the cool green ring!


Mama Vee and Danni stuck near the shore...


Danni liked cooling off with Mama Vee!


I have a new infatuation with beach balls!  They are even more fun in the pool!


"Catch the beach ball to you!"  (That's my way of asking to play catch!)


Mama Vee was wary of the beach ball after my previous head shot...


Danni is an excellent splasherizer!


Mommy took me on a ride to the deep water...


Uncle Po took Danni to the deep water...


I sat in the ring boat ...  practice for inner tubing on the river in a few years!


Danni was dancing nekkid on the table... hanging on to a pole.  What is Daddy teaching her?


All done swimming and ready for the bbq!


We celebrated the 4th of July with Paul, Kelly, and Mama Vee.  I took Mommy, Daddy, and Danni over to Unlce Po and Kelly's apartment.... we went for a swim in their pool... then Uncle Po barbecued some yummy chicken.  It was nice to hang out with our familia!  And, maybe next year I will be able to stay awake long enough to see some fireworks.....  I was asleep before it got dark!

LBC


Hamming the nails on my periscope...


"I like the BIG hammer!!"


Verrry carefully placing the nails in the holes...


My favorite part... PAINTING!!


There's still a little bit of paint left in the can.... better slap it on my periscope!


Hard at work...


Danni tried to put Grandma's shoes on...


Danni Croc-hands and I made Grandpa's hospital bed go up and down and up and down... luckily he wasn't in it...


We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Long Beach.  I didn't want to miss this month's building project at Home Depot, so Mommy and I headed over to the Lakewood HD to build a periscope.  (I know this word and I know that a periscope is a "looker thing" .. but the one that I made doesn't work tooooo well... oh well!)  Anyways, I really loved this Home Depot because they had a whole painting area set up for the kids... after our projects were done, we were able to paint them... and paint them and paint them....  My periscope was dripping with paint when I was done!  :)  Grandma and Grandpa really liked it!  We had a nice visit with them... the highlight was pushing all of the buttons on Grandpa's hospital bed.  He didn't mind... as long as he wasn't laying in it!

Vegas Vacay!!

Woohoo!!  Mommy is off track in July!  This means that we get to do even MORE fun stuff than usual!  We kicked off her vacation with a trip to Vegas!!  We stayed in a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom "big station house"  (or vacation house for those of you that don't speak Zashi...) ...  I had a blast visiting the Children's Museum, bouncing, eating at buffets, and swimming.  Mommy and Daddy even let me skip some naps!!  Vacations RULE!


We loved the jacuzzi tub.... and the big station house kitchen's nesting bowls made great helmets/water toys!


I brought my Dora bed.  And it fit perfectly in my "bedroom" ... there was a cool little table right by my head... shaped just like a toilet!  (Mommy and Daddy had NO KIDS in their room!!) 


I loved playing with the water table at the Children's Museum!   I found a water wheel that was just my size!


Rerouting the water... most of it to the floor....


An instrument that Mommy and Daddy hope I NEVER pick up....


Danni found a box full of delicious snacks...


Mesmerized ....


It was 109 degrees and Danni was ready for a swim!


We laid out a little bit first...  although it didn't do much good because Mommy doused us in spf 90.  (Yes, they really sell that!!)


The water was coooooold!!!


Pole dancer...


Brrrrrr....  


After the initial shock, it felt GREAT!


Danni and Daddy liked chilling out in the water too!


Walking to the "Water Ball" fountain...  


Danni loves swimming!


I talked some pretty girls into loaning me their raft.  I had to give it back after I decked Mommy with it...


We went to M&M World....  this is the suckiest job to have when it is 110 degrees out!


Danni did NOT like the heat...


Daddy and I played an 8 dollar game of Dance-Dance Revolution.  (I got a little swipe happy with the card at Gameworks...)


My feet reach the pedals!  Woohoo!!!


Now all I have to do is grow a little bit so I can see over the steering wheel!  


Enjoying the view from our big station house window....


Danni cultivated a love for cinnamon rolls at the buffet....


I ate pancakes and chow mein noodles for breakfast.  With ketchup of course.  Only in Vegas!



We found a bounce place... with a HUGE slide....


It had a fabulous obstacle course too!


Mommy got a bouncer kiss!


Danni had fun bouncing too... even though she hated her socks!


Blogger won't let Mommy flip this picture...  Danni and I wanted to get in the fountain at Cesar's... there were lots of moneys in there...


Yeah... whoever thought the Conservatory at the Bellagio was a great destination for kids was sorely mistaken...  Zzzz....  (It was pretty, though!)


I liked the butterflies!


Yummmmmy cookie break during our shopping trip....

Danni loved racing cars at our hotel's arcade...