Party Poooooper!!

Mama Vee brought me an Elmo microwave as a congratulatory gift.  Danni got a Diet Pepsi...

Taking a pre-water slide dip with Gracie...

Danni was so excited to celebrate too!

I slid down on my tummy!!!

Danni narrowly escaped being sprayed by the water cannon...

She LOVES to swim and splash!

Splasherizing!

Trying to spray the grown ups with the water cannon!

Mommy was surprised that I kept all of my teeth....

Uncle Po even slid down... without knocking it over!

Pinana time!!!

Grabbing candy after it FINALLY broke!

We had Dora and Boots cupcakes!  YUM!

Carefully extracting my Boots ring....

No sunters on the water slide!

Pink frostingy mouths are okay, though!

Uncle Paul thought I looked like the joker!

Mmmmm.... more frosting!

At the end of the day, I curled up with Gracie and watched Dora!  It doesn't get much better!

To celebrate my Big Boyhood, I hosted a Potty Party!  I invited two friends (and their families) over to eat dinner, splash, slide, beat the pinata, devour cupcakes, and have fun!  Mama Vee, Auntie Kelly, and Uncle Paul came to celebrate with us as well.  It was a GREAT party!  I got lots of presents too (mostly underwear...  I added some new cartoon characters to my collection... )   and, I got to stay up late.  I LOVE being a big boy!!!

Punkins!!!

Danni was striking a pose in the punkin patch...

She is almost as strong as I am!

Danni wouldn't let go of her punkin!

Mommy and her two favorite punkins...

Danni gave me lots of Halloween kisses!

Danni checked out the goat-didis with Auntie Elaine

Danni loved the punkins!

Taking a snuggle break with Mama Vee...

I found some 'wish flowers'

Ensuring that next year's dandelion crop will be amazing!

Danni did a punkin patch dance!

She was excited to find some punkins that were just her size!

Same shot as above... different camera!

Of course, I wanted the only green punkin in the patch!

LOTS of punkins!!!

It's fall and that means that it's PUNKIN PATCH time!!!  Danni and I have gotten to visit a couple of patches so far... our favorite is the GINORMOUS one at Cal Poly!  Their Ag department opens their field of punkins to happy punkin pickers like us!  Danni and I had a blast running around in the sea of orange ... Mama Vee and Auntie Elaine joined us for the fun!!!  We LOVE the fall!!!  :)

Mission Accomplished!!!

My sticker calendar's full!!!  (That meant a trip to Toys R Us for me!!)

Showing Danni how it's done....  she's my biggest cheerleader!

One of my selections was an assortment of pretend kitchen appliances -- a toaster, a blender, and a coffee maker....

Checking out my sticker calendar...  I filled up a second one and added a little mixer to my kitchen collection!

I'm even pretty good at using the 'stander' in the men's room!

I half stand/sit at home...  Mommy thinks that this method cuts down on clean up!

Since the last time you visited my blog, I have become a BIG BOY!!!!  I am now a master of pee-peeing and pooping on the potty!!!  And, the best part of it all was that it was MY IDEA!  :)  I decided (after attending our neighbors' water slide party) that I needed a water slide too.  Sooo, I told my parents that I'd pee and poo on the toilet if they bought me one!  My parents would pay any amount of $$ at this point to not have to deal with my stanky diapers, so they agreed....  And, a week later, I had seven glitter stickers (one for each #2!) and I got to have a water slide party with my friends!!

Of course, there were all sorts of bribes along the way...  for pee-pee-ing on the potty, I got to pick a sticker (which went on my calendar -- a full calendar meant that I got to pick out any toy I wanted at Toys R Us!)... I also got a piece of candy from the bucket (Swedish Fish ... or 'fruities' are my new fave treat!) ... and, I could also pick a TV show to watch ... (Mommy and Daddy are on Dora-WonderPets-Diego-Blue'sClues-YoGabbaGabb OVERLOAD as a result of this potty training thing!)  :)   Everything worked, and I have had NO ACCIDENTS!!!  Woohoo!!!

Everyone is so excited and proud of my accomplishments.... well, except the Pampers corporation...  they only get 50% of the business out of this household now!!

Happy Birthday, Connie!!

Spinning the chairs in the dark dancing room....

Enjoying the 'rain room' at Adventure City...

I LOVE to go on rides!!!

I drofe the ambulance.  Danni and Daddy were the patients in the back....

Danni enjoyed the ride!

I flew in a hot air balloon!!!

The goat whisperer...

Danni liked the goat-didis!

She was a little unsure at first...

But then she REALLY liked them.  Especially since they didn't run away from her like our didi at home does!

Eat, didi, EAT!  (He wasn't interested...)

Happy little didi petter!

While I petted the didi, Danni petted me!

I got a time-out for pumpkin throwing....

When I was out of trouble, I picked a pumpkin to paint...

I am a very serious artist!

Danni picked a pumpkin too...

Pumpkin delivery!

She helped me paint the pumpkin creation!

She wanted to take another pumpkin home!

A new Up&Down with a chocolate horsey!

Up&Downs guarantee a happy Zashi!

And a happy Danni too!

We had cake...  and Danni tried to eat the fork too..

I played a game of pool...

Well... kinda....

One of Daddy's former co-workers turned 65 and threw the absolute coolest party EVER!  She had a taco man, a DJ and dancing, games, and cake at a restaurant... and then rented out an adjacent amusement park called Adventure City for us kids to enjoy.  (Can you tell that she's a grandma??) We had a delicious lunch of tacos and portillas (aka quesadillas) ... then danced a little bit... then we headed over to Adventure City for some VERY toddler appropriate rides and crafts!  We ended the day with cake back at the restaurant.  What a FUN way to celebrate!!!