I Think I Broke Daddy

Today, when I woke up from my afternoon nap, I turned over and I was face to face with daddy. What the heck?! Literally...his face was inches away from mine! (Remember...I take my naps on a mat at home too.) It was sort of scary. Then I looked closer and saw that he was drooling up a storm on his pillow. He must have been really tired. If you know my daddy...you know he NEVER takes a nap!

So how'd I break him?

It all started on Friday. For some reason, he didn't go to work. That means he didn't take me to daycare. That means he had to entertain me all day while mommy worked! Around lunch time, we went to mommy's company picnic at Saratoga Springs. It was a pretty cool place with a ton of kids running around. Mr. Mickey (like the mouse) said his son went to camp here and went on creek hikes, played on the obstacle course, and did other cool stuff. I totally want to try that out when I'm older. I met all sorts of people and ran all over the place.

Later that evening, we headed over to the Quonaka house to meet baby Sienna. She was so tiny! I was never that small! She didn't do much so I spent my time playing with Ky's toys. I rode his rocket scooter thing, spent time in his cozy coupe, and played basketball. Then I threw up on Auntie Christi's couch (sorry!).

Saturday started off pretty normal. Swim lessons in the morning, lunch, nap time. Before we had dinner, mommy and daddy got all dressed up. What the heck is going on? We hopped in the car and arrived at a skate park! There were kids on bikes and skateboards doing all sorts of tricks! Mommy said daddy needs to teach me to skateboard because she doesn't know how. I wanted to watch the action, but mommy and daddy hurried me inside the building next door.

As soon as we got in, we were blasted with music! We found Ms. Sandra, her daughter, and Ms. Jenny. Later, Ms. Claudia came with her husband and Henry and his mommy and daddy showed up too. I'm confused. I spent a lot of this weekend being confused. The music was a bit too loud for me so I wandered out of the big room and ran right into Ms. Nancy in a beautiful white dress! It was her wedding reception!

Unfortunately the music was a bit too loud for me and I was feeling overstimulated. We ended up leaving early and I passed out in the car as soon as it started moving. If you don't know...that's what us little ones do when we feel overstimulated. We sleep.

When we got home, we wandered down the street and joined the block party that was going on. We met all sorts of cool people and even some kids who were my age! Hopefully this becomes an annual event because it was a ton of fun!

On Sunday, daddy was rushing around the house like a crazy person. We all piled into the car and I did what I always do...fell asleep. When I woke up, I didn't know where we were. Mommy hopped into the back seat with me and gave me a PB&J sandwich and milk for snack. I kept looking around and thought the parking lot looked familiar. It looked like Gilroy Gardens. (Yes, we were just there a few days ago).

A bit later, this big Mercedes pulls up. It's Henry and his mommy and daddy! We spent the day running around Gilroy Gardens. I love this place! I was so excited that I didn't want to eat lunch. We rode a few new rides and I introduced Henry to some of my favorite rides.

As usual, we ran around until we just dropped. I made it out of the park, but fell asleep before we got out of the parking lot. When we got home...I went right to sleep.

And that's how I broke daddy.

Ever Wake Up and Not Know Where You Are?

Today started off like any other day. I woke up. Daddy walked Tachi and mommy got me ready for school and fed me breakfast. That's where the normalcy ended.

First...daddy wasn't dressed for work. He was wearing a t-shirt and jogging pants.

Second...mommy left for work and daddy was still home. Daddy and I always leave for daycare before mommy leaves for work.

I should have known something was up.

Finally, daddy got me into the car and we headed off to daycare. I think all of the weirdness of the morning tired me out because I fell right asleep once we hit the freeway. When I woke up and looked around, it didn't look like daycare. There was a big chain link gate. Huh? I looked over and saw Auntie Ann in the car next to us. Now I'm really confused.

So here's the story...daddy snuck out of work to take me to Gilroy Gardens. He invited Auntie Ann and Edison to tag along as well. Unfortunately, he thought it opened at 10:00, but during the week, they open at 11:00. Doh!

Back in the car...back to Starbucks! Coffee! Too bad I didn't get any. We hung out for a bit...sipped coffee, nibbled on peanut butter and jelly and pancakes. Finally...it was almost 11:00. Let's go already!

It was such a great day. Not too hot. No crowds. We almost had the whole park to ourselves! Edison had never been on a lot of the rides that Matthew and Kyden took me on so I had to introduce him to the boats, the ferris wheel, the race car, the fire truck, and Bulgy the fish. If you remember...Bulgy the fish was the ride that everyone thought would make me cry. Well...both Edison and I rode it and neither of us cried. Hah!

We played hard until we passed out. Edison didn't even make it out of the park before he conked out. Guess he had too much fun!

Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive? Anyone know who that is? (I'm not talking about the video game.)

Here's a hint...it's related to that weirdo music that mommy used to listen to when she was growing up.

Click here for another hint.

And don't ask me why...it just seemed like a good idea at the time.

Knock Knock. Who's There?

After I woke up this morning, I joined Tachi on his morning walk. It was really peaceful and I love hearing the birdies talking. After we got back, mommy fed me applesauce oatmeal for breakfast. I was absolutely starving! There were no leftovers!

After that, I raced around the house on my fire truck. Then, the doorbell rang. I ran over to see who it was and...surprise! It was Henry, Auntie Nancy, and Uncle Austin! I was very confused. The next thing I knew, we all piled into the swagger wagon and were off! Of course, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I had no idea where we were. Henry and I hopped into our strollers and off we rolled...to the Monterey Bay Aquarium!

We started off with checking out the otters. Those guys are really cute. I wonder if mommy would let me keep one in the bathtub. One of my favorite things was the touch pool. Starfish are pretty rough. I thought they'd be a lot squishier than the were. I tried to touch a bat ray, but the didn't want anything to do with me. It must be my imposing figure.

We had lunch and Henry shared his rice with me. I had to return the favor so I shared my grilled cheese with him. Then, he shared his cheerios with me. We're such trendsetters that Uncle Austin shared his fish tostada with mommy!

After lunch, we waddled over to the see the penguins. Those guys are pretty cool. There were three of them who kept trying to eat my fingers through the glass. I'm too short to reach above the water line, so the penguins were diving under water to get at my fingers! It was like they were flying under water! After I got bored with the penguins, Henry and I hatched out of a huge penguin egg. Daddy said we looked like Mork. No one knew who he was talking about.

We spent the rest of the day checking out cool stuff like jellyfish, sea horses, giant fish, tiny fish, and a play area! Daddy put me on this big water bed thingy. It wasn't bad enough that he put me on there, but he kept pushing on it so I'd go up and down with the waves. SEASICK! Stop it! We crawled around in these coral reef tunnels, touched more stuff in the touch pools, and ran around like crazy people. Uncle Austin even put fins on Henry! That wasn't the worst thing that we endured. Daddy tried to feed me to a giant clam!

It was an awesome way to end the weekend! Thanks for inviting me out Henry! We'll have to do it again!

Good Luck Ms. Christine!

Today was absolutely my saddest day at daycare. It was Ms. Christine's last day.

She decided to go back to school to become a pediatric nurse. I know it's the best thing for her future, but I'm going to be a little bit selfish and say I really wish she could stay at daycare. She's AWESOME!

To say thank you to her, daddy organized a little gift with some of the other parents. We all got together and decorated some scrubs for her. I know she liked them because she cried a little bit when we gave them to her.

I know she's going to be an awesome nurse and I'm going to miss her big smile and huge hugs. Maybe she'll get a job at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation office on Rainbow Drive in San Jose (hint hint).

I'm going to miss you!