My 4th Birthday

Happy birthday to me! Four years old... that's crazy! I was so lucky to celebrate my birthday with all my family again this year! My cousins had me over for dinner for one of my favorites - kibbe! They gave me a very special birthday cupcake and the best presents ever! They gave me my very own OU jersey and helmet so I can look just like a real football player! So much fun! Mama made chocolate football cupcakes for me to take to school to share with my friends. Yummy!

We went to Oma & Papa's to celebrate, too. I told Mama I wanted a banana cake, but every day, I changed my mind about which team logo I wanted on top. One day it was Tennessee, the next OSU, and the next OU. Luckily, for Dada's sanity, I stuck with OU! I love my birthday. Cake and presents! What could be more fun?

I got lots of fun gifts from all my family, but I think spending time together is the best gift of all! Thanks to everyone for making my big day so special!

Four Years Old

I'm quite the little man now, at four years old! I'm still the sweet, shy, stubborn boy I have always been. I'm getting taller and thinner. I'm so skinny that my little ribs stick out. I'm not the best eater, but we're working on it! Mama & Dada are sure I'll turn out fine, even if I'm picky. I love to have fun, be silly and laugh. My number one favorite thing in all the world is football! If I could spend the day doing what I wanted, I would play NCAA Football on the PlayStation all day long! Mama tells me I'm too addicted, so I've been cut off from playing video games, except for once a week. When I can't play the "video sports game", I play football by myself. I pretend to snap the ball, be the quarterback throwing a pass, be the receiver catching the pass, and then make manly grunting noises as I get tackled. I tackle my cousins and Dada whenever I have a chance! I love numbers. All the time, I'm talking about my favorite numbers. They're different every day, but a true favorite I always return to is 85. I love to ask Mama & Dada "How old will I be when you're __ years old?" I'm very smart. I can count to 100, I can write my name. I can read some names of states (a side-effect of playing the football video game!) I can sometimes spell words if you help me sound them out. I finished potty training last summer and finally came to terms with the fact that I can't always hold it til I get home. I say that when I grow up, I'm going to be brown & fat - 7 feet tall and 413 lbs, to be exact. I think that will make me a good football player. I laugh out loud when I watch SpongeBob or Tom & Jerry. I love watching TV. I spread out my arms when Mama asks me how much she loves me. I'm affectionate and sweet most of the time, but I can definitely turn bratty if things don't go my way. I say school is boring and that I'm not going ever again, even though my parents tell me I have many years of school to come. Here are some of my favorites:
Food: Chicken fingers, burgers, kibbe, spaghetti, fruit and CANDY
Color: Red
"Friend" to sleep with: Bear
Sport: Football
Friend at school: Beckham
TV Show: SpongeBob
Toy: MobiGo

Happy Halloween!

After getting a Wii from Auntie Rigi and becoming addicted to boxing on the Wii, I absolutely had to be a boxer for Halloween! I was the cutest little boxer you've ever seen! I went to my cousins' house to trick-or-treat with them. I got lots of sweet treats in my spider bag and had a fun night. Happy Halloween!

Stinky Carving

Here's my nice, big pumpkin! I'm all ready to carve it for Halloween! Well, at least that's what I thought!

As soon as I stuck my arm inside the pumpkin, slimy guts touched my hand, and the horrendous stench of fresh pumpkin wafted up into my nostrils. It was a most unpleasant experience! I burst into tears! Mama said I was being completely ridiculous. She said I should reach in and pull out the pumpkin guts. She's crazy! She showed me that even if you get slimy, your hand can be washed. It didn't matter. I was done with pumpkin carving.

I watched Mama as she did all the gutting and carving alone, but I was happy to pose next to our finished jack-o-lantern! He turned out just how I wanted, and he looked nice & spooky on our porch for the trick-or-treaters!

Fall Break 2011

When I had a break from school in October, we went to Wichita for a few days to see our family. My cousins Brian & Tyler came all the way from Denver to hang out with me! We had fun playing Wii and tossing around the football at Oma's house. One day, a very WINDY day, we went to a pumpkin patch! It was cold, and dirt was blowing around like crazy, but it didn't stop me from having fun! My cousins and I jumped and bounced on a giant pillow of air, ran around the playground and found our way through a corn maze.

Spooky & Sweet!

When October hits, we get so excited for Halloween to come! Mama and I wanted to have some spooky fun, so we made this haunted candy house! I did a lot of the decorating myself. Mama was very impressed - it turned out BOOtiful! After we finished the house, I was ready to eat it, but we decided to keep it until Halloween. While we let our haunted house dry, we cuddled on our cozy couch and watched our favorite Halloween movie - The Nightmare Before Christmas. Mama loved snuggling up with her favorite little goblin!

Sunny Sandy!

Back to sunny San Diego! In late August, early September, we went to visit Uncle Seany, and this time, Auntie Tini & Uncle Chad came, too! It was Uncle Chad's first time being in California...ever! I wanted to take him to my favorite spots so he would see why we love it so much!

No trip to SD is complete without spending a few days at the beach! The water was cold, and I didn't want to go in past my knees, but I had a lot of fun playing in the sand. It was all over me. I even had a sand moustache!

We wanted to go to Mission Beach so Uncle Chad could get a feel for real San Diego, even though Coronado and La Jolla have quieter beaches.

We went to have some great burgers in Ocean Beach at a joint called Hodad's, too. The delicious food options are endless in SoCal!

The big happy extended family also got to go to a Padres game! San Diego didn't win, but losing to San Francisco isn't such a bad thing - our hearts belong to both great cities!

I got this little squishy guy at the game and called it "my baby". I was heartbroken when his cheap face started falling off halfway through the game! We exchanged it for a new one, and once again, I was a happy boy. It was a great vacation in SD. We went to Balboa Park, drove Uncle Chad by the old house, visited friends and ate at our favorite restaurants. We love Sandy!!