Daddy's violin

Hi, everyone:

Last weekend (Labor Day weekend), we drove back to Illinois to visit family. We stayed at Grandma Sue and Pa-pa's house. While we were there, daddy decided to bring back some things he had when he was younger, including the violin that he used to play. It is old and needs a bit of TLC, but one morning daddy took it out of its case and showed me how to play it! The top photo is a photo of me trying to play the violin with a bow; the bottom photo is daddy showing me how to pluck the violin strings. It was really neat! Perhaps someday I will learn how to play violin!

A Visit to Fernbank

Hi, everyone--

These past few weeks have been fun! Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Martha came to visit us. One Sunday, daddy, mommy, Aunt Martha, and I went to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. It was fun! The Fernbank Museum has dinosaurs!
Can you see me in the photo above? I am standing next to the bones of a Giganotosaurus (that's what they call him), who was the largest meat-eating dinosaur. He was pretty big!

At the museum right now, they have an exhibition of gecko lizards. So we saw some geckos:
And I had fun playing with a "Make Your Own Gecko" computer game:

We looked at some of the other animals in the museum too, like this raccoon:

But we love the dinosaurs! Here I am with T-rex. ROOOOARRRR!:

The museum also had a science activity area with lots of fun games and experiments. Here I am trying to make a BIG bubble!:

Here I am playing with red, blue, and yellow shadows (Aunt Martha is standing next to me):

And here I am playing with electricity! (Safely, of course):

Aunt Martha and I as dinosaurs!:

When we left, the Atlanta "Bubble Man" was outside the museum, so I got to play with more bubbles:

We had a fun day at the Natural History Museum!

June visit to Peoria

Hi, everyone--

Last week, I went to central Illinois with my mommy. We got to fly in an airplane! I thought this was so much fun, even though mommy kept saying that I have been on airplanes dozens of times, and that I just don't remember it.

I had a great time seeing my grandparents and cousins while I was there. There were some moments of excitement, too. The first night, I got to sit in Grandma and Grandpa's basement while we waited for nearby tornadoes to pass through. But then there was happy excitement, too, like my cousin Michael's 3rd birthday party! In the top photo, you can see me sitting between two of my cousins, Ryley and Samarah. We are anxiously awaiting some cake and ice cream.

My Aunt Heather brought over some fun neon toys. She made me a pair of glasses, and although they were a bit too big for my face, I still had fun wearing them anyway!:


Here I am being my typical silly self:


We had a great time seeing family, and miss everyone already!