Firestation Fun

Today my playgroup took a fieldtrip to the firestation. I got to see all of the firetrucks up close. The two big firetrucks were outside and I couldn't wait to go see them.

While we were listening to the firemen talk, some big dump trucks drove by and I got really excited.

Finally they let us crawl up in the trucks!

I sat in the cab for a long time and didn't want to leave. The Fire Chief had to haul me out!

They gave us stickers, suckers, and a big red fire hat to take home. I had so much fun!

Now I Get Scarlet Fever...

Well after being sick for over a week, I'm finally feeling better. Mommy took me to the doctor's office last week and they said I had strep throat/scarlet fever. I had a really bad rash ALL over me. I looked like a lizard! Now my skin is all flakey and I still look a little sick, but I'm feeling good. Here's a pic of me last week, followed by one of me this week. See how much better I'm feeling? Good enough to do a few home improvement projects.


Claire turned four-months-old last week, so we celebrated by taking her to see Dr. Fernando for shots. Yes, we were at the doc's office twice in one week. Not unusual in our family. Claire weighs 16lbs. 13oz. and is 26inches long. She's off the charts!


Dr. Fernando said to start feeding her cereal and baby food, too. So this morning she had rice cereal and this afternoon she had squash. She wasn't very neat about it, either.

Gotta go--Blue's Clues is coming on!

Our Pictures Are In!

In June, Mommy took me and Claire to Pretty As A Picture to have our portraits done. We have the proofs in and are happy to share:

http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/PrettyAsAPicture/Funke (the password is jackclaire)

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today was Daddy's birthday. He's 32 and not ashamed of it. Yesterday I helped Mommy make a cake for him. I love to help in the kitchen! Here I am all ready to start baking:

Here I am stirring the batter:

Mommy let me lick the bowl. Yum!:

The finished product (I picked out the icing colors):

We didn't do much today, mostly because I'm sick again. Snotty nose, cough, fever, the works. Mommy stripped the wallpaper off the dining room walls and I helped her do that while Daddy mowed the lawn. Not a very exciting day, but Daddy does get to go to the Cardinals' game tomorrow. I sure hope I get to go to one of those next summer. Goodnite everybody!

Here fishy, fishy!

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged, but I got a cold and gave it to Claire (Mommy and Daddy think I got it at Sesame Street Presents), so we spent a week sick and then had a busy week getting ready for this weekend. Mommy and Daddy decided they needed a restful weekend away, so they decided to go to Eureka Springs. Luckily, Nana and Happy said they'd keep me and Claire. I can't believe Mommy and Daddy needed to get away. This last week, I decided I could get out of bed on my own in the mornings, and Mommy and Daddy always look so well rested when I go wake them up around 6am. Oh well.

Mommy and Daddy said they had a really good time. They stayed in a bed and breakfast. Sounds kinda boring to me, but I think they really liked it. They got to eat a big breakfast on the deck every morning (which to me sounds like they didn't get to watch cartoons while they ate) and they had dessert in their room every night. That part sounds okay. I think they did a lot of walking around town and "relaxing." I'm not sure what that is.

Claire and I had a really good time, too. Uncle Colin came home from college to entertain me. I was really excited! He let me play with his XBox. He taught me how to play football.


Saturday Nana and Happy took me to the creek. I'd never been there and I thought we were just going to the swimming pool, so I threw a fit when Nana tried to put my swimsuit on me. I'm a little scared of the swimming pool right now. Mommy hopes I'll outgrow it. So they left my regular clothes on me. Haha! I tricked them! I saw that the water wasn't deep and just decided to have a sit.

Nana walked me up and down the creek:

And I even got to touch a real fish!:

We got home really late Sunday night. Mommy and Daddy were baffled at me because I wouldn't go to sleep. I was just waiting to get into my own bed and I wanted to potty in my own potty, too. So at 11:30pm, I pottied and finally went to sleep. Needless to say, I took a really long nap today. Oh, Claire wants me to put some pictures of her on here. And she wants me to mention how much she likes to talk to people and how she's rolled over once now. I think that was an accident.

That's all folks!