Pancake Saturday

I think you've seen before how I like to help in the kitchen. Well, now I get some regular time to practice my culinary skills with "Pancake Saturday." I know it's Saturday when Daddy is still in bed when I get up, so on those days I've started reminding him that I like his Mickey Mouse pancakes. And he always seems to make them for me when I ask. He's even started letting me help. I know it looks like I'm about to dump bbq seasoning into the pancake mix, but Daddy stopped me before I had a chance to do it.

After this last Pancake Saturday, Mommy and Daddy went shopping for a new carseat for me. Claire is about to outgrow her baby seat, so she's going to inherit my old seat and I'm getting a new one. My favorite part of the new carseat? The box!

A Fantastic Five Months

Claire turned 5-months-old over the weekend. She's really good at rolling over now and has discovered her feet. She's able to prop herself up into a sitting position and can sit by herself for a little while sometimes. Mommy and Daddy gave her a quick bath with me the other night and now I always ask for "baby sister" to be in the bath with me. She thinks I'm really funny and I certainly like to have an audience.


My final set of molars are finally in, but Claire is still trying to get her first tooth. Mommy thinks it will be soon, though, because Claire is chewing on everything. She's even chewing on her blankets--just like me! Daddy thinks there's something wrong because both of his kids like to chew on fabric.


And for good measure, here's one more:

Pumpkin Patch Pals

Me, Mommy, and Claire went to the pumpkin patch with our playgroup friends this week. There was a hayride, corn maze, fish pond, and petting zoo. I really liked the hayride (once Mommy was able to convince me to get on) and I also liked playing in the corn.

This is me checking out all of the really big pumpkins. They let us choose a pumpkin to take home and I chose the absolute smallest pumpkin I could. Daddy said it's a gourd.

This is Claire next to the huge pumpkin haybale. I refused to stand still long enough for both of us to be in the picture.

This might have been my favorite part--pumping water!

This is me trying to feed the goats some hay. They didn't like it.

Happy Fall Ya'll!

Voila! A Materpiece!

Mommy and Daddy took us to the annual Arts Festival downtown this morning. There was a live band, lots of local artists, and lots of fun stuff for kids to do. They had a pottery wheel, fingerpainting, and crafts. I made a picture with fingerpaints and then I decorated a hat.

I tried to draw on another kid's hat and when I wouldn't stop, Mommy said we had to leave. That made me mad!

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh My!

Sunday, Mommy and Daddy loaded us in the car and took us to the St. Louis Zoo for the day. We had lots of fun and saw lots of animals. I liked the penguins the best because I could get really close to them. At the end of the day, we rode the train around the zoo (which I really loved) and Daddy bought me a little stuffed penguin to remember the day with.

Me and Daddy and the elephants:


Riding the choo-choo: