Happy Halloween!

While my parents are not taking me out to gather candy, apparently the kids will come to us tonight for trick-or-treating! I am looking forward to seeing all the costumes...I bet my bee outfit will knock 'em dead. Here I am, all festive for this strange tradition. Hope you have a good and safe evening. Fall is winding down, and the weather is getting colder... soon it will be snowing! I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas!

A Family-Filled Weekend

What a weekend! I had lots and lots of visitors this weekend at my house! It started out with an impromptu visit by my Aunt Abbey and her friend, Mr. Marc. They came to our house on Friday night and stayed until Saturday afternoon! The video above is from breakfast...my Aunt Abbey sure is silly! While they were here, my Aunt Sara and my boy cousins, Braeden, Ethan and Jackson, came for lunch. Not to be left out, Grammie Laurie and Papa Mike came along for all the fun too!!! We had a full house with two tables set up for a lunch of chili and salad and Aunt Sara's homemade bread. I got to eat at the kids' table with my boy cousins, and I ate lunch all by myself without any help! Unfortunately, my Uncle Geoff, my Aunt Amy, my Uncle Kelly, and my girl cousins, Kyleigh and Macy, couldn't be there; I sure miss them!

So, after lunch, all the noisy people left, and I was getting ready for a nice post-prandial nap when my Nana Mary and Grandpa Nick showed up!! What a fabulous surprise!! They had come to pick up my Uncle Russ' gear for his new job...those silly people he works for shipped his supplies to his old house even though he moved away for his training! So, Dad rescued the stuff from the rain, and I got to try his bag on for size before Nana and Grandpa took it home with them!

What a fun day! I thought all the visiting was over, but today, we had another great surprise when my Great Uncle Steve and Miss Carolyn stopped by to say hi on their way to hike in the National Park. They didn't stay for long, but it was nice to see them. Well, I am exhausted after a busy weekend of entertaining. Feel free to stop by and visit too!

Could my parents Bee crazy?

I am sorry, but this picture tells of all my woes. Can you believe my parents put me in this outfit? I was minding my business, all ready for bed the other night when they got a sudden urge to put me in this ridiculous get-up. I wonder if it is too early to sue for emancipation...hmmm...I will have to check with my lawyer.

In case you all were wondering, I have survived my unofficial bout of H1N1. I don't know if Mom brought home this affliction from work or if I can blame it on the sick kid at daycare, however, I do know that I felt pretty miserable for the last week, but today I got some of my spark back! Leave me alone for more than a millisecond, and I will get into whatever you say is off-limits! It is good to be back!

My Bee-hind...oh, brother.

These days...

Hey, Friends! What has been up with you these days? I have been busy developing skills and doing some hard-core playing. As you will see above, I have gained some new toys. Thanks to Miss Darlene's incredible garage-sale scouting, Mom was able to get me this farm for FREE!! It only took her 2 weeks to get around to cleaning it up so that I could finally play with it. I really like to chew on the animals and bang the pieces on the table!
I also have been doing some reading. Mom took a picture of me here after I had gotten a book off the bookshelf all by myself! No easy task, mind you, but I managed! And, besides these things, I have learned a new trick...I can make my parents look like complete weirdos by waving at them. All it takes is one little wave, and they start grinning like monkeys and flapping their hands up and down. It is hilarious! They are so predictable!

Chinese Take Out

I had my first taste of fried food tonight in the form of pork-fried rice with veggies. No General Tso's or Egg Rolls yet, but I did get to try out some chop-sticks. The food was pretty tasty, and I found great joy in throwing my rice around! Of course, my mean parents ate all the fortune cookies and didn't share...don't let that one in the picture fool you...it was just a prop, which they stole after taking the photo! Grandpa Nick was here for dinner too. He and I had a lot of fun today; I showed him how all my toys work, and we even surprised Daddy and Mama by finding some new tunes on my noisy toys! Unfortunately, he went home after dinner, and now I am stuck alone with my parents again...hopefully, I survive until Saturday when Nana Mary and Grandpa Nick come hang out with me again! Wish me luck!

Hanging out in my crib...

I learned how to jump on my bed the other day...I pulled myself up on the rails of my jail cell and then found that I could bounce up and down on my mattress! It is tons of fun...I especially like to do it after Mama and Daddy put me "to sleep" and when I wake up in the morning. I surprised Mama the other night when I was having a hard time going to sleep...she came to check on me and I was peeking out at her over the railing! She thought it was pretty funny. Speaking of sleeping...I think I should go to bed...early to bed, early to rise!! I get to spend tomorrow with Grandpa Nick!! Good night.

My Papa's Heart

Today, my Papa Mike got his broken heart fixed. I think it broke because he doesn't get to see me enough, and it makes him very sad. However, he is doing good now since I went to see him yesterday and woke up early this morning to see him before he went to the hospital. I showed him all my new tricks like pulling myself up on the furniture and sneezing buckets of snot! He will be in the hospital for a few more days to heal, but soon he will be home and playing with me again!

Get well soon, Papa. I love you!