Playdate at the Holmes

This playdate had been a long time coming, is all I can say. Since moving to our new home our mommies have been trying to get us together for a playdate. Thank goodness it finally happened because I have really missed Collin. I can't tell you how excited I am to live closer so that we can get together more often. So, this morning mommy got me up, dressed and out the door in a flash. When we arrived, Collin showed me all of his new toys at his house. We dressed up as a skeleton and Thomas the choo choo train.

Our next venture was in the backyard. Collin proceeded in attempting to teach me how to play catch. I will say that I tried really hard....but could not manage to catch it. Oh well, it was a blast learning new things.

Our last stop was going to the Nature Sanctuary near Collin's house. This was my favorite. We walked across bridges, along trails and on top of docks. I saw two turtles sunbathing on a log in the water. They were so cute.

The chinese tourist wanting a pic....

This is Collin laying a smacker on me! Our mommies didn't know what to think. I loved it. Thanks, Collin for a great morning!!

Happy New Years 2011

In order to ring in the new year right, mommy and daddy decided to throw their first annual New Years party. The idea came from mommy and I think it was a dandy idea. Above you can see all of us acting silly for the camera.

It was so nice to see all of mommy and daddy's friends, as well as mine. I loved getting to play with Liam, Ethan, Collin, Aiden and Joey. I could surely get accustomed to this... It is so nice to have family and little friends to grow up with!

Here I am teaching collin how to turn the bar into monkey bars..! Aren't we cute? It was so great to see him and I look forward to many more hang outs, now that we live so much closer. You see, I figure since I have a playground and Collin has a pool, it is a win win situation.

Here I am with daddy shooting off my very first sparkler. Little did everyone know that after a few minutes of practice, I was waiving that sparkler around like it was going out of style! I got so out of control that I burned my tutu.

I couldn't finish this post without giving a little history of some of the work that took place before the party. Most of you know that we moved into our new home about a month ago and had a ton to do. While on Christmas break, mommy and daddy bought a chandelier for the entryway. Daddy got this crazy idea to hang it himself. What a wild ride that was to watch. Nonetheless, he succeeded and did a great job. Mommy, in the future, if you buy a chandelier....please hire someone to hang it before daddy gets home.