Running Through The Rain Drops

Today Mommy picked me up from school with the sky a threatening gray. We headed into downtown Princeton and headed with a mission right to Bent Spoon. You see, we're both obsessed with their cupcakes and thought bringing some to Bridget would be a win win for her and us, wink wink.


Probably because of the weather, but there wasn't a line. I walked right in and headed to the cupcake side of the counter and said, "I want a cupcake, please!". Of course strangers can't understand me, but Mommy can and she knows I'm being polite. And a cupcake I received. Not in a box, but in my cute little hands and before money exchanged hands I was already licking the icing right off the cupcake. Yummy!


Mommy selected a bunch of cupcakes and a ginger cookie to boot. We headed outside and the sky fell down on us literally. I had raindrops pounding my head, a cupcake in my hands right against my mouth, me telling Mommy I'm getting wet and her responding with a beg or two to walk a bit faster. Talk about pressure on this toddler!

Thankfully, the car was fairly close and we dried off in the car on the way to Bridget's house. We got there and I made myself right at home. We played hide and seek and I went right into her grandparents side of the house and ran upstairs, making ghost noises. I sure am a silly billy! Mommy took forever to figure out where the ghost was and then made me come down stairs and head home to see Daddy.

So Not Cool Mommy!

Mommy picked me up from school today during my nap and woke me up. I wasn't happy with her even if I was headed home for a rockin' play date. On the way out we picked up my fruit loop bracelet and she dropped it and stepped on it. I dropped to the ground to save my precious art/treat but she got all Mommy on me and said I couldn't eat fruit loops from the ground. Oops!

Back home we were greeted with Maggie and Lexie. I love seeing them, but I'm still working on sharing my toys. I'm kinda digging being an only child who has free reign of all the toys in toyland. Thankfully, Maggie helped me share. We had a blast doing art projects and then playing on the swing set. I taught Maggie how to race cars down the slide. My cars seemed to win the most. Probably because I practice all the time!

When it was time to say goodbye, we headed into our car and went to see Bridget. She was a bit under the weather today after visiting the hospital so I wanted to cheer her up with a butterfly making kit. She was supposed to be resting, but I have to let you in on a little secret- the two of us have way too much fun together to just rest! Feel better soon, Bridget!

Lookey Here

For those of you who see me on a regular basis, you know that I almost never match. Even when wearing a dress, my socks or shoes manage to gum me up. Partly because I help pick out my outfit, partly because Mommy truly doesn't care the color or pattern of my clothing articles and mostly because we're too lazy to dig through my closet and drawers for the matching outfits.

But today I share with you my momentous occasion- my outfit matches! This calls for a walk on Main Street for all to see me!

This here is my catwalk and I'm lovin' it!
Look at my super straight posture. I'm almost hitting the 75% percentile in height for my age.
Gosh, even my hair looks great today. I'm pretty!
Super pretty!

Toddler Carpooling Rocks!

I totally can't get enough of Emmy. True, we have Friday night dinners, but that's not enough for us good friends. Today we settled on a great trip to the zoo. We met super early this morning and loaded up in Mommy's car. Notice the second car seat. Glad to see two car seats fit- I might be asking for an older brother soon. Anywhoo, Emmy is the first friend I've ever taken a car trip with before and I think it's going to be great!

True it's a bit rainy outside but that's never stopped us determined ladies from having fun. Here we are at the Princeton Junction traffic circle and we're just getting in our groove. Lots of singing, shrieking and laughing. This is awesome!


Both of us smile at the same time? Yeah, right.
We drove to Philly in the rain and decided to high tail it to the Please Touch Museum, except they weren't on board with the whole plan and lied on Emmy's pass. They said they opened at 10AM on Sundays, but they really meant 11AM. Thankfully, it stopped raining just about this time and we went back to Plan A and visited the zoo. We love lions. Roar!
Hmm, thank goodness for this glass. They are mighty big!
Big, but pretty!
We had a blast and ended up in the primate house for lunchtime. Our lunchtime, of course. We just love monkeys and gorillas. One gorilla got really feisty and slammed on the glass partition, freaking not only us out but all the grown-ups too. Guess parents aren't fearless after all....

Mayberry Day

We woke up early, for a Saturday anyway, grabbed showers and headed to gym class. I'm super adventurous and since there was no camera in sight, I can freely share that I learned to flip around on the uneven bars and can even walk across a balance beam myself. Yeah, I also have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. Regardless, a good time was had by all. Then we popped in the car and headed right back to Mayberry for our annual town day. We went down the entire street to see all the vendors and activities. Can you guess where we made our first and longest stop?



The fire truck of course! The doors were closed and no one was around. That's never stopped me with a fire truck, so I hopped right up and tried to rev the engine. Too bad my arms and legs are a bit short. Darnnit!



This is my idea of family time!
I hopped in back and checked out the view from my perch.
Shucks, forgot to buckle up for safety. Thank goodness for Daddy.
Crappers, I think I inherited my lack of depth perception from Mommy. These fire trucks sure are long!
This is the best lookout view ever!
Can you believe keys were left in the ambulance, too? This is my lucky day. I think I'll call someone!
And shift gears while I'm at it. Might as well go whole hog, right!
We had such an amazing time and then headed home for an awesome family nap. Then we met with our super nice curtain lady and finalized plans for my bedroom. Yay!

Photo Shoot

I'm getting quite vocal in staging my own photo ops. I thought I looked particularly cute this morning. So, I grabbed the camera and shoved it in Mommy's hand before running to the back wall and saying, "Cheese!". Then I run to the camera and make her show me the photo. After all, I have final approval, ya know.



I'm ready for my close-up!

Family Apple Picking Adventure, The 81 Cent Version

So, Daddy is winding down his staycation and Mommy had the 'great' idea of picking me up right after nap time and heading to Terhune for some good ol' fashioned family apple picking. Yep, you can guess right. There was one 'yay' and two 'nays' for this particular event. Mommy drove us and even tried to go a new way by 'feeling it'. Never been in a car with Mommy? She has a terrible sense of direction. Almost negative sense of direction, if that's even possible. Anywhoo, we totally got lost and Daddy got annoyed that Mommy knew she had no idea where she was going and he didn't even want to go apple picking in the first place. Me? I didn't know what apple picking was, so I wasn't yet fully in Daddy's camp. Key word being 'fully.



When we got there Mommy needed a bathroom, shocking I know. So we went on ahead of her with map in hand. Anything to speed this family outing up.





I was too short to get the apples, so you get to see a peek at my shrinking buddha belly. Enjoy it while it lasts!
And if Mommy hadn't screwed this shot up, it would have been one and done. Darnnit!
Take two.
As fast as my legs could carry me, I grabbed the apple picking bag and ran to the checkout. The checkout lady's expression when we dumped our two puny apples on the scale was priceless. Our tally for this ridiculous outing? 81 cents. Not even a dollar!
Mommy redeemed herself my suggesting we go to the actual orchard and farm to feed the goats. We got our corn and avoided the snobby goat. Yes, they totally have a full fledged snobby goat. This is the nice goat.
And super hungry goat!
After a great feeding we headed to the toddler tractors and had a blast.
As if things couldn't get any better, Mommy had a craving for apple cider donuts and picked me up a signature snickerdoodle. What a great surprise after a bust with the apple picking. Thanks, Mommy!
I'm super happy now!
Hmm, wonder how I can snag an extra cookie for dessert tonight?

Lounging Around

Daddy's staycation and a thrown out back means that he isn't an active participant on the swing set. I went to school today, since it was his vacation and all, but we've pushed my bedtime back so I can still have lots of together time with Daddy. I get to swing to my heart's content and he gets credit for hanging out with me. Daddy rocks!

Yo Gabba Gabba, Day Four

Warning- sometime Blogger stinks and it is currently refusing to post my pictures with the correct rotation. I'll try again a bit later, but these photos were too cute to keep off the post.

Daddy and I were all set. Snacks, magic paint and Mommy's annoying camera. Snap!

I just love my swingset and can't get enough of swinging in my baby seat. Sure, we all know I can swing on the big kid swing but I can't be pushed out of control unless I'm in the baby swing. Suits me just fine.
This is the face of true happiness and guess what? It's all mine, mine, mine!
Further back, I want to go higher!
Just like this!
On to the glider. This requires a bit more focus so I don't tumble and end up with Mommy lecturing me on the importance of safety. Blah, blah, blah.
Come on, Grandma. Quick, push me hard while Mommy's turned away.
Hmm, here I thought I was super big. Not compared to anything else in this picture.
Yeppers, I finally learned to hang on the handles without falling flat on my diaper inflated tushie.
You thought I was a dare devil until you realized I could just put my feet down. Had ya fooled!
I'm getting super brave and trying to master the tire swing. It's a bit trickier than it looks, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.
I can't believe how much I'm loving water. I don't remember ever being this wet outside of a shower, bath or pool. Mommy's been holding out on me. Plants need water, too!
Oh, I get it. Thanks for the help, Grandma!
Sure, I'll go water over there.
Wowsers, Mommy really needs to trim our greenery. If a kiddo like me can't squeeze past then Mommy's up diaper creek.

Yo Gabba Gabba, Day Three

I woke up this morning to a huge celebration for Mommy's birthday. Daddy and Mommy were going to have a special dinner in honor of Mommy being super old, but Daddy threw his back out working on the garden so we had to scrap our pre-planned activities and focus on having fun with Grandma and Grandpa.

First on the list? The P-A-R-K! See, Grandma, I can swing all by myself if someone pushes me. I'm super close to learning how to pump my legs but it takes way more coordination than I was blessed with at two. Back?
Forward? I think I'm getting better!
Enough of the swinging lesson, off to the water and having a snack to keep my energy up. We interrupt this snack for a duck sighting. Look!
Hmm, think that's a fishy in there?
Wow, this is super relaxing on a beautiful day. Daddy, too bad you can't be here with us.
If only I had looked up, this would be an almost award winning photo.
Afer the park, we had lunch and I took a nap. Then Daddy needed quiet again so the rest of us headed to Terhune. We snacked on cider donuts, snickerdoodle cookies, fed the goats and then headed over to the tractors. There were lots and lots of super old boys being rowdy until Grandpa kicked them out and then it calmed down and became super fun super fast. Push me, please!
Hey, I think I've got it!
Now this here little tractor is just my speed. Where have you been all my life??
Gosh, I sure have a cute tushie!
For dinner Grandma and Grandpa went exploring in Princeton and had dinner out on the town. The K-B clan? We headed to an early bedtime.