Alright, Alright…

So where have I been, right?  ALL OVER.

Things have been really crazy this year, so I’ll apologize for dropping off the blogging.  Here’s what has happened to keep me away from my fans:

We prepared and sold our house
Daddy graduated
We had a house build in Huntsville
We moved out of our home in Cookeville
We’re now bumming around Grandmama’s and Granpa’s house until our new house is done

It’s been a lot of fun, but Mommy and Daddy have had a lot to do and haven’t gotten to help me blog much.

So what’s new? Well, I’ve said goodbye to my friends at daycare. I had a lot of fun there and they took good care of me, but I’m excited about the new house, too. While we’re staying at Grandmama’s and Grandpa’s, I’ve met some other kids on the trips to the park. They’ve taught me new games like “chase the ducks with a stick”, “stick my face in the dirt”, and “jump off the top of the playplace”. Funny… Daddy won’t let me play any of those games. He’s a party pooper. OH! Speaking of pooping..

I’ve been working on the potty training thing. I’m really good about going pee pee in the potty, but I’m still scared of pooping in it. Mommy says that she read that children are afraid to poop in the potty, because if poop can be flushed, the kids think they could be, too! Truth is, I’m mostly just scared of not being able to frustrate Mommy and Daddy so easily. So I’ll keep pooping in my pull-ups. Mommy and Daddy tell me that the characters on my pull-ups don’t like it (Tow Mater, Woody, and others), but I haven’t heard them complain yet.

I guess that’s a pretty good summary of what I’m doing at the moment. Daddy starts work next week and he’ll have to go down there Monday. Mommy will head down Wednesday for the final walk-through on the house (they did the initial one yesterday). I’ll come down Friday with Grandmama and Grandpa. I can’t wait to see my new room! I’ll have a bedroom AND a playroom!! Mommy and Daddy seem to be coping with the stress pretty well, despite having to try to deal with all the paperwork, phonecalls, and the purchase of all the stuff that has to go in the house.

There will be pictures once Daddy has an office again

Weekend of Awesome

It really was.  Grandpa picked me up Friday morning and took me to Hendersonville.  We had a lot of fun.  I had Wendy’s for lunch, and since it was Grandpa, I actually ate some of my chicken nuggets.  I also got to have some Fries and a bit of Frosty, and we got to visit Grandmama at her work and see all the office ladies.

Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Todd and Aunt Sarah all came for the weekend, too.  Taking the rare opportunity to please such a large audience, I performed my famous sumersaults and pot-lid percussion routines.  I have also deduced that sticking fingers in one’s ears is a form of praise much like applause.  I mean, why else would they do it every time I brought those lids close?

Can anyone else hear that ringing?

And I got to go on a boat!  Daddy, Grandpa, and I hit the lake for some water fun.  I was a little nervous at first, but I was very brave and had a LOT of fun.  My favorite parts were the bumps… if they stopped, I’d just hop in Daddy’s lap until I was tired.  And there were ducks!  And BABY boats!!  Ok, so I think I heard Daddy call the baby boat a “Jetski”, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a baby boat.

 

Happy Birthday to Me!

That’s right… I’m now the Big Two.  I don’t know why people keep calling it the “Terrible Twos”.  I’m having a great time.  Mommy and Daddy are finally learning to understand Danglish (Daniel English… I figure people would get confused if I shorten it Danish).  I mean seriously… I understand that they’re getting old, but is it really so hard to understand that Neos means Sandals, Beeboo means Paper, and Kahkoo means motorcycle, bicycle, circle, ring, finger, and sock?

I had a really fun party, too.  Lots of friends and family!  And I got some great presents… everything from some cool new books to a big car and motorcycle toy that are big enough to ride on.  Mr. Jim even got me some safety gear!  Plus he got me a blank license plate.  He said we can write “Daniel” on it if it’s going on the car, but if we decide to put it on the bike, we have to write “Snake”.  I, of course, prefer snake.  Unfortunately, having no riding gloves, I’m forced to wear Daddy’s motorcycle gloves.

The whole party was fun, though.  We hung out, played in the house a bit, and finally moved outside where I could enjoy my new riding toys.  I wonder what I’ll get next year?!  I think I heard Daddy mention a dirt bike and Mommy mention a giant inflatable bubble.