Much News!

Good day to you! I do apologize sincerely for the lateness of my post. We're getting ready to have a garage sale at our house so I've been busy helping my parents with the house purging, sign making, garage cleaning and pricing of it all. Whew. That's a lot of work. They've let me off work early tonight to tend to my blogging duties, so here goes...



Recently I've discovered that I'm way too good for plastic utensils. I like to use the big fancy metal ones like everybody else. I can get way more peas in my mouth this way. (And Mom likes it when more peas go in my mouth than on the floor.)



I've also discovered that I like to carry a purse around. Mom gave me my very own. It's little and just my size. Mom said she used to use it when she had a different kind of "nightlife", before I was born. I thought maybe I should be offended or feel bad about that but Mom assured me that she's much more fond of cuddling with me when I wake up in the middle of the night than the bad bad bad headaches that other nightlife brought.



I forgot to get a good picture of my new shirt that I'm wearing here. Mom and Dad got it for me at the Irish Fair. It says, "WARNING: Irish Temper and German Stubbornness". Yep, that sounds about right.






Last week my cousins and I got to make homemade ice cream with Mommy. We used a crazy looking ball to make it. I really don't get the science behind it. We poured cream, sugar and vanilla in one end. We poured ice and salt in the other end...

Then we rolled it all over for about 20 minutes, and *voila* we had ice cream. Miracle of miracles.

There was a horrible mix up at the store the other night. I was just minding my own business trying to play with some balls and I ended up in some kind of hoosegow. I wanted to call my friend Quinn to see how he gets out of these messes, but I couldn't find a phone in there anywhere. Aren't they supposed to let you make a phone call when you get in the hoosegow?

Last Thursday was my cousin Meggie's 9th birthday. To celebrate, we got to go to Adventure Peak at Edinborough. It's a super sweet indoor park. Meg and Nate brought their friends Destiny and Dustin. They were very fun to play with !

I made a new friend at the park. She lives inside this thing on the wall and she's as cute as me! I gave her lots of kisses.

My favorite part of the park was this jumpy room. I bounced and bounced and fell and bounced and fell and bounced and bounced some more.

Here is a picture of all of us kids. Meggie, Nate, Dustin, Destiny, and Yours Truly front and center. (Yes, that's a different outfit on me. Two words: leaky diaper.)

As if the ice cream making, hoosegow debacle, and Adventure Peak weren't enough excitement for one week, we also got to go on a field trip with my daycare friends. Ms. Angela was nice enough to invite us all to go to the farm with them. Ms. Angie (not to be confused with Ms. Angela) and Mr. Dan live there and they were sooo hospitable to all of us!

We got to see goats, sheep, chickens, a pig (named Willy!) and horses. We also got to take a walk and learn about farm life.

The best part was seeing all my friends, like DanteLuis. We like to give each other lots of hugs.

I tried to give my friend Jeremiah lots of hugs, but he thought I was chasing him and he kept running away. Boys just never understand girls, do they?

Farm life is very busy so some of us took a break in this nice swing hanging from a big tree.

Now HERE is a creature to behold. His name is Bear. He's a dog. Go figure.

The big kids all got to take turns riding Ms. Angie's horse, Lady.

On Friday night, Mom and Dad shipped me off with Aunt Jenni when she came to pick up Meg and Nate. Mom and Dad got to go out and golf with their friends Erin and Nate. I had so much fun! I got to have my first Harley Davidson ride. On the little Harley trike of course. But I have my eye on that blue beauty you see in the background. Someday, me and Uncle John are going to hit the highways and byways on that ol' girl.

Mom and Dad bought a new Kelty Kids baby backpack to carry me around in when they go to the State Fair and other such events. What I thought was the best part was the diaper bag backpack that zips off the front. It was perfect for me! You may be wondering how I feel about being strapped to my parents' backs. Well at first I wasn't too keen on the idea. Mom says I used to love being carried in something similar called a Baby Bjorn, as well as being worn in the baby wrap but my memory bank didn't save that one. I decided since my parents are pretty smart people I would give them the benefit of the doubt and give it a try. Turns out it's not so bad. We don't have pictures of me in action yet but will surely have some after we hit the fair this Friday.

While the bike trailer that Aunt Jenni and Uncle John gave us worked real well and we were very appreciative of the gesture, we made a family decision to get a different one. See, we're a bit limited in our riding location choices where we live being near the busiest streets of South St. Paul. We thought it would be nice to have a bike trailer that would collapse so we could load it in the car, hang the bikes on a bike rack, and go find a nice trail to ride. So that's what we did. Here I am test sitting my new trailer before bedtime.

Oh boy. How did this picture get in here?!?! Talk about self-incriminating! Alright, I'll come clean. My name is Taylor and I love to stand on chairs and other inappropriate objects. This chair is one of my favorites because I can check out the backyard and see if any cats, bunnies, or squirrels are out there.

Here we are in action, taking the bikes and trailer down by the Mississippi River for a nice, long ride.

I helped with the preparations.

I even pointed out the trail to my parents in case they weren't sure where to go.

After our ride we stopped by the Dairy Queen to get some frosty and yummy treats. I got to have my very own ice cream. Yummy in my tummy!

I ate it so good with my spoon, just like a big girl.

It was a hot one on Sunday so Mom filled up my kiddie pool and we got to play in the water.

She even turned on the sprinkler for added effect.

Well folks, it was a long time coming (not to mention a long time writing!), but I've reached the end of my post. I hope you enjoyed this installment.

Stay tuned for tales of a garage sale, the Great Minnesota Get Together (a.k.a. The State Fair), and to see how the Kelty Kids carrier worked out.

TTFN,

Tookeruskie