Aloha!

I recently read this section, and realized I hadn't updated it in over a year! In that time, we've moved to Australia, had a new baby (added to this blog as Babyroo!), and Babykins is now 3! It's been an exciting year.

I'm not even pretending anymore that I'll add to this blog every few days. It's more like once or twice a month - if I'm lucky. But thanks to everyone for continuing to read it. I love my family, and I hope you do, too!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!

Mommy and Daddy took me to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving.  They said it would be cold, but this doesn't seem too bad!

Look!  They even have nice green grass here!  I thought we only had that in Hawaii!  It is getting colder, though.  They put this thing on me called a jacket.  I tried to tell them I should take off my shirt first - who where's two layers of clothes at once? - but they insisted the jacket should just go on top.

I've never seen so many leaves on the ground before!  Gop Gop got something called a rake and put them all in a big pile.

Mommy showed me how to jump in the leaf pile!  It was so much fun! 

After playing in the leaves, we all grabbed some bubbles.  First, I blew some of my own. 

Then Gop Gop blew big bubbles and I popped them! 

Before we went inside, I discovered a set of stairs that didn't go anywhere.  It was perfect for playing Humpty Dumpty!  Mommy and Auntie MO helped me climb up, then I jumped off the top into Daddy's arms!

I was starting to get cold, so we went inside.  Gop Gop introduced me to football.  It's a strange game.  I always get in trouble when I run around and hit people!

After the football game, Auntie M showed me how to play the piano.  I was really good at it!  Everytime Auntie M played during Thanksgiving, I quick ran over to help her!

And speaking of helping, I did a great job washing and drying the dishes!  Mommy says if I work hard, one day she'll promote me to cook! 

So I practiced hard everyday.  Everyone says I make the plastic food.

I sure have been busy!  Time for some quiet coloring time.  Mommy and Auntie MO like to color, too! 

Eventually, I decided to venture back outside.  I'm a big girl, so I led the way.  Gom Gom and Mommy followed close behind. 

That's right.  This is how I roll.

Finally, no one's asking me to play with them!  Time for a quick snooze.  I want to be fresh and cheery for my subjects! 

Monday, December 5, 2011

Thank You, Apple

Along with "Me," Babykins has also started using the pronoun, "I."  As in "I eat" and "I walk."  By far, though, her favorite use of the word is, "I nurse" (which, thanks to Apple, I always picture in my head as iNurse).  I've heard her repeat this phrase approximately 1 gazillion times in less than a minute when she's really determined.

We recently took a family trip to visit a college Auntiekins (my younger sister) is thinking of attending next year.  As we waited in the Admissions office to take a campus tour, Babykins climbed on my lap, looked up with a big smile, and yelled, "I nurse!"  The tour was scheduled to start any minute, so I told her she could nurse later and offered her the four other foods I had stashed in her diaper bag.  The conversation went something like this:

Me: How about some crackers?
Babykins: No crackers!
Me: Would you like some cereal?
Babykins: No cereal!
Me: You can have nice, cold milk.
Babykins: No milk!!
Me: Oh, look!  I have goldfish!  You love goldfish!
Babykins: No goldfish!!!  I nurse!
Me: Not now, Babykins.  You can nurse later.
Babykins: I nurse.  I nurse!  I nurse!!  I nurseinurseinurseinurseinurseInurseINurseINUrseINURseINURSeINURSEINURSEINURSE!!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, we nursed.