Oscar’s Musings

Hi Friends!

I thought I’d share a few of my adventures with you from the past couple of weeks.  First of all, my friend Alessia has a birthday the day after mine, so to celebrate this year we went to her house for a little party!  As you can see, I may have had a little too much fun   First I drove a riding toy right down a short flight of cement stairs and scraped up my head on the sidewalk… OUCH!  Then we had fun coloring on a cardboard house, and on our clothes!  Oh, maybe that was just me.  At any rate, great party all around.  And hurray for birthday cake!

Then a few days later when Silas came over to hang out with mommy and me, grandma came over with a surprise!  We got to have ice cream cones!  For the first time!  It was really great.  Silas really had the hang of the licking, while I preferred to eat the cone.  Unfortunately the purpose of the cone was not all together clear to me until I ate the whole thing and was left with a VERY cold blob of ice cream in my hands.  Next time, I’ll try licking.

What else?  We had a fun visit from lots of mommy’s (and now daddy’s) friends from Peace Corps.  I got to play with two little kids, Eliot and Bella.  They were really fun.  Silas and I have been playing dress up with the cozy scarves and hats again lately.  I guess we are getting ready for fall.  And mommy took me to the wading pool again!  What fun!  I love to splash around and run around the park.

On Saturday, since Silas and I missed each other’s birthday parties, we had a birthday breakfast over at our house.  We each got a balloon (mine has a choo choo train; Silas’ has diggers) and we got to have a candle and sprinkles on our waffles!  Yahoo!  Oh and bacon.  I can’t forget the bacon.  A few hours before they came over, mommy told me Silas was bringing the bacon to our house.  I talked about bacon from that moment until I actually got to eat some.  Yummy!  Even better than waffles!

That’s all for now.  We are going to the fair this afternoon, so I’m sure I’ll have some photos to share after that

Happy Birthday to me!  Oh my, what a busy few weeks I have been having.  I need to write more often to keep up to date.  There is too much to tell!  There are lots of pictures in my gallery; be sure to check them out.  I’ll tell you about a few highlights:

It was my birthday!!!!  What fun I had.  I got several talking birthday cards which I LOVE.  I ask to play with them most days.  And when I say ask I mean I say "birthday card".  Just like that!  Even if you aren’t my parent you would understand me very easily   I also got a great tricycle, though at the moment I don’t really like to ride it because I have to wear a helmet, and I got my chin pinched in the helmet once.  Now I just say "helmet hurt" anytime anyone suggests my tricycle.  I’ll get over it eventually.  Anyway, lots of friends and family came to my party and we had hotdogs and blueberries and cupcakes.  Yum.

We had a real heat wave a couple weeks ago so we got to play in the water a lot.  My favorite thing is to pick up the sprinkler and spray it all over the place!  Good times.

Oh yeah, and it was also mommy’s birthday this month… she is 35!  I can’t even understand how old that is! 

We went up to the cabin with grandma Valorie for a few days when mommy and daddy took their vacation.  That was fun!  We went up to Mt. Rainier, saw the big trees near the cabin, and played near the creek.

And here is my big news…. I am starting pre-school in a few weeks!  I’m so excited!  I get to go 2 days a week for 2 hours; one day with mommy, one day without.  I can’t wait!  I’ll tell you all about it once it starts.

Other than that I have been….talking.  A lot.  I can basically say anything you can say.  Seriously.  Try me.  I guess it is true that some kids don’t talk at all for their first 20 months then they bust out full sentences.  That’s me

Well, I’m pooped.  I’ll try to keep you updated more often so I can actually give you details!  Happy Birthday month to me!