A new puppy!

We are getting a puppy!  He won't come live with us for another month, as he is still learning lots from his momma and daddy and siblings.  But we are SO EXCITED!!  He is a Golden Doodle, which is a mix of a golden retriever and a standard poodle.  Yesterday, we got to go see him and met his momma and daddy, too.  The puppies are so precious.  Here is is:

When we got there, he was sleeping with two of his brothers, but then they woke up and played and played and played!  And then they all passed out again.  Puppies sleep a lot!  We were having so much fun with the puppies, we forgot to take pictures until they were asleep again.

We are having a really hard time deciding upon a name.  If you have a fantastic dog name idea, please email Momma and give her your suggestions.  We prefer names that are 2 syllables long and are more like a real name than a "dog name" (like fluffy or spot).  

Send us your brilliant ideas!  As soon as we know a name we can let the breeder know so he can start to learn his name! 

Great news!  I decided upon his name.  Momma printed out his picture and the potential names, and after some consideration I told Momma that both Lucy and I thought his name should be Charlie.

We will bring Charlie home in late September!!

A day at the Children's Museum

School started for most kids this week.  This means that now there are other activities that are less busy!!  We took the opportunity to go to the Children's Museum this morning.  It was so fun!  We hadn't been there since I was a baby and played in the "Tot Spot".  Now I can do more!

I'd have to say my favorite area today was the grocery store.  It was so cool!

 First you collect your groceries...

 You can weigh your produce!

 And you can check out the food!  They actually have little aprons and name-tags to wear while you work!  To check out the groceries you have to find your item in the computer and it will ring it up for you.  Then you can pay with plastic money!

We shopped at the grocery store several times.

Then we went to the art studio!

 Now this was right up my alley!  I made lots of fantastic paintings!

 And we went to another area where we climbed through an obstacle course!  You can't see this but Momma did the obstacle course too and her tunnel was right next to mine!

At the end of the obstacle course we climbed down this pink thing. 

There were many other activities we didn't get a chance to try, more that are for when I get older, and even more that are outside (but we were avoiding the outside - that was the whole point of going to the museum today!)

What a fun morning!

Sprinkler time!

It has been blazing hot here lately.  We've actually set records, not only for the drought, but also for the number of days over 100 degrees F.  So Momma and I decided we should run through the sprinkler to cool off!  It was a blast!

At first, I was concerned about the water getting in my eyes so I decided to wear my goggles!

Not only can you run through the sprinkler, you can catch water in your mouth! 

It feels funny!

 

Maybe the extreme heat was making me a bit delirious, but I got awfully silly!

Of course, I just blame the heat.

I am silly all the time!

As you can see, eventually I removed my goggles.  

Water on my face is great!

This is serious business!

 

Thank heavens for a sprinkler on a hot Houston day!

Ok, here is my confession:

Though I obviously thoroughly enjoyed playing in the sprinkler, this is my first act of delinquency.  Yes, Momma and I broke the law.  They have just issued a water restriction in Houston and we are only allowed to water our grass at certain times on certain days.  Alas, yesterday was the wrong day for us.  Momma said she wasn't thinking about watering the grass when she suggested running through the sprinkler.  She was thinking about running through the sprinkler and cooling off!  Watering the grass just happens to be a byproduct of our fun.  And once you start running through the sprinkler, do YOU want to tell a 3 year old that there is a new rule and we have to stop?  No, I didn't think so. 

So, please do not turn us in. We promise we won't do it again.

That pretty much means I can no longer run through the sprinklers at all because the designated hours are late at night!  Rats!

And just FYI, I doubt subsequent acts of delinquency will be photographed and posted to my blog.  Momma is usually pretty strict about law-breaking!

Baking brownies

Today is my last day at school before I start my new preschool class!  I love my current class, and will REALLY miss my teachers, Miss Samantha and Miss Alise.  So Momma and I made brownies for my teachers!  We are bringing them brownies and a daisy plant.  I hope they know how much we appreciate them!

 When we were done, I licked the beater!  I got brownies ALL OVER ME!

 What a mess!

And SO worth it!!

Riding my bike

Last Christmas, Santa brought me a bicycle.  At the time, I was not sold on the idea of that bike, but Santa knew that I would come around...

So lately, I have been trying to ride!  It takes a lot of coordination to get the pedals around but I am doing it!  The BEST part about my bicycle though, is the BELL.  There is this awesome bell on the handlebars and I would often rather just ring the bell than actually ride!

As you might see, I was practicing riding my bike before my gymnastics class, hence the leotard and shorts!!

I am getting so big!