Important Day in History

Mommy says today is an important day in my life. I went potty by myself! Thankfully, she is not sharing a picture of it with you. But Mommy is really excited! Should I tell her that I'm just doing it so I can have some em-e-ems (M&Ms)?

Daddy's little helper

Something that Daddy doesn't get to do very often any more is wash his first baby, "Sandy," his Mustang. But Carter finally let him out of the house long enough to wash her off and he asked me to help! What fun!

Like father, like daughter. I think Daddy was getting frustrated with me because I kept rewashing the parts of the car he said he was done with. I didn't want to tell him that I was doing it because he missed a spot of dirt! I can't wait until I'm a little bit bigger so I can go cruising with Mommy and Daddy! Roadtrip!!! I wonder if they'll let Carter and I tag along if they drive Route 66 again.

My new backpack

Because I go to "college," I needed a new backpack like all of the cool kids on campus have. So Gram-ma-ma and Granpa-pa Day got me a matching backpack and lunchbox for my birthday. I'm the coolest kid in the class now!

I love my backpack so much, I don't want to take it off! I think it is really cool because it has all four of my initials on it.

Another beautiful day

This past weekend, we enjoyed a beautiful day at the Greenfield Village. The weather was perfect and we just really enjoyed a day together as a family. Daddy and I got to do some fun things together, while Mommy and Carter hung out together and played in the grass. I loved riding the carousel! So Daddy and I rode it three times (I think I was more excited than he was!). I got to ride on a lion, kitty, and a chicken.


Daddy and I got to ride in a Model T together too. Did you know that we are celebrating the 100th year of the Model T this year?


And...we also got to ride the choo-choo. It was pulled by a steam engine. Did you know that when Daddy was growing up, he wanted to be a train engineer...not the nerdy kind of engineer that he is now? Good thing Mommy and I like nerds.


And little Carter enjoyed the day too! He's getting so big! Baby power!

My 2nd birthday party!!!

And here we are a week later, celebrating my birthday...again! This time all of my friends came over and we had fun together! Thank you to everyone who partied with me and Elmo! I really had a lot of fun. My cake was very yummy, especially the frosting which I kept sneaking.


Thank you to my teachers who came to party with me! This is me with Miss Rama, Ms. Kelly, Miss Emily, Miss Siham, and Miss Janelle. Ms. Kelly - I love playing with my B's (bugs) in the tub. And I can't believe all of the bubbles that I received from my teachers. As they know all too well...I love bubbles!!!!

My good friend Katie is two too! She is only two days younger than me...and she has a baby brother now too. Little Luke is 2 1/2 weeks younger than Carter. Our parents couldn't have planned that any better!


Mommy took this picture of me in my bed about five minutes after I crawled in. Elmo, Cookie and I were pooped from partying so hard! Thank you to everyone for making my day so special!!!

My 2nd Birthday!!!

Can you believe it?!!! I'm finally 2!!! Actually, Mommy and Daddy can't believe it. In fact, I think Mommy gets a little teary-eyed when she realizes how quickly I'm growing up. I learned a new trick on my birthday though! Daddy taught me how to lick an ice cream cone! It was yummy!



And here I am ready for bed on my birthday. I still can't quite tell people that I'm two. I just can't make my fingers stick up correctly. I'll keep working on it though.

A fun day at the Museum

We spent another afternoon at The Henry Ford Museum and focused on transportation this time. I've been really interested in trains, buses, trucks and cars, so Daddy thought it would be good to visit the museum and show me a few things.

This is me and Daddy on the Rosa Parks bus. Ms. Parks was a brave woman and she changed the world. (See Daddy, one person can make a difference! Mommy was right!)


Here we are spinning on the stools in the old diner. Wheeee!!!!


And of course, the most important vehicle in the museum...the weinermobile. Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer weiner...

A fun day at the beach

Over the July 4th weekend, we celebrated a family tradition, and went to a beach to play in the water. This year we went to Lakeport State Park and played in Lake Huron. Mommy and Daddy said that I threw enough rocks on the lake to raise the water level.

This is one of Mommy's favorite pictures of me from the day.

And this is how Carter spent the day...wrapped up in the stroller. I don't think he'll remember his first trip to the beach.