More water

I hope everybody out there is getting the idea that I adore water. Every weekend is filled with my favorite pastime. Whether it is a sprinkler in the backyard, or an exhibit at the zoo, I try to get wet whenever I can. We traveled up to Sacramento to see Mama's childhood friend Aeky and her family over the weekend. They have access to a nice cool pool to beat the summer heat of the central valley.

I have my water wings on so I can float around by myself. It's sort of like crawling before I could walk. Someday, I'll cast aside the arm bands and swim freely like Nemo the fish. I can't wait. Until then, I'll have to deal with the indignity of gratuitous corporate logo advertisement. Clever Speedo, very clever.

Come on in

Saturday was hot again. To beat the heat, Mama suggested that we go down to Santana Row in San Jose to cool off. She knew there was a small fountain there with a grassy area nearby - perfect for us to find some lunch and take a dip.

I find the trouble with most parents is they are less lenient about letting their kids into the water. Try as I might, most of the other kids were only allowed to put their feet in the cool water. Come on in, the water's fine. I get to sit in it, and crawl around until my heart's content. There were even river rocks in this fountain to shuffle about. This is exactly what happened the other weekend at Happy Hollow. Grown-ups seem to misunderstand the need for small boys to be wet. I'd bet they'd enjoy it. Secretly I know they were envious.

Dammit run

Mommy is in this crowd somewhere. I can't see her, but she ran this five-mile race with her friend Erika. Some of those guys in the front row have serious leg muscle definition. The shirtless guy with yellow shorts in the middle was the eventual winner.

Why is it called the Dammit run? Because the race starts at Los Gatos high school and follows the creek trail up to the substantial dam which holds back Lexington reservoir. As it should be, the course is uphill all the way out, dammit, and gets rather steep at times. Mama had a good time racing and already wants to do it again next year. She wants Papa to join her because it was so fun.

Papa and I had a good time waiting for the racers to return. Lucky for us we had some cut strawberries and a nice place to eat them. Go, go, go!

Any given Sunday

Just a random series of pictures with me playing in the backyard. This is not Thomas the Tank Engine, it's his friend, Percy. He's green and designated number six, Thomas is the blue one and has a number one on his side. I've been practicing my colors and numbers with Mommy and Hua at daycare. Woo wooo!

Happy hollow

There's this place in San Jose, CA that many other parents at daycare have been talking about. It is a city-run combination zoo and amusement park called Happy Hollow. We've never been there before, but I'm glad we went last weekend. I got to meet many new animals friends: capybara, wallaby, lemur, meerkat, macaws, a jaguar, and even a petting zoo, oh my.

Papa took many more pictures and put some in the Picasa online album. I thought that all the animals were having such fun that I should join in. That's why I am swimming in the pool. None of the other kids were willing to jump in the water with me. They missed out.

Is there anything cuter...

Than my butt on the internet?

The good thing is I have a nice tan line after visiting GrannyM for a week in Southern California. The bad thing is all vanity has been lost as my buttocks are now in the public domain. Have a great weekend everyone.

Potty, potty, potty

I am not quite two years old, but I have been getting better at sitting on my potty. I like to use it first thing in the morning and just before bath time. I know Hua at my daycare also likes to have me try to keep dry, but not all day. Sure I still wear diapers, but at some point I am going to have to give them up.

I get my own little potty too. While I was at GrannyM's house last week I got to use the big insert kind, one that sits on top of the seat that adults use. At home my blue potty sits in the corner next to the bathtub. I get to run naked from my room to the bathroom and sit down by myself. How fun. Please close the door on your way out.

Computer down

Hi everyone, I haven't posted yet this week because Papa's fruity computer was a little sick. It seems that all the photographs he's been taking are filling up the storage disk and making iPhoto unhappy. Luckily all of the photographs are still there, it's just he has to rebuild the library so iPhoto knows where all the files are located. This is also a good time to archive all the memories for safe keeping, so it's taking a while. If you keep all of your files on your computer just know that someday, something will go awry.

I was asleep in bed when Papa woke me up with the morning by opening the blinds. Sometimes I am happy about waking up, sometimes not so happy. Today I was a little unhappy because I got shorted on sleep by a couple of hours. We had gone out to dinner last night to celebrate Papa's 39th birthday. That's old considering I'm not even two yet. But dinner ran late and then I wanted to play with Thomas the choo-choo train; before I knew it, 9:00pm had arrived. That's very late for a small boy. Oh well, maybe I'll get an extra long nap at Daycare.

Summer watty

It has been hot out here in California. We are seeing some rather warm weather right now and there is no sign of it letting up. Good thing there is a lawn sprinkler in the backyard to keep me cool. The fire season is underway as well, they don't call California the "Golden State" just for fun. All the grasses here seem to change from Spring verdant to Summer brown. This year the brown came early.

Hua is the Mandarin name for flower. Hua is also the name of my primary caregiver. Since I am a little boy, I like to call flowers hua-hua, which sort of sounds like wawa for water. To avoid some confusion, Mama taught me a different word for water. Now I call the clear, colorless liquid that keeps me cool, watty. Thank goodness for watty on a summer afternoon. Stay cool.

Happy Independence day

Oops, you caught me snacking at my favorite bagel place. You see, we drive past this little non-chain bagel store every day on our way to daycare. I can sense when we're getting close in the car, so I may even trumpet "bagel" out loud, just to plant the idea in your head.

Happy 4th of July. It is America's birthday; the day we celebrate our independence from British governance. The day when everyone gets the day off to BBQ and watch some fireworks in the sky. Except for me; I went swimming at the community pool and ate dinner in downtown Palo Alto to stay cool. I couldn't stay awake for the firecrackers, bottle rockets, and professional pyrotechnics. I turned in for a good night's sleep instead.