School pictures are in

Hey everybody, isn't life grand? All is good. I'm loving life as you can tell from my happy face. This is my school pic from Spring 08 (grandparents should expect to receive one in the mail before too long). Hope to see everyone soon. Just swimming, reading books, going to the movies with Dad, looking at dead snakes, and squishing ants.

Pele, watch out!

Here I am accepting the end-0f-season trophy from my soccer coach Scott Reynolds. He was a great coach. He actually coaxed me onto the field so I could push everyone over in my pursuit for the ball. I kicked one goal this year; well, one for our team and one for the other team. It was a great learning experience and we'll get it going again next season.

My baby bro

My little brother, Hinton, is turning five months old in a few days. Can you believe how late I am posting a picture of us the day after he was born. Here we are with mom. Nothing like a boy's love for his momma.

I really don't think too much about Hinton's age or Hinton for that matter. But I do know that my birthday is in September. And that I will be this old (holding up four fingers).

Snakes on campus!

Last week we took a field trip to see some really cool animals. Mr. Matt captured a couple shots of me snake-handling. In one pic I have a baby python and in the other pic I'm holding a corn snake. Mr. Matt said I was all over the baby alligator. Lots of other creepy crawly animals as well. Fun!

Chased by a big scary hand!

Here I am helping Mel escape from a big mean scary hand that was chasing us. You can see it when it appears on the screen. It belongs to Steve, Mel's dad. We're making the loop on one of the two-kid trikes at school. Lots of fun. Life is good and I'm living large.

Checking out Winterville's Fire Truck

Here I am checking out the Winterville fire truck! It was very cool. I even got to go for a ride around the square. My teacher's husband is the fire chief and me and Mer, Little John, BB, and Lauren got a special invite to visit the station. The truck holds 1000 gallons of water. When the big hose is running full tilt, the truck will run through it's water in 1 1/2 minutes. Amazing.

Dad got to shoot one of the smaller hoses. It amost knocked him off his feet.

Watching some Curious George

Just catching the 7 - 7:30 AM episodes of Curious George. Then Clifford from 7:30 - 8 AM. My morning ritual while Dad reads the paper, takes a shower, and eats breakfast. As you can tell, Dad wasn't turning on the heat this morning.

Let it snow!

Look at me playing in the snow! I'm 3 1/2 years old and I've never played in the snow until today. I did see some actual flakes a couple of months ago, but mostly I've only read about snow in books or seen it on TV.

I'm staying with Grandma and Papa in Missouri. The Weather Channel said there might be as much as 8 inches of snow. What a great way to top off a trip to the midwest. Next week is Disney World and Sea World in Florida!

Now, who next can I sucker into pulling me around on the sled?

KG -- better watch out

Kevin Garnett, I don't care that you've been traded to the Celtics, I can lay one in from outside the "toe." Actually, I'm starting to make a basket or two per token these days. Here I am shooting for "toe" at dad's and my favorite haunt, Chuck E. Cheese. There's actually a basket in the ol' shoe, but believe me, hitting it isn't as easy as it looks. Now that I think about it, dad and I haven't been to CC since little brother was born. We'll have to do something about that. Until then...

Hanging with my movie star pal

Justing hanging with my good pal Aubrey. Here we are at the park enjoying some time together. Good to stretch those muscles and get some playtime. We're taking a break from some big-time play at a big-time park for people our age. It has castles and bridges and swings. This semester Aubrey and I are in the same gymnastics course. She's much better than me but we have a good time.