Dada & Me Day

Dada woke up this morning and told me he'd take me into the city! What a great surprise. I was ready to go as soon as he said the words but dadda wasn't so I had to wait while he showered. Next time dada, maybe you should wait until you're absolutely 100% ready to go before telling me such exciting news. I can get a little antsy. Once we left we were on the subway. Sure are some interesting people down there but luckily it's a quick ride so before I knew it, we were back up top with all the cars. Our first stop? Toys R Us! We rode the giant Ferris wheel, I had my picture taken with a giant giraffe, and I played with the most unbelievable choo-choo set. One thing about that giraffe, dada did some secret special handshake with it. What was that all about?


After some really tasty french fries at the giant M place, I took a little snooze and I think dada did some shopping. Then when I woke up we were at the playground! How cool is that? I mean if only I woke up at the playground after every nap, then life would be grand. Okay but this wasn't any ordinary playground. This was the super cool playground located inside a park that is very central to the big city. What's it called again? Anyway there were fountains and hoses and dadda even took off his shoes and rolled up his jeans and splashed around with me.


After some serious playtime I usually like to cool off with a trip to the drinking fountain. Actually, I usually like to start off some serious playtime with a trip to the drinking fountain. Actually, my serious playtime usually is at the drinking fountain and this day was no different.


I then had some fun in the sun in the sand. This place didn't just have a sandbox, it was more like a sandyard. I mean almost half the playground was filled with sand. There were slides to go down, rocks to climb up, and ropes to play on all around.


We wrapped up our day at the playground by playing in the water some more. There's this one part where you can climb down into a tunnel and for a brief moment I felt really big in the really small tunnel. Then I came out of the tunnel, dadda picked me up, and I remembered I'm not big, I'm just a little guy. Enjoying my trip into the city today in LANDEN'S WORLD!

My Kind of Town

I was on a plane this past weekend. Up, up, up, up up! We went to see Uncle David and Nana Mary in Chicago. Uncle David had, a, triangle? Tricycle? I know I've heard the word before. Triathlon? Triforce? Well whatever it was, he did it. Good job!


It was a really busy trip for us. We stayed with some of mama's friends and they have a new daughter - Aubrey - who is less than a year old. I felt like such a big boy. I sure can learn a lot from her though because when we're at restaurants she's such a good baby. Aubrey, you're doing it all wrong. This is the time to fuss and go crazy because people expect it! As soon as we arrived, dadda said we had to go somewhere for lunch. He was a little silly about it but I'm glad we listened to him because they certainly don't have pizza like this back home in Brooklyn.


Then on Saturday we left the house pretty early and went to visit some of dadda's friends. I met Gary and Jill O'Reilly and Gary let me play with all his cool things. I have a feeling some of that stuff probably wasn't meant to be played with by little kids but has that ever stopped me in the past? After we left their home, we drove some more and stopped in at Dan and Penny Kurszewski's. Wow, do they have a fun home or what! All those toys, and the basketball hoop, and Noah's go-kart. I really liked meeting Noah and his little sister Ava. Penny said Ava was a little sick so we didn't play together as much as I wanted but we did all go to the park.


This was a really cool park.


Back in the car. Seriously though, how many stops were we going to make? At that point I just threw in the towel and fell asleep. Looking back I wish I hadn't because I missed out on Marquette!


Well I woke up just in time because one of our last stops was for ice cream. Oh wait, it wasn't ice cream. That's right because dadda kept saying it was something else very similar to ice cream. Oh whatever it was, it was good and I know why dadda went here many, many times while he lived in Milwaukee. Custard! That's it!


I had a really fun time on this trip. Chicago certainly is a fun place to visit. I'm hoping to go back again. Mama's friend, Sara, said something about coming back next year so my dadda could take me to my first game at Wrigley Field. Until then, dreaming of playing third for the Cubs in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Movin' On Up: Part II

The great thing about being my size is everything that is my size only fits me and most everything that is mama's or dada's size usually fits me. And if it doesn't, I still look really cute in it. Wearing my sunglasses at night in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Bicoastal Boy

I went back to visit my cousins in LA. Dada had to work so he didn't come but I got to talk to him a couple times in the computer. How did he fit in there? We always have so much fun in LA because they have certain things at their home that I don't have at mine. Let's see, there's the dog Coco, their backyard, and stairs. You know, those really cool things that I don't get to see every day. One of my cousins, Alexander, wasn't around much. His dada took him to New York. But Catherine and Ava were around and boy oh boy did we play a lot! Ava is shorter than Catherine so I think that makes her closer to my age. She's probably my favorite but I like them all so much.


OH! They also have this really fun house in their backyard. It's just my size. You know I really like how there are smaller versions of things that are just right for me - my chair, pools, cakes, and tractors. Okay so maybe not everything has a smaller version just for me but that doesn't mean I can't get my hands on it!


Oh and there were some surprise visitors too, just to see me! Grandpa Ryan came to town and Nana Joan did too. Nana Joan and I had fun blowing bubbles in the backyard. I tell ya, that whole backyard setup is definitely the way to go. Dada said something about bye-bye to Brooklyn if I really want a backyard. Maybe I don't want one that bad.


Ava has a bike that I really liked. I see them a lot when I'm at the parks at home but dada keeps telling me they're big-boy bikes and maybe when I'm a little older I can have one. Dada, if you read this, I didn't ride on it. This was just for the picture.


Like I said, it was a really fun trip. I'm always happy to come home, especially this time since dada didn't come with, but I sure do miss my cousins. Maybe they'll be in the computer one of these days and I can sit on mamas lap again and talk to them. Oh, I almost forgot. The swimming show is on - you know the television program where all they talk about and show is this guy who swims really fast? I sure wish they showed some other sports. Anyway, he's really strong and one day I want to be like him. Think I'm close? Flexing some muscle here in LANDEN'S WORLD!