well kids, today i had my very first ever paint horse ride!! Bugs let mommy & i ride on him from my grandpa's field to bug's home field across the street from grandpa's! i got to spend all day at grandpa's house today. Grandpa, lisa & i played until mommy got home from work-she'll write later tonight or tomorrow!! must go for now :) LOVES TO YOU:)

Sure i'll eat veggies!! i love veggies w/ my ranch!! WaHa HA!!!!

really? anywhere i want?

so we went to the childrens' museum today with our friends alex & seth. it was amazing!! room after room of complete overstimulation!! WAHOOOO~!!! there was a whole water room! i had to wear a bib of sorts, i actually left it on (except once!) since i was completely distracted by the water works all around me..wheels & rivers & troughs & falls...oh my! i even tried to climb into a couple of them, but my mom was watching too close...(next time mom. next time ;)

i had SO much fun at the construction sites! (JACKPOT!!!)_(THERE WERE TWO!!!) the "gravel" underneath us was actually recycled tires! pretty nifty! this was too much for mommy in one visit let me tell you! there was a grocery store we didn't even go into & a ship we also missed, & a tree house, & we snuck into the theatre, but didn't stay! it was soooo cozy & cute though!! there were gardens to plant & bob the builder characters everywhere! we also went into the medical wing, where i could drive an ambulance! turning on the sirens & lights & everything!!.. oops..have to run..have a good day..love you

so, i was dumping the last of our bulk bag of epsom salt into charlie's tub water tonight. and THIS fell out...

we find them EVERYwhere...it's like a stinken easter egg hunt walking around this place. in the tomato vine? the clematis vine! in a rose bush! (how they got past the stickers, i don't know!) in charlie's stroller, the cup holder specifically! the water fountain (this one was pretty obvious!) in a sack that holds a fold up beach/lawn chair! even in a shoe box! in my massage crate (holds my oils! & walnuts too apparently!) they are all over the place!!

i used to think they were figs..but brian informed me a few days ago they're walnuts! they come via the squirrels (who i hope have wonderful memories!) from a tree across our street!! i wish i could remember where else i've found them..it is ridiculous how often we come across them!!

could this be the beginning of a growth spurt? i didn't get up this morning until about 730! then i slept at least an hour at grandma mary's this morning. and this picture..was taken at 745 tonight! mommy was so thrilled, she had to post right away! this was immediately following a session of serious airplane hunting. we stood on our front porch, i in mommy's arms, looking for airplane lights in the sky for at least 45 minutes! she says good thing we live nearby the airport or we would have been pretty bored out there searching for airplanes ;)

OH MY!! can you believe we didn't get any pics this weekend w/ grandma & grandpa barge?! oopsie!! sorry about that! however, we DID get a little makeover for my bedroom! (mommy can hardly stand it, she's so excited about it!!) while she was away at work, daddy, grandma & grandpa barge got my whole room painted ! a lovely blue! and then, this morning, mom helped grandma attatch an awesome border of construction trucks on my wall! it looks sooo cool! anybody want to come hang out in my room now? we're going to! all day!
we also attempted to go to the pumkin patch, but i was so tired i couldn't even wake up when daddy pointed out all the cool tractors around! maybe later, thanks!
thank you to grandma & grandpa barge for the weekend, i love to visit with you :) and it was fun to see the strattons as well!! (mommy says hi! since she didn't come with us!)
after grandma & grandpa barge left this morning, grandma mary came to wear me out since i refused to nap until i played w/ her! we played hide & seek & she plum tuckered me out! i love my grandma mary :) we have so much fun together!
it seems as our weather has officially turned wet & rainy...we had lovely summer weather, but gosh, is it all gone so soon? i can still play outside, just have to put more clothes on right!? Love you all, talk to you soon.

OMG!!!!!!!!!! so...i spoke with a lovely lady this am, her name was ann. (maybe anne?) she works at the poison control center...OMG!@!!!!!!!!!!!!

i ran into the computer room (aka, bedroom, library, office, storage room & mess hall) to send a quick email to uncle mikey & aunt kelly (have a plumber here this am & wish it was my uncle mikey instead!!) and in the middle of this, charlie comes around the corner (MOMENTS after i saw him last reading a book on the living room floor!! MOMENTS!!!!) with a concerened look on his powdered face holding the dishwasher detergent scoop!! OMG!!!!!!!!!! I RAN to the kitchen where i'd put the magnet on the fridge for emergencies...1-800-222-where is it? where is it??..breathing..breathing...(i also put a mr yuk sticker on the detergent for myself since there was no way charlie would get into the cuboard w/o my supervision right? ..!! but only now did i notice the number is on that sticker! ahk!!)

anyways, i don't think he ate that much..he was squirmy for a few minutes, but probably cuz i wasn't filtering my own anxiety! anne told me (she was crazy calm...) yogurt & h20 was okay..to remove his current clothes, throw him in the bath and watch for vomiting..he can choke on it (then going into his lungs..BAD!!) while napping...OMG.....

in the mean time..plumber joe is here...replacing several items in our toilet & a small piece under the kitchen sink..where i had a small waterfall upon my toes yesterday while doing dishes!!...(what the !?!?!..ahh!!)

okay..so ...now you know how our morning was...(charlie is currently at the park w/ grandma, so i best get going now! thanks for listening..i'm feeling a bit better .. ciao