trained via 'comando' method

yes. that is right. i am going in the potty! my momma took my diaper off on thursday and kept me bare the entire day. i have pretty much been going in the potty since then. now, of course there have been some exceptions {lessons} along the way - like the 'trying to squeeze it into the diaper in the morning because my mom put one on me for bedtime' but i really only pulled that one once. and the dump {or two} in the big boy pants because i waited too long. but, as scary as it was, i did poop in the potty {he he - i said poop on my blog} on friday night and i got to go to dairy queen for an ice cream cone to celebrate! **{my mom will blog about the whole 'reward-based system' in her own blog.} i even went peepee in the toilet at the ZOO on sunday - those big toilets are scary, but i pulled if off with flying colors! my mom is so proud of me. {i'm pretty proud, too. "i DID it!"}

{tried to upload a picture with this post - but blogger wouldn't let me..}

dressing-up

last week, i would have worn my too-small chicken costume (from the last two halloweens) everyday, all day - if my mom would have let me. i just love dressing up and wearing interesting articles of clothing. my workman's goggles are also a common accessory in my wardrobe. the only item missing from this outfit are my black cowboy boots, but i had to take them off to go to bed. (yes, i got to sleep in my chicken costume that night.) i put it down the laundry chute before we left for duluth and so have forgotten about it ... momemtarily.

you can see, however, that i can make do with most anything. here, my belt makes a fantastic headband.

fathers day_childrens museum

for father's day, we met shigeru and masa a the children's museum. first we made some BIG bubbles. {shigeru was the best at it.} and there were other water activities, which i absolutley LOVE. i had so much fun! and i could have moved right in to 'our world' - i mean, they have everything one would need: a grocery store, a restaurant, a uniform shop, a house and front porch with clothes lines and a dog house, a doctor's office, recording studio and post office. there was even public transit! after working my shift at the post office, and delivering all the mail in my bag, it was off to our favorite place to eat: QUANG .. tofu egg rolls & ice cubes. nummy!

we all took a long nap that afternoon. a perfect sunday...

spontaneous maeva day

banana bread maker

grand old days

this is my second cousin, marin. i really like playing with her. she is older than me and tells me how i should do things and i say, "ok" because i want to do everything that she does. and she shares with me ... like this sunday when we were at the grand old days in st. paul, we both won a little frog as a prize from a kiddie carnival game and i lost my red frog, and she gave me her pink frog. but it was so small, that i lost that one out of the wagon, too and i got so worried that i had to say over and over again, "marin, i lost your pink frog." and then she said, "i know, silo." and i said, "ok"

bubbles stick to the ground after it rains