good night everyone

my mama started singing a good night song when we were in finland and it is now my favorite thing before bed. we sing goodnight to everyone i can think of (and say)... this is part of our practice round during my bedtime snack.

kiddy-party

we had a picnic-birthday-party with my cousins and some friends (and their parents, of course) at a theodore wirth park, near our house. it was a perfect day! my mama made me a rice crispy cake which (despite being kinda hard to cut) was SUPER tasty! when everyone sang to me, i got really shy and just stood with my head down until the singing was done. then i tried to blow-out the candles on my cake, but the wind did it for me. my cousins lussi & alison helped me open all of my COOL presents and then all of us, kids, ran around chasing bubbles from my new bubble-machine! i didn't even take a nap because i had so much fun!!

birthday boy

we had a small dinner on my birthday with phon & shawn, meg & jeremy (ryan&nicole stopped by too). we had pippa (pizza) and c'eam (ice cream). and i got some cool gifts. my mama thought it was funny that after i opened a gift, it was like pulling teeth to get me to open the next one because i didn't want to stop playing with whatever i had just received. i stayed-up late playing with my new toys {a remote-control dump truck, a wooden train set, maharam-memory, some finnish-cars, and some cool matching books)-- i LOVE them!

stella is 2

i went to stella's 2nd birthday party. her mom is so cool because she made a dr. seuss party for stella -- and even had the cake from the Cat in The Hat (you know, the one with the 'boat sunk deep in the cake' ??) it was pink. i ate it with a fork, all by myself and it tasted REALLY good!! i was very tired after the birthday party, because i had so much fun.

green dog at framma's house

playing cars

as they say on MADD tv: i have brought the activity of playing cars to 'a hoow nuva lewel' {a whole 'nother level} -- in one turn around the coffee table, i created crazy car-stacks, gave one a hat and started two towing companies. i like to play with many cars at a time, because the relationships between them are (almost) more interesting than the individual cars themselves!

our trip

momma has finally posted pictures from our trip to finland here.

jet-lag

this one is dark, but you get the idea...i've fallen asleep at the dining room table after drinking my bedtime-milk the day we arrived home - after traveling 11 hours (sitting on my mom's lap in a plane for over 8 hours!):


jet-lag from keo boun pheng and Vimeo.

"pane 'ky"

we'll soon be off ... in a plane .. in the sky. we'll try to keep you posted during our trip.....

me & papa organizing cars

FIRE TRUCK & fireman

a couple weeks ago, i visisted stella & severin in roseville and we went to look at all the public service vehicles at the park. there was a garbage truck (sev's favorite,) a fire truck, a tree/powerline repair truck, a crisis-center/homeland security truck and a "peece car" (police car). it was soooo much fun! ---(and ... look at how much stella and i have grown since last august!)

baby

i've been seeing a lot of new little babies lately (yesterday i met brianna & brecken, my 2nd cousins) - today i carried my baby piglet around the house just like people were holding the babies yesterday. i was very gentle.

aaaaaaaahhhhh!

it has been SOOOOO HOT here this weekend! we spent saturday afternoon/evening at the lake with papa's brothers & sister and cousins. this morning it was still really hot, so we all piled into my kiddy pool! (yes - me & mama & papa!) that water sure did cool us all down! it rained really hard this afternoon, and finally the temperature feels better.

S+S+S + crocs

i had such a FUN morning with my buddies severin and stella - thanks for coming over!

WOW! our collective apparel makes a GREAT color & pattern composition! our architect-parents couldn't have planned it to be more coordinated or dynamic!

camping out

we were originally going to go camping saturday night after the wedding, but there wasn't a site to be had! soooo we came home and camped out in the airstream! it was fun, but because it was the first time i'd done such a thing, i had a hard time getting used to the idea that i wasn't going to go back into my room to sleep. i did finally fall asleep next to my mom (maybe by midnight??) -- but you can bet i woke-up EARLY! i was excited for our morning visitors!

wedding - fun

i went to a wedding on saturday. i brought my cars, but had the most fun playing with the other kids in the water fountain. in the beginning i was the littlest one - and then all the big boys left, so i got a chance at the controlls. i didn't want to leave!

me & my shadow - my shadow & me

i found it! my mom wasn't fast enough to catch me touching my shadow's hand ...but there was a moment when it became clear to me that i could make that gray-guy move just like me. mama is not sure if i'll remember this little secret (the next time i come-up to a large concrete wall as the sun goes down)...but at least i got it this time!

BOAT!

there were so many boats that passed under the bridge while we were in duluth, i liked to watch them from grandma&grandpa's living room. this picture is one of two ships that i got to see close-up in the span of about 10 minutes, one evening when we were at the pier. (see G&G in the background?)

cousin sofia marie

i love my new cousin sofia. right now i just call her "fia" because that's all i can make my mouth say.