Up the 5 freeway, through the Pacheco Pass...

To Grandmother's house I went. Okay, I know that's not how the song goes, but that is where I have been for the past week...San Jose or the 95128. I did a ton of fun stuff while I was there. I hung out with my Grandma and Grandpa at the house. There was a lot of mischief to get into. I found this box and people took turns giving me a ride in it--even Winston thought it looked fun.

Grandma taught me to go up her steep stairs. The tricky part was coming back down!



Grandpa was helping me go up this time.

Peek-a-boo

Right around the corner is the Winchester Mystery House. I had never heard of it, but my mom has been wanting to go for 5 years. So we finally went. The house was built by Sarah Winchester who was told that as long as she never stopped construction on her house, she wouldn't be haunted by all the people killed by the Winchester Riffles. So there are staircases into the ceiling, doors to nowhere, and windows in the floors. It is kind of a spooky place...I'm glad we went during the day.

We went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk one day. I got to ride lots of rides, but I kept wondering where Mickey was! This is me and Mom on the Ferris Wheel.

Dad took me on the Pepsi Trucks and let me drive!

I liked the Carousel most of all. You grab a metal ring every time you go around and try to throw it in a clowns mouth.

Back at Grandma's I found the towel cupboard. It was just my size!

This is my dad's German hat from when he was little. Don't I look like a happy German Boy with my happy German Pup?!

It was such a fun trip I almost didn't want to come home!

Me and My Bucket

One of my favorite past times this summer has been going to the beach. I love to crawl in the sand...eat the sand, play by the water, and most of all play in my big bucket of water. This was actually my Aunt Kristine's idea on my first trip to the beach. We fill the bucket with salt water, let it sit in the sun a while, and then plop me in to play for hours on end. Two weekends ago we had an unfortunate incident with the bucket. I was with my parents at Salt Creek happily playing in my bucket. I was up and down, sloshing around, playing with toys, and splashing everywhere. Suddenly my mom said to my dad, "That water is looking a little murky". My dad dismissed it to an overcast day and possible sand. I continued splashing around when my mom noticed floaters...that's right, I pooped and my swim diaper didn't quite hold it in. Needless to say with all my up and downing, sloshing around, playing with toys, and splashing....it was EVERYWHERE!!! Gross. The only solution was to strip me down over the bucket and have my dad continually drench me with clean ocean water (brrrrr!!!). We emptied and cleaned out the bucket in the trash, filled it back up, put me in a new swim diaper and I was ready to go again! Maybe next summer I'll be surfing.

Yummm, sand is delicious!

Aunt Kristine introducing me to my new friend!

I LOVE MY BUCKET!

Date Night

Friday night was a big night for me, my first date night! I was all set to hang out with my Aunt Jill and her roommates, so my parents decided they might as well go out too. It was pretty awesome, Jill lives right by the beach in Huntington, so I could smell the salty air from her house. I hung out in my diaper, watched some baseball (who wouldn't love girls that watch the Angels?), and they even let me get out of bed after my bed time to play. It was a pretty fun night and I can't wait to do it all again.

Here I Am Blogging World

Hey everyone, it's official, I'm joining the blogging world. Some may say I'm too young...but how could I resist showing off this chubby face to the universe? The blogging universe anyway. I'll be posting about my life adventures from time to time...and maybe a little bit about those two other people I live with. Hope you enjoy!