Buster Days Weekend

Yes, Mommy is still WAY behind on here. WAY behind. What are you going to do though? No one else is volunteering for the job so this is what you're stuck with.

For this post we'll all travel back in time to June of this year. Mommy took Benjamin and I to see Gramma and Grampa. Daddy had to stay home and do school work. Poor guy. He missed a pretty sweet weekend.

We helped Grampa build some stuff. I love building stuff because you get to use tools. Drills and tape measures are my special favorites. Mommy has a hard time keeping track of our measuring tape at home because I like to steal it and play with it. Grampa is the only person who is smart enough to find my hiding spot for it: My tool bench. (Sheesh, you'd think Mommy would think of looking there. Every good fixer knows you should always put things away when you're done with them so they're ready and waiting for when you need them next time.) Here I am enjoying Grampa's tape measure. I think I like it better than even Mommy's.

We went to Kinsmen park next. That place is so great. There were gophers there. LOTS of gophers. I staked out a few holes, but they never came out of the ones I was waiting beside. They kept popping out of the ones I had just given up on! Tricky.

The train scared the living tarnations out of me. It was lucky I had Grampa along to keep me safe.

I went on the big ferris wheel too. It was almost as scary as the train, but not as loud. It was lucky I had Ben along to keep me safe.

We went to the Buster Days parade in Martensville. I loved it so much we watched it twice. Actually, I still talk about parades, and asked to go see the firetrucks almost constantly for weeks and weeks afterwards. In my mind there is a parade probably going on at all times, and all I need to do is convince my mom and dad to take me to it. Parades are only parades if they have firetrucks and candy and all that other junk is just the stuff you have to put up with while you wait for the firetrucks and candy. Here I am waiting in the gutter for candy:

And here I am waiting for the firetrucks. They're almost here!

Ahhhh... That was a good weekend. Isn't it fun to look back and remember good times? (There's going to have to be a lot of that around here if Mommy ever hopes to get this blog all caught up.)

We Went to the Zoo!

A long time ago, so long that I can barely remember it, Mommy took us to the Zoo...

"Pup pup!"

"It's a good thing you have a place for me to ride since I seem to have misplaced my footwear."

"I think I saw another pup pup!"

"Get back here. You look like you need a hug!"

"Whadya mean you don't need a hug? Everyone needs a hug!"

"Pup pup?"

"I like this zoo place! Three times, and I could still go more!"

From Mommy: I have never seen a child get so excited to look at animals. At some points I was concerned that Sam might actually explode with excitement. He liked the ducks best and stood and screamed at them whenever he saw some. I had trouble getting him away from each exibit and he would cry every time we walked away from a pup pup he was looking at... Till we got to the next one. He loved being able to run free on the paths with the other boys too. The only trouble was he kept taking off his shoes, and once Melissa and I actually had some trouble finding one of them. Ah, Sam, you are such a little firecracker. You just wanted to make sure you kept Mommy on her toes!

The Adventures of Sammy

I thought Dada might like to know what I've been doing the last few days.Every where I go it seems like there are cars and trucks all over the place. I say trucks really well now. Instead of "k", I say "guk". And I say bus. School buses are my favorite.
I've got to do a little playing with my big buddy Connor at the park. He looks tough, but really he's a big softy.
Mommy took me to the pool with Aunty Ang and her friends Macala and Madison. I like swimming, but I like sliding even better. Too bad Mommy is so lazy though. She only took me down the water slide a measly ten times. Wimp.
I had a pretty good time anyways. I like visiting with Gramma and Grampa. Every day is an adventure. Wait till you see what else we've been up zoo!

Sammy at the Park

I love being outside, and being outside at a park with a whole bunch of my favorite people is even better.

Ho man. This is a big ball. I wonder if it would fit in my mouth.

Almost.

Mmm! Noah! My pine cone tastes sooo good. You should try yours!

Heh heh. Sucker. I can't believe you feel for that.
I don't know about this train thing...

Seriously. Is this supposed to be fun? You're freaking me out a little bit Aunty. Actually, you're freaking me out a lot.

That's better.

Okay, I kind of like this. Just don't let go Gramma.

Hey. Where'd you go? I said don't let go! That's it. I'm getting off this thing and going home...

Noodles

Mommy and Aunty took Ben and me to Nah Trang for noodles. I liked them. A lot.
Only... They were kind of sticky...
Ack! Get. Off!
They were pretty hard to slurp too...
Would you just... Get... In... There?
There. Now I've got it.

Back and forth and back ...

Aunty took me swinging when we visited last week. I liked it.

Mommy tried to take some pictures for Aunty. She had some troubles...

Visiting

I went to see Grampa and Gramma last week. We had some good times. I showed them how I can carry things in my mouth and they laughed. I got mad whenever Gramma put me on the floor or walked past me without picking me up and they laughed. I got sick and puked all over Mommy and pooped in the tub and they laughed. Those guys sure are hard up for fun. Here I am getting ready to go outside with Aunty. Check out my slick boots. I gave them a good inspection before we went out. Aunty laughed. Sheesh.
I'm not sure whose bright idea it was to stand me up alone in this water, but I wasn't impressed. I bet you can guess what Aunty and Mommy were doing while leaving me stranded alone in a puddle.
Here I am getting some sympathy from Grampa after some extended puking. I was not feeling very good and everyone felt pretty bad for me. Man... The lengths I have to go to to get people to take me seriously!

Christmas Pictures

Merry Christmas everyone! It's been a long time since my last post. Someone should tell my mommy that my blog is important too... Oh well. Enjoy the pictures!

Me and Uncle Neil.

Me and my new monkey from Aunty Ang.Me and Dada.

One last day at the beach...

One last swim...
One last toe suck... Or is it?