White Pass Winter Festival

 

Today I went to the White Pass Winter Festival with Uncle Mike, Ella and Ollie (Mommy came too.)

We couldn't wait to get to the snow after a LOONG car ride.

Mommy didn't get a very good picture, but this is part of the huge snow castle we went sledding on.

Mommy and Uncle Mike wanted to take pictures. I wasn't interested in posing

Time to go tubing.  I went down a bunch of times. The first trip I went down sitting on the tube. The rest of the times I went down on my tummy.

No brakes on this thing, we just had to fall off.

 Walking in the snow isn't as easy as it should be.

 Mommy had to take a picture of this kid. Who let's their child eat snow off of their boot?

Look! A snow dragon.



Surgery Day

 

Today I had another ear surgery. This time I got a tube in my right ear and got the adenoid on my right side taken out.  

 Even though puppy and blanky came along to comfort me, I didn't like the idea very much.
Then the anesthesiologist came and asked me what "flavor" of air I wanted to breathe during my "nap".  I told her I like strawberry-chocolate.  She and the nurse looked at each other, and then looked at Mommy who just shrugged her shoulders.  They didn't have that, but they DID manage to mix up a couple other flavors to make it for me. 

After that, I decided to check out the books.  Mommy read the Lion King book 3 times before they came to get me for surgery.  It took about 30 minutes.  The doctor said everything went awesome and that I did great (I'm  not sure how I could have slept wrong).  HOWEVER, in the recovery room, the nurse would not take my IV out - and I screamed and cried.  I even refused to eat my orange popsicle or drink my apple juice.  But as soon as the IV came out of my hand, I devoured that stuff.

We finally got to go home.  I settled in with "Splish Splash Splosh" and a snickerdoodle.  Recovery is so much easier in the comforts of home.

Keagan & Mommy Fun Day

Today we went to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. It was awesome.

 

 First, we went to the space section. I got to see a little model of the space shuttle.

 This is from the shuttle simulator where the astronauts did their training. They had the tunnel blocked off so I couldn't climb in.

 This is the outside of the trainer - it's big.

 SPACE MAN!

 This is a Soyuz capsule. There are seats for 3 people in there, but it doesn't look very comfortable.

Then we went on the Concorde. It wasn't very big. I could barely fit through the aisle.

 Then we headed over to an old Air Force One to see how the presidents travel.

 That's a very short bed.

 This is the President's "state room".

And that's the cockpit.  It was blocked off so we couldn't sit in the seats.

 There were some really strange planes.  That guy looks like he's in a flying box. Mommy doesn't think it looks too safe.

 Check it out, a car with plane wings.

 The Kid's Flight Zone was pretty cool. I got to fly a couple planes.

 This one seems to be just the right size.

 Mommy said I couldn't walk out on the wing though.

 I got to stand in a hot air balloon. Mommy said I won't ever ride in one of these.

 Another cool plane.

 What do these buttons and knobs do?

 I wonder if anyone noticed that parts of the plane moved when I hit that lever?

 I also got to climb into the cockpit of an old fighter jet.

This looks like it could be pretty cool.

A Case of Miscommunication

I asked Keagan what he did in school today. Of course, I didn't get any sort of straight answer. Then we were eating and he told me that he was playing puzzles with his friend until Miss Michelle (his teacher) put him in the chair. (that's timeout in school).  When I asked him why she put him there he said "Because she was mean to me and wouldn't listen.  She'd better say sorry".  Interesting to see how he can twist things around to make it look like he didn't do anything wrong.  And I never did find out why he was in the chair.

4 Year Checkup

Keagan went to the doctor today.  He weighs 36.8 pounds - nearly 4 1/2 pounds more than he weighed last year.  His weight is about average.  He's almost 42 inches tall - which is in the 85th percentile - and nearly 3 1/2 inches taller than last year.

Doctor says he's doing great. He got 2 shots and barely even made a whimper.  Little man is growing up and getting so brave.

More Verbal Gems From Keagan

Tonight, I told Keagan that I was going to throw him out in the rain to clean him off. He stopped, got real serious and said that he didn't want the rain to wash away his nice brown skin.  I assured him he wouldn't have to worry about that happening.   The stuff he says just cracks me up.

Keagan Says The Strangest Things

Keagan and I were playing basketball this morning. I made a basket and Keagan starts shouting "Yay, Mommy! You changed my life". He immediately stops and says "Mommy, what's a life?".  I found it hilarious that he'd even heard that phrase before. However, how do you explain to a 4-year-old what a life is? Stumped me.

I've decided that I really need to write a book about some of the wacky things he comes up with.  Today, he's also decided that we have to tiptoe down the hallway so we don't wake up the sharks and crocodiles.

4th Birthday Party

Grandma and Grandpa couldn't come to my party, but they sent me lots of cool stuff for my birthday. I got this book reader with lots of books. Now I can read books all by myself.

 Mommy went a little bit overboard with my pirate-themed party.

 She decided to make each guest individual treasure chest cakes.

They turned out pretty cool though (if she must say so herself)

 This year, we had the party at the Children's Museum in Everett. That place is awesome. These were the goody baskets Mommy made for all my friends.  They each got a treasure chest too.

 I got to sit in a throne during the party.

 Just blew out my candles after everyone sang Happy Birthday.

 Messy mayhem ensued.

This guy came in and sang a few songs to us.  I'm not sure if I liked it or not.

 PRESENTS!!!!!!

 Sol thinks I'm taking too long.

I got a Victor train from Sol & his Mommy and Daddy (and a book about Dragons who love tacos)

 
 I got a couple books from Rebecca & James to help me learn my letters and numbers.

 I also got a cool book to color with markers.

 This one is to help me learn my shapes.  I pretty much have those mastered already though.

 I also got a monster truck and some pirate stuff. Pretty cool.

 Daniel and his parents got me a cool hot wheels van, a boo called 'I stink' and a Curious George book about a train ride.

 Derek, Helen and Kailyn got me these awesome rain boots. Those will come in handy this winter.

 This is the treasure chest I got from James & Rebecca. That key is tricky.

Jim & Penny got me this awesome Lightning McQueen scooter. It makes noise and lights up too.  I was very excited (Mommy..... not so much. She's worried about broken limbs).

I also got a cool pen tool that will help me learn to read from Mike, Kristy, Ella, Ollie & Grace.  Mommy took a picture but it was really blurry. 

 These are all the kids who came to my party today (and Kailyn's Daddy).

Happy Halloween

This year, I'm Captain Keagan Hook