Nashville

I just got home from my first trip to Nashville. Momma, YaYa, and I stayed with Nana and BeanPa and got to visit with lots of cousins. I hardly had met any of them before now and we had SO MUCH FUN!
Mary Preston is just barely older than me, she had her second birthday the day before we met. I wish I could play with her everyday. Maybe soon I'll be big enough to call her on the phone and we can pretend to play together. She had so much to talk about and I didn't even mind too much when she tried to put her hair bow in my hair because she was SO funny.

Me and Mary Preston

I told you she tried to dress me like a girl!

 We ate lunch together. Like smushed together.

 

Jamie playing ring around the rosy with us.

Mary Preston didn't want me to blow away! It got SOOOO windy!

Madison

MP

Yummmmm watermelon for dessert

 

Look how interesting I am being. MP is totally engrossed.

 Thunder AND and airplane! How EXCITING!

 Family Photo!

Us little guys (girls).

Kissing (third) cousins

 Hug for Jamie

 I'm not usually affectionate so Momma had to take a picture of every good bye I did nicely.
Hugs for Madison.

 Mark and I were dressed the same.

BeanPa ready for golf and me ready for the airplane!

Why doesn't every airport have a play area? All set to fly off to Maryland!

Today: A Good Day

I'll try to catch you up on the last month (including Easter) later, but tonight I am going to tell you about my great day.

Momma had the hand, foot, and mouth (coxsackie virus) so she couldn't go to work and spread that kind of fun around. I guess I should come clean and let you know she got it from me. Whoopsie daisy. Sorry Momma! Well, it all worked out for me because we had an awesome day.

First thing this morning we went to the botanical gardens. Now that place is a workout! Momma says you don't have to run the whole time you're there, but I am pre-tty sure that you do. We spent more than an hour there and Momma says I didn't cooperate with her plan to take pictures. Its not my fault I am CRAZY FAST!!! 

 In the car we sang the ABC song a lot. Forwards and backwards. And we did letter sounds (you know "A" says Ah, "A" says Ah.....), and when we got to "D" Momma said some "D" words and I chimed in with "Da-da"! All on my own!

Then we went to the library and ran into William's mom. What luck!

The day was going SO great I decided I wasn't going to nap in case something else cool happened. That way I wasn't going to miss anything. I wore Momma down pretty quickly and helped her blow up my brand new swimming pool. It. is. enormous!!! Thanks Great-Grandmother and Great-Grandaddy! (It's my Easter present from them.) After it was all pumped up (and my giant lion and I had a chance to play in it in the living room) Momma and I squished it through the hallway to the backyard and I went swimming. And SLIDING! Because my new pool is SO BIG that my entire slide fits inside!

I went swimming again before dinner with Daddy. After we came in I helped set the table. I carried the salt and pepper, and silverware, and napkins all by myself. I ate TONS of zucchini and squash and then I helped clean up the table. I even carried the plates! 

Then I helped myself to a popsicle and a frozen waffle. And went for another swim.

Good morning! Just checking the outside.

Maybe I'll grow into them?

Told you I was fast!

Too bad Momma is so slow though.

Just gonna look at some stuff while I wait for Momma to catch up.

I was so sweaty my hair went wild.

 SEE?!?! It's enormous!

I did the slide like a hundred times.

Mmmmmmmmm.... frozen stuff. And then I swam again. I mean I HAD to wash off the sticky anyway.

This Week in Pictures

Morning wagon ride!

 

Juuust watchin' some tv with Homer. He loves it. I can tell by the smile on his face.

 True love.

Bet you don't even recognize me in my shades.

 Emma gets hugs too. In the kitchen.

 I spent Thursday morning in Momma's red heels.

 Notice the hair?

 That's all folks!

Dzien Dobre!!! (Good Day)

Weekend before last Paula came to visit ALL THE WAY from LONDON! (She's Polish but going to Imperial college in London) Momma and I drove up to Houston just in time to take Paula to eat Texas Bar-B-Q at The Swinging Door and for dinner YaYa made steaks and pas (n tnm  l,kkkk bkbbkikkkk                          nb ghtg88) pasta salad and banana pudding. Delicious. Jack came over for that with Uncle Pete and Auntie H. We went to the big mall downtown and we played outside and on Monday Mr. Sir and I took Paula to eat Mexican food. I ate green sauce. You should try it. Everyone says it is salsa for the chips, but I think it makes a better soup than a dip. Oh! And the azaleas were all crazy blooming so that was cool. AND we took Paula to the airport and saw the airplanes. Samolot. That means airplane in Polish. I also learned the Polish word for helicopter (helicopter) and bus (autobus). I am practically bilingual.

Watching an airplane fly over.

Gnawing on a rib at Swinging Door.

 Eating green sauce.

 JACK!

 Mr. Sir and Paula

 Wearing Paula's hard hat. She came to the States for a petroleum geology field trip!

It's Dancy Dance Time!

Momma bought me more blogger space so I am back. I was so excited I did a dance. On top of a septic tank circle at Uncle Aaron and Uncle Andrew's birthday celebration. Just recently I've invented some sweet new moves and instead of dancing for 3 seconds on command ("Dance Monkey Dance!" Momma likes to yell and that's a lot of pressure!) I just let loose.

My name is Knox! I like to Dance!

 My audience

To prepare for all that dancing I needed some ketchup. Momma gave me a hot dog on the side (my very first one!).