Reading with Tag

Today I had my surgery and I got ear tubes. It only took 15 minutes and I can hear again! This evening I was in such good spirits that I wanted to sit my the chair and read my Tag books all by myself.

First I read my ABC book. It plays music for every letter of the alphabet. I like E for Elepant's Electric Guitar the best I think.

Then I read my Lightning McQueen book. But I really like the sounds the cactus' make when you put the Tag reader on them. They go "BOING!" That makes me laugh so hard.

The Newport Aquarium

Saturday afternoon Mama and Daddy took me to the Newport Aquarium. They bought a season pass so I can go all the time. And there is sooo much to see. We only stayed a couple of hours and I had such a great time.

First we went to the Passages of the Deep. I got so close with all the fish. They were right next to me behind the glass. I saw, halibut, rockfish, lingcod, all kinds of sharks and a juvenile wolf eel. Getting up close and personal with a Copper Rockfish.

Looking at a China Rockfish.

Then we checked out the birds in the aviary and watch the tidal exchange at one of the outdoor pools. I ate a few goldfish, fitting since we were at an aquarium.

Then we were off to the swamplands. I got to pet a tortise and a lizard, watch people play with parrots that said words I hadn't even learned yet!

We walked by the Lion's Mane jellyfish tank and I liked watching them all swim around.

After that we went to a tidal pool and I got to touch the anenome and starfish. I saw Japanese Spider craps who's legs can get up to 13 feet across, (I wonder how many of me's it would take to make 13 feet?)

I can't wait to go back!

The Sea Lions of Depoe Bay

Saturday Daddy took us out in the new boat. I got my life jacket on and couldn't wait to get in the boat. On our way out we saw a baby seal lying on the rocks with her Mama. They were sunning themselves.

When we crossed the bar the ocean was really bumpy. The new boat was great though. Mama held on to me really tight and off we went. I saw boats and birds all around me. I started to really enjoy it.

On our way back Daddy drove us by the Bell Buoy and we saw a bunch of Sea Lions sitting on it. Some of them jumped off as we got close, guess we scared them a little. But I got to see them swim in the ocean. How neat!

Slip-n-Slide

Last Sunday I went out for Waylon's birthday. The weather was so nice they had the slip-n-slide ready to go. Luckily Mama had my swim suit in the truck (and my sun hat of course...only my mom!). So I got dressed and played in the water. Tessa tried to get me to go down the slide with her but I had more fun playing with the water that sprayed up.




I even got to have some of Waylon's cake! What a special treat, Yum.








Peyton, Henry and Me enjoying our cake and ice cream!

Kite Festival at Rockaway

Last weekend Mama had a golf tournament with Grandpa Dave in Garibaldi. So Grandma Dee and I went down with her and stayed at a friends house in Rockaway. The weather was great! Grandma brought Monty dog so I had a blast chasing after him and petting him really gentle.

I even walked Monty down to the beach. I did really well as long as I held on with both hands. We went to play in the sand and found there was a kite festival with huge colorful kites. People flew all kinds of kites. And some of them were huge! I really liked the fish kite.

Daddy's Shoes

The other day I saw a pair of daddy's sneakers and decided to see if my feet would fit.

They were a little harder to walk in than my shoes. I think I'll stick to my shoes for a while longer.

Fishing at Pine Hollow

Last weekend I went fishing with Mama, Daddy and Grandpa Dave at Pine Hollow. We had so much fun. I got to use my new life jacket and hang out on the boat every day.

We were catching so many fish that we let a lot of them go. Some of them were not big enough to keep. But that meant we got to catch even more fish.

Daddy caught a really big trout. It was almost as tall as me! I was so excited to get to touch it and kiss it. I love fish! I can even say "fish" now but it sounds more like "sh-ish".

I liked seeing all the fish, on the hook when they brought them in the boat or in the net but when they were on the bottom of the boat flopping around I got pretty upset. I didn't like seeing that.

When I wasn't fishing Grandma Mindy hung out at the cabin with me. I got to blow bubbles and play with my toys. I had a great time. Grandpa fed me some gummy treats while we played.

I can't wait until next year. I'll be even bigger and maybe I will get to help reel one in!