Cheap labor

Mommy and Daddy made me earn my keep yesterday.

After falling repeatedly for about five minutes it stopped being funny (to me, at least), and I was pretty much drenched, so I sat on Mommy's lap for awhile and helped her scrub that way. Then she sent me away, so I threw soap bubbles at Daddy.

I don't know if I'll be cleaning the floors again for awhile.

(That's me saying "cheese" for the camera, in case you couldn't tell.)

Visit from Aunt Donna

Last weekend Aunt Donna was in town with Chris, his best friend, and her mom. They stopped over Sunday afternoon. I made Aunt Donna super happy when I said, "Bye Donna." (Mommy misplaced the camera for awhile, which is why it took so long to post this.)

New daycare!

Mommy and Daddy moved me to a new daycare today. Even though they and I love my old one, it's run into some problems that it probably won't recover from (they're really big and involved so I won't go into detail), so we jumped ship. We're hoping that some more fellow daycarers and teachers will too, because I really do like being around everyone from my old center.

Mommy and Daddy decided that Monday would be my last day after they checked out the new place and loved it. They took me by yesterday to play for a couple hours and meet everyone else. The new place has only been open for a month, so there's hardly anyone there yet! There were only two kids there yesterday: a little boy about my age and a baby girl. More kids are set to start at the beginning of next month. Each classroom has its own playground, plus tons of cool toys. I had a lot of fun.

Today, however, did not start out that great. Once I realized that Mommy and Daddy were planning on leaving me there, I started crying and yelling, "Mommy! Daddy!" just to make them feel guiltier. I cried for half an hour after they left, and then I realized, hey, this place is great! There was only one other little boy at the center today, so we had our teacher (the director) all to ourselves. She let us play outside a ton, and she gave me as much food as I could eat (which is a lot). She was really impressed with what a big boy I was: drinking out of a cup, going down for a nap no problems, eating tons, and adapting quickly. In the afternoon we played outside with her big kids who are hanging out there for the summer. I made a hat too, which I decided to leave at school.

I had so much fun, I almost didn't want to leave! But I'll cry tomorrow too, because I miss my old friends and teachers a lot.

Car entertainment

I've devised a fun game to play in the car, during pretty much every single cartrip over the past couple weeks. It goes something like this.

Me: MomMY!
Mommy: Yes, Jax.
Me: DadDY!
Daddy: Yes, Jax.
Me: MomMY!
Mommy: Yes, Jax.
Me: DadDY!
Daddy: Yes, Jax.
Me: DadDY!
Daddy: Yes, Jax.
Me: MomMY!
Mommy: Yes, Jax.
Me: DadDY!
Daddy: Yes, Jax.
Me: MomMY!
Mommy: Yes, Jax.
Me: MomMY!
Mommy: Yes, Jax.

And so on, and so on, until Mommy turns around and looks at me. And then I hold my finger up to my lips and say, "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh." Because the game is done. For now.

Happy 4th!

This weekend we did a lot to celebrate the 4th of July (and our three day weekend). Friday we got up and went walking along the Rock Quarry Trail near the Science Museum.

We found a dinosaur! And a dog park. I like to point out dogs, and bark like them, but when it comes to petting dogs I think I'll pass.


Then we went to the Durham Fourth of July Children's parade, where we ran into Tiffany and Roland, Owen and his parents, and David from daycare and his parents. The whole premise is that you decorate your bike or wagon or stroller, then parade around the block. And there's a firetruck to crawl around in, although I was too shy to do it. But since we didn't have a bike or wagon or stroller, Mommy and Daddy decorated me! In addition to being patriotic, I was also easy to find in a crowd.

Saturday we bought me a bike helmet, so that we can start taking bike rides on the weekends.

And today we went to the Festival for the Eno, where I clapped to polka and celtic music, poked a frog repeatedly and giggled when he jumped, and skipped eating lunch so I could spin in a circle instead. It was fun!

First love

I have my first girlfriend! It's Kylie, a girl in my class at daycare. She blew me kisses today as I was leaving, and I blew them back. Awwwwww!