Trick or Treat!

This year I decided to participate in something called "Halloween". Apparently, it must not be good to participate in, because to do so you have to don a disguise to hide your identity. No idea what that is all about, but I decided to roll with it.

My Mommy picked an excellent costume that made me look event more super cute than I normally do! For those of you with poor eyesight, I am a Dalmatian Doggy and NOT a cow.

Once I was fully costumed up, Mommy and I hit the streets.

Mommy explained how this whole thing works. You just select a house, preferable with a light on, and go up to the door and knock. When the door opens, you say "Trick or Treat" which is a code phrase for "Can I have some Candy?"

Once you have the candy, you have to say Thank You so that you will be welcome again next year. After that, just go to the next house and repeat.

I hope that you all have had a safe and successful night! Don't eat too much candy and I hope you get to see me again soon!

Hmmmm

I thought M&Ms were suppose to melt in your mouth...

Sleepytime

As many of you know, I was previously spending my beauty rest time in what is commonly known as a "Crib" which was scaled to my smaller stature. I have really been growing and Mommy and Daddy decided that it was time that I had a bigger bed for my Beauty sleep.

Mommy ordered me this beautiful Iron Sleigh Bed and the colorful linens. It was my first night and I was ready to go.


Mommy got me this cool Maia holder that goes on one side of the bed. I am a sound sleeper so she does not want me to roll out.

I really like my new bed and it is quite comfortable. Daddy said that I better thank Nanny and Pancho for my Mattress, so Thanks! Next time you all visit you will get to stay in what is called the "Room formerly known as Maia's room". I hope to see you soon!

Looking Good!

I was looking in the mirror the other day and I decided that it was high time that I got myself a trim. It has been at least 2 1/2 years since I had a haircut and the time was right for a new look.
I had Mommy do some research on a Salon that could cater to my needs and she selected the location called "Pigtails and Crewcuts". After a discussion to reassure Mommy that I had NO intention of getting a crewcut, we were on our way.




At this awesome Salon, you get to have your choice of seating to choose from. No boring old chairs here!

I was leaning toward the cute little plane at first, but I am built for speed so I took the hot Yellow number instead.

The nice lady took great care of me and made sure that I was comfortable throughout the process.

Here is my after picture, I hope that you like it! I no longer have hair in my eyes all the time, so the next time you come see me, I can finally see you back!

Up Up and Not Really Away

My Mommy and Daddy's friend Julie is a real, certified, and licensed hot air balloon pilot. I have seen many balloons in the past, but none that were large enough to need or have a pilot.

Mommy heard about something called the "Plano Hot Air Balloon Festival" and decided that we would go check it out. We both thought that it would be best to bring Daddy along in case any of the balloons ran low on the aforementioned hot air.

Little did we know how nuts these alleged "Pilots" are, they actually launch these things at 7:00AM! As you know, it takes more than some balloons to get me up that early from my beauty sleep, so we made a stop on the way for the best thing going, Donut holes!

The balloons were in all shapes and sizes. They had round ones, a Penguin, a Pirate, a Dragon, and a great big flower.

After carefully observing the inflating process (The big burners are cool!) I began to notice something odd. None of the balloons were going anywhere.

I asked Mommy what the deal was and she said that she did not know since she was not a certified Balloon pilot.

Well, despite the fact that there is exactly ONE control on these balloons, an UP button, they decided not to fly just to make me come back again. They said it was because the wind was blowing toward Dallas and it would be too dangerous, but I know better.

All in all it was a great time and we did get to see one balloon take off, please refer to the picture below for that. I will speak to you all again soon!

Breakfast

Sorry for a word heavy post today, but sometimes a girl just has to say what is on her mind! This morning my Daddy woke me up from a great dream and said that it was time for breakfast. He was nice enough to know that he could never understand the sophistication of my palate so he asked what I wanted.

My reply?

Fishsticks

At this point Daddy seemed confused and offered me Peanut Butter toast (A good thing in its own right). I said no and then he offered me cereal. I just could not seem to get him to understand my simple request.

I did finally settle on Cereal and when my sweet Mommy picked me up from school I respectfully gave her my request. When we got home she expertly prepared some delicious fishsticks right away.

Why do we artificially limit the order and time of day for our food? I like Fishsticks, Chicken Nuggets, Cookies, Gummies, and Ice Cream at any time of day but Daddy makes me wait until night time or after my other food for those things. Why does he set such artificial limitations! Not only that but I am actually ENCOURAGED to Broccoli and things like that all the time!

There is a great Frozen Yogurt shop right by our house and we pass it every day, but only go in on some Sundays. WHY! It's GREAT!

For those of you out there that understand, lets all stand up for our right to the good stuff!

Thank you and goodnight. :)

My Performance!

I have been working on my performance for some time now with my Mommy serving as my vocal coach. Today we hit the recording studio to put down a track.

Double click on the title to check it out.

I hope you like it! (And that Daddy can make it work on this blog!)

Yum!

Making muffins with Mommy.

Concert Time!

In an effort to further my appreciation for cultural endeavours such as the preforming arts, my Mommy and Daddy took me to see a concert by some of the all time greats - The Wiggles!



As the lights went down the tension built as we awaited the appearance of the main act. I have heard that some less talented groups use "opening acts" to warm up the crowd. Not the Wiggles! You get 100% of the good stuff!

Partway through the show in an effort to show the diversity of their talents, the Wiggles even brought out a drumline. Daddy enjoyed this part.

Like a true fan, Mommy made sure that I was decked out for the occasion in my favorite Wiggles t-shirt.

Murry (the Red Wiggle) heard that I was in attendance and was so surprised that he wanted to come see for himself, he was nice enough to stop by our seats and say hello.

Murry got so excited to see me there that he ran back to the stage to tell his friend Sam (the Yellow Wiggle). Sam was so excited that he immediately came to see for himself. He was so nice to say hello that I did not tell him that I liked Greg (the old Yellow Wiggle) better.

Mommy helped me to understand the finer points of concert attendance - the Food! We got to have a giant Pretzel, a Brownie, and a great big drink.

I had a great time at the concert! If the Wiggles come to your town and you have the means, I highly recommend attending. I hope you can all come see me soon!

Helping out 祖母

As some of you well know, my 祖母 is an excellent cook! She makes me great things all the time and when she visited me I got some of my favorites. 祖母 understands that I need my food to grow!

While we were visiting, 祖母 approached me with an offer to pass along her considerable culinary knowledge. She said that I seemed to have a natural talent.

The first item we decided that I would master is Dumplings. For those of you not in the know, those things that you get at the local Pei Wei are a pale imitation of the awesome stuff my 祖母 makes.

We started out with our Pork Mixture and our dumpling skins. As you can see, we both carefully stuffed the filling into the skins, gotta make sure they look appetizing!

You have to work quickly, the skins can start to stick together if they get too warm.

Here is a look at the finished product. As you can see, at this point, she made 8 and I assisted with 1. It was great to cook with 祖母, we had lots of fun and I hope that she will come and see me again soon.

Another Bull Bites the Dust

My Mommy and Daddy took me out to a great ranch to try my hand at a little more Bull Riding! I watch PBR all the time and I really do not think that it looks that hard. Those guys are lucky to get even 8 seconds, I was on my bull for like a full 3 minutes. Look at those horns! I did not even have the horn proof vest thingy to protect myself.

No to fear, my ride was a complete success! Daddy served as the Rodeo Clown (Doesn't he always) and got me off the back of this massive animal safe and sound. I'll be seeing you around the chutes!

Fun Times in Grapevine

Getting Bigger and Better Each Year

Today was a momentous occasion for me, I officially celebrated my Second Birthday! It has been a wonderful two years of working to try and help my Mommy and Daddy learn and grow and I think that I have been very successful.

In order to allow my fellow classmates to feel my joy, I suggested that Mommy bring Cupcakes for the class to celebrate. As you can see from the picture of me and the boys it was a big success.
I really do not think that you need such a special occasion for a Cupcake, Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner should be reason enough!












After School Mommy took me home where I had my after school snack in a well decorated chair. Mommy knows what a big fan of balloons I am and she picked some great ones.

Daddy finally came home and helped me open my present from Aunt Ruthie. I got a DVD Collection of Fraggle Rock! I have no idea what a fraggle is, but Daddy assures me it is something cool.

My birthday was a lot of fun! This weekend I get to see my Pancho and Lefty, Uncle John and Aunt Ern, and Mike, Fran, Michael, Mary, and Molly. I am very excited to have them visit. For those of you who can't visit, I appreciate your thoughts and well wishes and I hope to see you soon.