Damien by Abby

Abby snapped this picture of Damien today...I thought it was pretty good!

I DID IT!

So today I was playing on my activity mat and Mommy was working around the house. All of a sudden Abby called out "Mommy! Come look at baby!" Mommy came in and found me on my stomach (for the very first time)! I was one proud little man.

[Lolek - 3 1/2 mo]

Sister for Sale!

SISTERS!!! I tell ya! There you are working on an activity book...minding your own business when your little sister shoves a rabbit toy in your face. When you ignore her she just talks louder. So you get mad and say "LEAVE ME ALONE"...does she listen?...nope!...so what do I do? I remember that Daddy has some ear covers that make it harder to hear...so I go and get them out of the closet and put them on and go back to my work...Hah HAH!

"I'm Not Done Yet."

Last night DziaDzia and Godpapa Pat called from Alabama. Daddy talked to them for a while and then hung up...I got very very very upset that I didn't get to talk to them. So Daddy called them back and I got to talk. When Mommy and Daddy said it was time to wrap it up I said "What's wrap it up mean?" They said it meant it was time to get off the phone and I said "I'm not done yet.".....I sure miss my DziaDzia and Godpapa!

Sooo....uhmmm....yeah....

This is what happens when you send the 3 year old to get himself ready for bed.
hee hee...I came out like this and said to Mommy "Is this right?" with a big silly smile. I knew it wasn't right but I'm very silly like that. If you can't tell my pants are on my head and my shirt is upside down with my right leg in the neck whole and my left leg in an arm whole....MAN I CRACK MYSELF UP!

Year End Teacher Conference

Michael on the first day of school

Michael on the last day of school.

In April Mommy and Daddy met with Mrs. Denise (my teacher). She showed them how much I learned at school. The first picture was a self portrait I drew at the beginning of the year. The second was one that I did in April. Mrs. Denise said I was one of 2 children in the class (of mostly 4 year olds and I'm only 3) who knew all my shapes (including octogon and hexagon), letters, numbers and colors. I can also write my own name. I also grew lots this year. I only gained 1/2 pound since October but I grew 1 1/4 inches!!! WOW!!! Mommy said "So THAT'S where all the food you eat is going!"

Preschool Christmas Concert - Dec. 14, 2006

On December 14 we had my school Christmas concert. It was a lot of fun until we started singing. Well you see...I was in the front row and there were a lot of people. I wasn't too keen with all the commotion. Once they had us switch and I was in the back row I felt much better and sang the songs and did all the hand motions. I still walk around singing "We WISH you a Merry Christmas..."Just me and Daddy! Daddy left the next morning for a long business trip to Singapore - he got home JUST in time for Christmas.

Hey Mom!

Don't look at me!

Too Loud!

Are we done yet?

Mommy was video taping the whole thing...she was laughing very hard and so the video is a little jerky! Despite my shyness I had a great time!

"Feed da Tiddy!" - Dec. 11, 2006

So I've decided that one of my jobs is to feed the tiddies (Meow and Luli). I also like to sit by the tiddy and keep him company while he eats. Mommy heard me rustling around over by the tiddy dishes and was going to tell me to leave the tiddies alone while they ate when she saw that Meow was eating OUT OF MY HAND!!! It is pretty cool. I like my tiddies...a few nights ago Mommy found Meow sleeping on my pillow with me during the night.

Where is Abby?

One day we were all in the livingroom and Daddy looked over at the breakfast nook and saw two little feet sticking out from the curtains. He got the camera and took the picture. Then he said "where's Abby?" and we heard lots of giggling from behind the curtain.

...Nana? Did you picture this when you made us those curtains? :)

GO IRISH!!!

Hey if you play football for the Irish and are Polish and your last name begins with a Z you are COOL in my book. This morning Mommy gave me a haircut to match my favorite Fighting Irish player (ok - maybe it is Mommy's favorite player) Zibby!

GO IRISH - BEAT SPARTANS!

(mommy says: zibby is "graoooowl")

Giraffe by Michael

I know I promised you a lion (and it IS coming). Here is a giraffe.

Michael's FIRST Day of School!!!

Once upon a time there was a little baby named Michael. He was a good little baby and his parents thought he would always be little and never ever leave them... (Michael - 1 week old)

But everyday the little baby grew and grew and then grew some more. And one day his parents realized it was the first day of school and their little baby was 3 years old!

(Michael - 3 years old)

And so the little baby was now a little boy and going to his first day of preschool. He will go Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 - 11:30am. He was very excited to be going to school. He put his backpack away and washed his hands and didn't give his mommy a second look. His little sister (who is still little and not ready to go to school) did not like it one bit that her big brother got to stay and color and paint and sing songs. So when mommy and little sister snuck out they went to Shari's and had breakfast - just the two of them and they had fun too!

Okay - enough of mommy's silly story (that made her eyes all wet - she is SO silly). Did you hear that today I went to SCHOOL!!!! It is the same school that mommy went to too when she was my size (different teachers though!). My teachers name is Mrs. Denise. I like her a lot. When I got to school she showed me where to put my backpack and then told me that when I get to school I'm supposed to wash my hands. I went right away and washed my hands. The teacher asked my mommy if I had gone to preschool before because I followed directions so well! (mommy says she is very proud of me). Then I went and started working on puzzles. Mommy and Abby hung around a few minutes and Mommy finally realized that I was fine and didn't need her there. So she and Abby left. Mommy had to hold Abby because she wanted to get down and play too - she was very wiggly for mommy. Mommy looked a little sad as she left but she knew that I was okay and going to have a great time. She came back and got me a few hours later and I showed her my art project and I gave my teacher a great big hug before I left. I was pretty tired when I got home and immediately went and buried myself in the couch for 30 min. I needed to unwind!! Then I popped up and started playing with my toys and telling mommy all about my school!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PICTURES

I tried to get Abby to stand and take a picture with me but she didn't want to.

Abby was a little mad that I got to wear the backpack.

Wow! School makes me tired...need to reload!

Bubble Fun!

Abby and I really like to blow bubbles. We spent a lot of time at Nana and DziaDzia's blowing bubbles with our Dora bubble blower. Abby liked to put the blower in her mouth but quickly got the hang of it, even blowing a few bubbles herself.




It was super humid in South Carolina and Abby's hair got REALLY REALLY curly. Mommy thought it was very cute. On the plane ride home the curl all fell out.

Play-doh Ice Cream...YUM!

Nana, Uncle Pat and Mommy took me to an ice cream shop where they have a flavor called "Play-doh." Yes it really was that color yellow...and as you can see it was SUPER GOOD! *arrggguuuuuhhhhhhhggggg* <-for those who don't know that is what drooling looking like on the computer.


Mommy can't look at that last picture with out bursting out laughing.

Cool Chick!

I like to wear Mommy's sunglasses. Michael says I'm a "Cool Chick."

I had so much fun....zzzzzz...

My cousins Sara and Maria like to come over to play. Well a few weeks ago they did and we ran and played and ran and laughed and played and ran some more. When they left I got up at the table to eat a snack while mommy worked on the 'puter. All of a sudden she noticed that I was being very quiet and she looked up from the 'puter and saw this...

.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....she said I slept like this for a long time! Boy was I pooped!

"Mom - I'm a cool dude"

...'nuff said

Houston...We Have Pigtails!

I can't even being to discribe how HAPPY Mommy is that she can now put pigtails in my hair. She says I'm the cutest darn thing she has ever seen. I like my pig tails too - I don't try to take them out or anything.

I Love the Camera!

"Cool! The camera! Can I have it Mommy?"

"If I smile really pretty and jabber will you let me have the camera?"

"No?! Fine - I'm mad!"
"Just checking to make sure you are looking at me."
"You are - Good - I'm Mad!!"

Abby's First Haircut!

So Mommy wasn't going to cut my hair because she want's it to get long enough to pull back. My bangs were getting really long and mommy would sweep them to the side and clip them back. The only problem is that the clips were really small and that made her really nervous about me swallowing them (I'm NOT stupid Mom!). So on Sunday she trimmed my bangs a little. You would have thought she was torturing me - I don't even cry that loud for shots!!!! You can see for yourself that she didn't cut very much but I wasn't happy about it. Afterwards I sat and cried and screamed and gave her dirty looks.

BEFORE

AFTER