My Beach Week!!!

So, you know, I went to the beach for a whole week with my Grandpa, and Gaga, and Kyleigh and Annie and Brandy and Austyn and Jenny and I can't remember who else was there.  We had a GREAT time.  Wanna know what I did?  I did fun stuff like walked on the beach and collected shells and ate some pizza.  At night times, my Grandpa read me bedtime stories (and to Kyleigh and Austyn too).  We got to use our flashlights to look for crabs.  Have you ever done that?  Guess what?  Grandpa made this cool pulley thing on top of the deck so we could lower stuff to the beach on the bottom floor in a bucket.  I got lots of drinks that way.  I got to go to a movie with Grandpa and Austyn and Kyleigh too to see "Ice Age" again.  Then we had a family magic show.  I can do some cool magic tricks, did you know?  Grandpa and Gaga buyed me some tricks to do at home too.  I'm practicing.  I played a lot on my boogie board with Kyleigh and Austyn. I even went shoppine too and got some ice cream.  All week we watched some of the Olympics and it rained a little bit EVERY day.  I liked playing 'Froggy Dog' with everybody.  You ever played that?  I can show you how to play it next time I see you.  We built this big sandcastle with Uncle Eric too.  I got to catch minnows with this little net and we put them in the little pool.  I even got to play football with Uncle Joseph too.  I'm really good at football.  Another movie I got to see was "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and ate lots of popcorn. Did you know my Grandpa tried to catch a shark so I could have the big jaw and teeth?!  He didn't catch a shark but he buyed me this shark jaw with sharp teeth in it and I taked it to school to show all my friends.  One day at the beach, we maked Brandy into a mermaid and covered her all up with sand.  I fed seagulls too - I gived them bread and popcorn.  All week I collected shells for Papa, and Mana, and my Mom.  I got a bag for each one of them.  

Here's some of my sayings during the week that Gaga wrote down because she thought you might like to know ~

'Anthony's Eyelashes'
Gaga:  "Anthony your eyes are so beautiful."
Anthony: "I have the most beautiful eyelashes in the world.:"
Anthony:  " My eyelashes are longer than God's!"

'Finding Shells for Mana'
Every shell that Anthony found - "Mana is going to love this one."

'Peaches for Papa'
Anthony looked at every peach in the grocery store to pick out 'perfect' peaches for Papa because "Papa really loves peaches."

Maybe next time you can go with us to the beach too!  I had a really good time!  Thanks for taking me to the beach Grandpa and Gaga and Mana says thanks so much for writing everything down!!

What I been doin'....

Yesterday was Saturday and I worked in the yard some with my Papa.  Me and Papa digged this big hole - it is for our fish pond.  The deep part comes up to my legs past my knees.  There is a morning zone and a night zone to the fish pond.  The morning zone is the shallow part where the fish go in the morning.  The night zone is the deep part where the fish go at night.

Did you know in 7 days I am going to the beach?  My Papa and Mana buyed me a suitcase with a handle and wheels.  It has baseball and sports on the suitcase.  I needed one when I go to the beach.

Today is Sunday and we watched a movie and played in the pool.  Tomorrow I get to make some tie dye shirts with my Mom because she is not working. 

My picture of Daddy...

I taked a picture to school today to show my friends my Daddy. It's the one of me and Daddy in our hunting clothes.  We got orange hats.  I have growed up a lot acause I was little in that picture.  I'm much bigger and taller now.  I got big muscles.  I showed the picture of my Daddy to my friends and then Papa took the picture back home acause I don't want it to get broke - it has glass in it.  My one friend, Aaron liked the picture a lot.  I don't get to see my Daddy for a long time.  But I think my Daddy can see me and I know my Daddy loves me a lot!

What's your favorite animal?

My favorite animal is a hamster.  I woke up early this morning (Saturday) just to tell Mana that, while I was sleeping in her bed.  I said, " Mana!  Mana!"  and she said "What?"  and I said (in loud whisper) "What is your favorite animal?"  She said "a dog.  What's yours?".  And I said "A hamster".  Then, I went back to sleep again. 

What's your favorite animal?

How to build a Robot Dog...

(As told to Papa and Mana on the way to Summer Camp on Friday)

You get a long piece of metal and you cut some strips.  You glue the tail on the fat part of the dog on his body and you have to wiggle it some so it will be loose and can move.  Then you glue the pieces together for the dog's body.  After that, you need to put a robot head on the dog.  You cut the head out and then glue it on too.  The dog needs eyes and nose and mouth.  You can glue those on too.  You can pick if it's a happy mouth, a mad face mouth, or a surprise mouth.  I would pick a mad face.  Then, you have to paint the dog or glue fur on.  You can use any color paint you want.  But if you use paint, you can't put fur on too.  I would pick paint because then you'd have more choices in how it could look.  I would paint it white with black spots (like dalmatians) but you have to start with black paint first.  Then, you have your robot dog.  It can do tricks. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNIE!

Today (Friday) is my Annie's birthday - did you know?  I don't know how old she is.  She might be 26 like my Daddy, but I didn't ask her that.  I hope she had a good day today!  Are you ready to sing to Annie with me?  Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Annie.  Happy Birthday to you!  And many more - on channel four! 

Last night we went to a Blowfish baseball game.  It started raining a lot and we had to sit under this big roof thing.  It was cool though because some people covered the field with this big plastic thing - they covered all the bases and the dirt.  Then after lots of rain came, the baseball players were out in their red and blue shorts and they were sliding across the top of the plastic thing on their stomachs.  It was cool.  It rained for a while (an hour) before they started playing baseball again. And, there was lightning and thunder too.  After that though there was this big rainbow and we could see the whole thing - where it started and ended.  I got to walk all around on the bleachers in the rain when it wasn't raining hard.  I went all the way down the steps to the bottom and then came all the way up to the top again.  There wasn't much people there for the game.  We ate at Sonic too and I had chicken and a milkshake. My Papa buyed me a Blowfish t-shirt so now I have a shirt and hat just like the baseball players.  I wanted to bring my bat for some of them to sign but we forgot to bring it.  Mana said next time we will.

It's really hot...

Hello, Everybody!  How are you doing?

Know what I'm doing?  I'm reading to my Papa right now!  I am reading a book my Grandpa and Gaga gave me - it's called Mouse Soup.  It's a funny story.  I like it better when Mana reads to me cause it's much faster.  The weasel in the story wants to make mouse soup with this little mouse he caught.  But the mouse is tricky and tells the weasel he needs some stories to make the soup taste good and that he needs bees and mud and crickets and when the weasel gets all that stuff and comes home, the mouse wasn't there acause he sneeked out while the weasel was looking for that stuff.  And the weasel has mud all over him and bee stings.  That's funny, right?!

My Mama buyed me some fake dog poop.  Mana said when my Mama was little, she had fake dog poop too.  I telled Mana we need to put it on Papa's pillow at night - shhh! that's a secret!  That will be funny, right?!  Don't tell, okay?

I'm going to get in my swimming pool in a little while. It's my swimming pool because Mana said everything here belongs to me, except I don't think her makeup belongs to me.  I don't want that.  But the couches, and food, and stuff and beds are all mine.  I have lots of stuff!

In the Fall, did you know, I get to go to the mountains again?  We are going to Yogi Bear campground again like we went last year.  And, we might can take Rhylee with us.  We might sleep in the loft but I don't know that yet.  

I have two fish left in my fishbowl.  When they die, it's okay because Papa said if they die, he will buy me a hamster.  I want a hamster and (another secret - don't tell) when I make wishes, it's for a hamster.  My rabbit (Robin) is doing good - he still lives outside next to the other rabbits.  The mama rabbit that we had died acause she got too hot - that's what Papa said.  So, now we have to wait until some other girl ones grow big so they can be a mama.  

It's been really hot here.  I know it's been really hot where you are too.  Maybe you need a pool!  When you have a pool, you can get cooled off.  Tomorrow night, I'm going to a baseball game again.  I'm going to take my bat so I can see if some baseball players can sign it for me.

I love you!