Happy 35th birthday, Mommy!

Mommy's co-workers shared this big cookie.

I turned 5 1/2 years old on March 21st.  We just got around to measuring me.  I am 46.5 inches tall.  I weighed 45.5 pounds with clothes on.  That is about a pound an inch.  Naked I weighed 44.3 pounds.  

I wanted to wear flip flops to school but I guess that is not the best idea.  Instead I took them in the car and after school I put them on to wear the rest of the day.

GGF, Barbara, and I went to Wal-Mart.  We had seven items on our list.  We bought nine items.  The two extra items were a small bag of Cheetos and a Hot Wheels Avalanche rescue truck.  I'm a lucky boy.  I know not to ask Barbara to buy me a toy that costs more than a dollar.  Unless it is some kind of ball, the answer is always the same.

 At home, I played Hot Wheels racing with GGM on the pool table until Anna Kate woke up.

   Then she wanted to be up there with me. 

She kept pushing until she knocked me over.  GGM held on to her so she couldn't fall.

For Valentines Day Barbara filled this little dog with Hershey's kisses.  I ate no more than three pieces each day.  I have six pieces left so they have lasted more than a month.  Barbara was trying to show me that if I relish just a little bit of the candy each day, it will last a long time.

Andy picked Anna Kate up around 3pm.  He had taken the day off work to take care of some business.

After Andy and Anna Kate left we worked on an Easter project.  We blew up a small water balloon.  We put two entire package of embroidery floss in a plate of liquid starch.  Then we wrapped the floss around the balloon.   We hung it up to dry.  The next time I come over to Barbara's, we will burst the balloon, remove it, and be left with an egg shaped embroidery floss egg.  If this project is successful, we may make a few more for my adults.

At 5:30p we met Mommy at Payless Shoes.  GGF wants a pair of house shoes.  They had one pair that would do but we drove to Palais Royal to see if they had a better shoe.  They had none, so Mommy and I went back to buy GGF the house shoes.   I got a new pair of black dress shoes, and a pair of neon green tie sneakers.