Miss Rascal's HERE!

Miss Rascal got to come a day early this weekend and BOY HAVE WE HAD FUN! Since she's been here we've fed the fish. They really like dog food and you can entertain Spanky for hours...well, minutes with throwing one piece of dog food in at a time! :) He loves it. The fish are what John calls, "Trained". He whistles for them and throws food in and amazingly enough, they come! It's pretty funny and Spanky things this is just fabulous! The fish have been fed dog food so much in the last 8 years that they are huge and they may even speak "bark" to each other. I'm not sure though.





After the fishing extravaganza we headed back to the yard for a little baseball. NOW, I know I'm Spanky's mom and all, but I'm quite impressed that a 2 1/2 year old can swing a full size wood bat and hit a ball the size of a softball. It's really a SOFT ball so no one gets hurt. If he gets a hold of it, watch out! If he takes a couple swings and doesn't hit it, he corrects you on how your throwing it. This cracks me up!! He says, "No, throw it like this" and shows you what he thinks is the proper way to pitch the ball. (The bat in these pictures is the plastic bat...we actually think there might be less injuries to all if we can get him to play with this one instead of the wood bat...we shall see.)




After he got tired of chasing the ball, we moved on to the dealership of vehicles we have in the garage to ride. He likes the tricycles, however when it's late and he's tired, he has a hard time getting them back to the house. You see, the drive way has a LITTLE hill in it and he has to "walk" them back. He says, "i can't ride mama, I have to walk". It's too cute! He's favorite or course is the Arctic Cat...It's gets him back up the hill and he drives a bit like his mom...FULL SPEED AHEAD! And not ALWAYS paying attention to the details that might get in his way.





Just when we thought the night was over, John decides that ice cream sounds really good. So we all hopped in the car and to Braum's we went. Spanky and his ice cream cone...MESSY! But still cute. He and Miss Rascal "Cheer's" their ice cream cones for a great night!






And to think....this was ONLY Thursday!