Glittery Show

I love glittery shows. Last night we had a really cool one. Daddy got out his tripod and set his shutter speed to something really slow so we could take some pictures of the show. Here they are.

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright

This weekend was a great weekend for golf. The PGA Championship occurred this weekend, and I was very interested in the fate of my favorite golfer, Tiger Woods. I was also interested in the giant trophy awarded to the winner of this tournament (pictured above). As you know, I love big trophies.

To celebrate the joys of golf, we got out the clubs and practiced hitting and putting and generally playing with golf balls. Daddy also invented a Thomas golf game, which I then modified. In this game, each player has a Thomas engine (Daddy had Mavis and I had Percy) and they have to "drive" up the putting green and into the hole. The person whose train makes it into the hole in the fewest "strokes" (pushes) wins the hole. This is a pretty fun game.

Santa Cruz and a Day Out with Thomas

Here are some pictures form when Nainnie visited us. We went to Santa Cruz to hang out on the beach and then we went to "Day Out with Thomas" in nearby Felton. It was a great trip.

See the pictures here.

Let's Go Oakland

Lately, I've been obsessed with the Oakland A's. I like to see them in the newspaper. I like to watch them on TV. I like to look at my baseball cards. But, most of all, I like to go to the stadium to see them play. On Saturday, Daddy and I were watching an A's game, and I asked when we could go again. Daddy came up with a good idea---tomorrow. So off we went to see the A's play the Devil Rays. It was Eric Chavez backpack day, so I got a cool backpack in yellow and green with Eric Chavez's picture on it. I really like it.

The game was great. I had cotton candy and lemonade. I also led a lot of the cheers. I would start yelling "Let's go Oakland" and then clapping and soon our whole row was joining in the chant. The game was exciting too. After falling behind 1-0, Frank Thomas (aka "stick guy" since he uses a steel rebar to warm up in the on-beck circle) got a single. Then Eric Chavez hit a soaring home run to right. The A's added a run in the 8th and Huston Street closed out the 9th for a 3-1 win.

When we got home, we replayed the game with "balloon baseball". In this sport, the balloon is the ball and a piece of cardboard from a wrapping paper tube is the bat. It's a really fun game. I like to pretend to be sitck guy when batting and Danny Haren when pitching. My fascination with Danny Haren comes from a bobble-head I have of him. Apparently, the Oakland A's general manager, Billy Beane, was kind enough to send it to me.

Here are some photos of me in my A's gear as well as some wine country photos from Grammy's current visit. Click here to see.

Cards and the Art of Trash Talking

Well, not exactly trash talking, but there is a certain set of fun expressions that go with card playing. Sure, there are the usual expressions like deuce for 2 and lady for queen, but then there are some other expressions I like to use. Here are some:

"I've got a hand like a foot" when my hand is not especially good.

"I've got a dilemma" when I'm faced with a tough choice about which card to discard.

"It's time for the dreaded...x" when throwing down a card that's not especially high in rank.

Surprise Going Away Present

This morning I made a going away present for Nainnie. I like all my presents to be surprises, so I went through some measures to keep everything secret. First, I made her a colorful envelope out of construction paper, which I then decorated with stickers. Next, I made a card to go in the envelope. Rather than drawing pictures on the card, I wanted to express myself in words. I asked Daddy to come and help me by being my secretary while I dicated what I wanted to say. I wrote that I wanted Nainnie to have a very nice time and to get off her plane safely. Then I told her I loved her "really much". Finally, in a bt of deception, I wrote that the message was written by Thomas the Tank Engine. But, just in case she was really fooled, I signed it, "Love, Aidan."