"Mine!"

I love spending my Tuesdays and Thursdays at Nana's and Popsicle's, so I'm lucky that this week I get to spend every day with them since my sitter, "Auntie Susie," is on vacation.  I love going on the morning walk with them up the hill.  In Hawai'i, you either live on a mountain, in a valley, or near the ocean.  My family keeps me trim by making me walk up hills since we all live up mountains.  During our walks, I love visiting all the neighborhood dogs, looking for cats, and checking out the cool mailboxes and water fountains along the way.  But, today, Popsicle took me for a walk and I just wasn't interested in anything.  I didn't want to walk on my own, I didn't want to take a nap on his shoulder, and I didn't want to talk to any neighbors.  

It's probably because I'm fighting another cold again.  Funny, how every time I have a break from Auntie Susie's, I'm just sick.  Well, at least this time, I don't mind Mommy wiping my nose so much.  If I start to feel my nose running, I just point to it and tell her "Nose", and she comes over and wipes it for me.  I better watch out.  She might start having me do it myself.

And, let me tell you, I was all about having things to myself today.  If I were building block towers and Nana wanted to help or see what I was doing, I would just push her hand away and say "Mine!".  If she tried to see the block or toy, I turned my shoulder away and said, "Mine!"  Then, I quickly started giving all the blocks to Mommy for safekeeping because I didn't want Nana to get to them.  Don't these people know that these are all MY toys?  Only I say when and where THEY can play with them.  Geez....the nerve.

I DID have fun playing ball with Nana in the house though.  They have this big exercise ball, and Nana was trying to roll it and chase me around the house.  I kept running away, laughing, because I didn't want the ball to catch me!  But, if it did catch me, I liked trying to roll on my tummy over the top of the ball and also sitting on top of the ball so that I could bounce like crazy.  

Mommy thought for sure I would nap this afternoon since I played so hard at Nana's and Popsicle's.  But, nope, I had tons more energy to play before dinner once we were at home.  Mommy and I sang "Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" during dinner.  During bathtime, I had more fun drumming the little bottles from REI on the tub and trying to balance them on the water spout.  I'm really into balancing objects and building towers right now.  

Mommy and Daddy can't believe I have another cold, as my congestion is worse tonight.  I'm starting to have a cough, so I may not be in such an energetic mood tomorrow.