Dinner with Michelle, Adam, and Baby Allison

This is Mommy's last week of afternoons off. So, she got lots of things done, like going to the eye doctor, dentist, and talking to the handyman and the folks at Home Depot about the windows. After she picked me up from the sitter's today, we met her teacher friend Michelle and baby Allison at the mall. We got Jamba Juice and read books at Barnes & Noble's while Michelle nursed, diapered and burped baby. Daddy met us there after work. Then Michelle's husband Adam met us there, and we all went to dinner at CPK. Even though we had to wait awhile for a table on a Friday night and was out past my bedtime, Mommy and Daddy said I did really good at dinner. I ate a lot of my mac-n-cheese, sat nicely in my booster seat (no more high chairs for me!) and played nicely with the crayons. It'll be fun when baby Allison is older and I can play with her too!

Our Last Zoo Concert

We went to our last zoo concert of the summer tonight. I had fun jumping all over Mommy and playing with bubbles. I didn't even want to go see the animals right away. Maybe it's because I know that Mommy is going to be working longer hours soon. I ate lots of poi and pizza crust for dinner. We ran into our friends, twins Jax and Vaughn. I ran everywhere with Nana, Pop, and Daddy. They all said that I was super active. It was a fun time!

Mommy played with me in the "hidey hole" (a big shady tree in the yard) at Nana's and Pop's this afternoon. Then, Daddy came to their house after work, and we stayed to eat dinner there. Mom had to go back to school for a meeting since she's the teacher representative on the PTO this year. Little did she know that her commitment to this committee would mean that one Tuesday a month, she's got to sit through this 2 hour meeting. She was not a happy camper when she came home at 9 pm to eat dinner.

The Trials of Potty Training

After a fun bathtime full of splashing and bubbles, I told Mommy that I wanted to go on the potty. Then, I instructed her to "pour it out" (into the big toilet). Then I sat back down, went a little more, and then told her to pour it out (I actually tried to pour it out myself, but she insisted that she would do it.). A few seconds later, I sat down again, and told Mommy "poopy" (although I was just kidding). Mommy probably thought, "Enough already! Can't you go all at once?"

What Do Animals Do?

Mommy and I had intellectual discussions about animals at dinner tonight:

Mommy: "What does a penguin do?"

Me: "Waddle, waddle."

Mommy: "What does a horse do?"

Me: "Neigh, neigh."

Mommy: "What does a rabbit do?"

Me: "Hop, hop."

A few minutes later.....

Me: "A chicken lays eggs?"

Me & Mommy: "YES!" (actually a long "Yesssssss")

Mommy: "Chase lays eggs?"

Me: "Noooooo!"

Me: "Chase lays poopy in diaper."

Manoa Bon Dance

We went to Manoa Bon Dance for a couple of hours. Mommy really wanted to go last night for the children's lantern parade, but the weather was better tonight. So, we ate teri burgers, yakisoba, bento, and andagi (warm Japanese doughnuts). Mommy bought me taiko drumsticks, which I used to drum on the telephone poles and walls on the walk back to the car. We ran into some friends and enjoyed the lanterns, music, drumming, and watching people dance.

I fell asleep on the way home. Mommy said she even had to brush my teeth while I was asleep. She went to pick up my books in the bathtub, and suddenly I woke up and said, "No books out!" Guess I surprised her! So, I got to have a fun bath and then went straight to bed.

Hanging Out With Baby Allison

Mommy said she had a great yoga class this morning, with a record number of 53 people in class! She brought home another recyclable bag and water bottle, since the studio is celebrating its 14th anniversary. I hung out with Dad and Nana and Pop while she went to meet her teacher friends at Ala Moana Shopping Center. Her friend Emily has moved to Virginia and came back for a week to visit. They got to see Michelle's 2 month old baby Allison. But, when Daddy and I showed up to meet Mom, I wasn't too impressed. In

fact, I gave them the cold shoulder and didn't want to say hi at all. Mommy says I've been that way with all unfamiliar people lately. I had fun sizing up my feet for shoes in Nordstrom's and watching the fish in the aquarium! We didn't stay for long because we were soon off to the bon dance in Manoa!