I think I could start my own celebrity cooking show.  I mean, who wouldn’t want to see me making some yummy banana bread while wearing my green Benjamin apron and chef hat?  Daddy and I worked on the pilot episode last weekend.

First, the dry ingredients.  Cinnamon!  Yummy!

Then the bananas… peel and place.

Then the mixer.  Power tools are how I draw in the daddy demographic.  See how I can do this all by myself?  Daddy doesn’t even look worried!

I make sure to taste as I go along so that I know things are just right.  Mmmm….  tastes good!

Now we mix the dry and wet ingredients together.  Careful not to spill!

Here, I go with the spatula for mixing.  The ladies swoon at my display of muscle!

Then my assistant takes care of greasing the pan.  This is how I let people know who is in charge.

Then we just pour in the batter.  What could be easier?

Then it’s just time to clean up and wait until it’s all done.  Ummm… Dad?  We’re dropping this part from the final cut, right?

Tune in next time for… Chocolate Ice Cream! …  Please Daddy?

My buddy Shannon and I have moved up to the Otter Room at BCC.

They have lots of new toys and activities like this two story climbing tower!  The Otter room is going to be fun!

Well, Trader Joe’s is a fun as ever!  Not only do I get to help with the shopping by pushing the small shopping cart, I get to help unload the carts, too.  Watch!

I got to help Mommy make some chocolate chip zucchini muffins the other day.  I got to spoon all the batter into the muffin cups.  Talk about hard work!  But I did a good job and barely spilled any.  Which was really good, because that means more muffins!  And when they have chocolate in them, you don’t want to mess around!

Recently, I put my street sweeping abilities to the test.  I swept up all the stuff lying around in the house, and dumped it all into the back of my sweeper.  Boy was this a lot of work!

We went to the Sonoma County Fair yesterday, and I got to go on the BIG ferris wheel with Daddy.

You go really high up on the big ferris wheel, and you can see everything from up there.

After the excitement, it was time to rustle up some grub.  Daddy found some yummy french fries.

M&D promised me some ice cream after dinner, and boy did they come through!  I got a big cup of chocolate – with a cone!

While we were there, we saw a parade that had horses, and black and white spotted dog, and dinosaurs!  We also saw some sheep, cows, and a puppet show.

On the way out, we took a tractor-pulled wagon ride in the parking lot.  I think that was the most fun of the whole day!

Last week, Avery and her Mommy and Daddy came to visit.  It started with a pickup at the airport.

It wasn’t long before I was giving rides on my trike to my cuz’.

The next day, we went to see the big trees.

Yep.  They’re still really big.  We had fun collecting sticks.

On Saturday, I took Avery to my favorite park where you can feed the ducks.  We found out they like bread better than lettuce… just like us!

After that I got to try out a REAL power digger.  With this one, you pull the levers to move the scooper from side to side and up and down, and there’s one to open and close it, too!

And after that it was time for a ride on the train, and then one on the merry-go-round.

Wow, was that a fun day!

On Sunday, Uncle John and Aunt Heather took us to a castle!  It had a moat, drawbridge, and what Daddy says is called a “portcullis”, which is a really spiky looking front door.  Boy could you see a long way from the top of the castle.

After the castle, it was time for a ride to the park.  I went in front so that Avery could follow me because I knew the way.

We mostly went on the slides and bars at the park.

I turns out is is really fun to slide right into the wood chips.  The bigger the pile, the better!

After we were done at the park, we got a tow back home up the hill.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thanks for coming to visit guys!  I had a really fun time!  Come back any time!

Digging with a bucket and shovel is so yesterday!

Brush Creek park has REAL diggers.  Watch me dig!

We went to Liz and Derek’s for a Fourth of July BBQ, and they have a Bocce court at their park!  I have to say, the adults were having a hard time sharing their Bocce balls, even when they were just lying around like they weren’t using them.  Derek says they were playing a style called “Old Italian Rules”. But I have an idea….Maybe next time, we can bring some extra balls and I can plan on the adjacent court with a style called “Three-year old Rules”.

Liz tried to give me some pointers, but the best way to learn is to try it yourself!

I also got to sit in Liz and Derek’s motorcycle sidecar….with a nice stuffed animal that everyone else calls an “Angry Bird”. But if you ask me, I call it a ‘mad chick’!

Normally I don’t allow access to a piece until its completion, but here’s a sneak peak at my creative process!