Show and Tell by Denny Lynn

Since Holly was having Show and Tell at her school, we had Show and Tell at our school, too! I was very excited. I finally decided I wanted to take the dinosaur sandwich cutter. (this is a blue plastic cookie cutter that cuts a sandwich into two dinosaur shapes) Since I like peanut butter and jelly dinosaurs, I decided to make some for everyone. First you spread the jelly on one piece of bread and the peanut butter on another.

Then you fold it together - here I learned a life lesson, in this picture I "folded" it the wrong way and the peanut butter side is stuck to my hand.

Once it is together - with the peanut butter and jelly on the inside - you place the dinosaur cutter on sandwich and push.

This gives you two dinosaurs at a time. (Some of them come out better than others, but I promise that is a dinosaur!)

We made six dinosaurs to share with everyone and bagged them up.

Then we made one whole sandwich to take for the showign and telling of how to cut the dinosaurs. I took everything to school today and did a great job! Most three year olds would be happy to Show and Tell their Teddy, but I have a 4-H Mama and I had to practice and everything! It was fun and I can't wait for another Show and Tell - I even ate 4 dinosaurs!!

Show and Tell by John Lee

It is my very first Show and Tell! We had to take something to show at school today. Mama asked me what I wanted to take for Show and Tell and I answered Caillou. Mama said, "Your new Caillou movie" and I said "Yes!" Then I sang the song..Caillou...Caillou. Today I sang the song for my friends and we watched the first episode on my DVD. I am an excellent Show and Teller!  

The Sticker Board by Denny Lynn

We get lots of stickers. They come as gifts, in kids meals, goody bags, etc. I like to put them everywhere, but mostly on me! Mama saw in a magazine the idea of making a sticker board so that when we get stickers, they can all go there. We fixed it up to go in the playroom. First, we found all the letters to spell out "Denny and John's Sticker Board" and I put them on.  

Then we took it in the playroom and John and I got to put on some stickers. John used Elmo stickers from Valentine's Day.

I put on some Toy Story stickers.

We even kind of figured out how to work together (or at least at the same time!) to put the stickers on. It was a fun project and I think we will get lots of use out of it! Bring on the stickers!

Our Homework by Denny Lynn

Last weekend we got homework! We had to count things in our house - windows, keyholes, water faucets, etc. I ran all over the house counting. Once we counted something, Mama would help me write it on my homework paper.  

I like counting the forks, because we could bring them all to one place and count!

The final box was to count something of our own choice. I started to count Teddies, but there weren't many of those. Mama suggested we count trains (Mama is still learning, too). We counted 80 trains in variuos forms. I like counting and I am going to keep practicing!

Delivering Rose by Denny Lynn

Holly's Grandma Kathy gave her a turtle. Her name is Rose and she is a really neat turtle. Since we are sure the dogs would eat it, and Holly doesn't have a turtle pen, they asked if we would take Rose to Uncle Rex's house to live with the other turtles. So, we picked Rose up and took her to her new home. 

We were glad to see Emerick and Etienne were there. Etienne checked out the turtles with us. We counted (it was easy since Kristian and Kyle had numbered them!) With the addition of Rose there are 17 turtles!

Rose really liked her new home and she went right up to the other turtles. Holly painted a red flower and her name on her shell so that when she comes to visit she will be able to find her Rose! I am ready for a field trip to take Holly for a visit!

School-Shmool by John Lee

I firmly believe this whole school idea is overrated. Why can't a guy just stay home and play in the ball pit. It is a source of much frustration to have my ordinary morning interupted with photos!

I like my backpack - and I really like my Thomas shoes - but I am not so sure about devoting all this time to education.

Maybe I will just live with Mama and Daddy for the rest of my life. Who knows - I could be anything - whatever it is, I hope it involves a ballpit...

...or a cowboy hat!

Whatever it is - I will make it interesting!

School for Me! by Denny Lynn

Holly officially started kindergarten on Thursday! That means we are now part of Ms Darcy's preschool. I packed oranges in my lunch box to take to share.

I finally got to wear my new Thomas shirt (that Mama went to three stores to find) and the cool Thomas shoes she found for me! With my backpack, lunchbox and of course Teddy, I am ready to learn!

I hugged John as if I was really off to school without him, but in the end he came, too.

Since Holly's school is close to my house, Ms Darcy brought the "school bus" to pick us up! I loaded up for an exciting day!

Experimenting with Daddy by Denny Lynn

Daddy had to test some feed types for a research project, and John and I got to help! We had to number cups, measure ingredients and compare the results! It was every exciting and I am a good helper!

I like the measuring part best!

John liked the sticking his finger in everything, banging cups together part best.

I also helped add oil and pour out samples, but this is where John lost interest and Mama had to go take care of him, so that is all the pictures. It was fun to do a special project with my Daddy!

Gamers Galore! by Denny Lynn

We like to play games! Sometimes John and I have a hard time taking turns, so games are good practice. Aunt Judy gave John a great John Deere game. It has tractor pieces and you pull cards from the board. The goal is to get 5 apples and get back to your spot. If you get a racoon, you have to give an apply back. The other John Deere vehicles give you an extra turn.

John likes putting the cards in and out. Me and Mama help him move his tractor. He is the orange one or the red one. I am the blue one! 

He does pretty good for one game. After that he is kind of distracted! 

Sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. I like to do the happy dance if I win, but I think you should keep playing until everyone has a turn to win!

Sometimes we play memory/matching, too. This one is Dr Seuss that I got for my birthday. I am really good at matching the cards.

John likes to watch and sometimes play - he really likes to steal the cards so that the rest of us can't make matches!

We have so much fun playing games and hanging out together - everyone is invited to join us!

No Time to Sleep by John Lee

So, after church on Sunday we went grocery shopping. Then, for a treat we got McDonalds! I love fries - when ever I see anything that vaguely resembles a McDonalds or Sonic bag, I start reaching and saying "fries, fries". I was so tired after shopping I actually fell asleep in the middle of my french fry! I just need more time for food and fun!

Bed Trials by John Lee

This how you sleep when you throw a fit and take everything out of your bed, simply because  you don't want to be in it! 

Mama decided that maybe it would help to be in a big boy bed, so we converted my crib into a toddler bed.

I like it pretty good - I like it better without the bed rail, but I am willing to work with it! I am growing up so fast and I can't wait to be a big boy!

How Does Your Garden Grow by Denny Lynn

So all my sproutlets pretty much curled up and died due to the heat. Luckily, my watermelons from last year came back. Daddy says we can't pick them until they are bigger, but I have four so far and new blooms everyday! I will be excited to share them!

Crazy for School Supplies by Denny Lynn

Holly is off to Kindergarten this year, so Ms Darcy made us a school supply list so we can have our own school! While we were shopping for my school supplies, we got some for another kid. We got a name from the Caring Bus of a little boy who needed help getting ready for school. He is going to be in Kindergarten like Holly! I picked out a Toy Story backpack for me and one for our kindergartener.

There was lots of stuff to choose from - and we found great stuff! I even got to help pay with a shopping card.

We got all this neat stuff for our little friend. Sometimes people need help and we are very lucky, so we could share.

I loaded all of it up in his new backpack and Mama dropped it off at the Salvation Army.

Here are the supplies we got for me and John. I hope Ms. Darcy is willing to pack my lunch in my new Mystery Machine lunch box! I have already requested to learn about trains at my school! I will miss Holly, but I can't wait to be the Boys Club again with Patrick, Eli, John and CJ!

Happy Birthday, Grandma by Denny Lynn

In honor of Grandma's 60th Birthday we got to plan a party! I was very helpful! My favorite job was putting stickers on the favors - I helped put candy in, too. You had to watch very closely, because occasionally you would hear John say "candy" followed by the sound of small candy pieces hitting the table - then you would have to fill it again!  

Teddy and I got her a card with a teddy bear on the front. I signed my name (with a little help) and Mama signed for Teddy.

We made a timeline for Grandma with all the decades and a couple of pictures for each one. Ms. Darcy helped cut the numbers with her Criket - helped cut the ribbon while Mama did the glueing.

The cake was red, white and blue (like everything else) and yummy!

We had cupcakes and of course Ma's famous cookies!

Here is the final product on the favors - we had M&Ms, jelly beans and rock candy.

John made Grandma a photo album with 60 pictures of him in it. I made her a CD with 60 songs - all sung by me and Teddy. It is important to note that Teddy doesn't sing! We did Old MacDonald with a lot of animals, itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle little star and of course Happy Birthday and Jesus Loves Me!

The party was great fun! There were extra balloons that I liked playing with!

We had three kinds of punch (red, white and blue again!) but my favorite was the blue.

Etienne brought along some bubbles and we had a good ole cousin time with those!

I got to help light the candles on Grandma's cake and lead the singing so she could blow them out.

We took some pictures, too (imagine that). No matter what the picture was for, I was pretty sure I was suppose to be in it!

Grandma tried to talk me out of some of them, but it didn't work!

I do belong in this one! It was a great party and I am glad I was able to share the special day with Grandma!