Not An Elephant Please

Apparently on October 31st I am to dress up in a silly outfit in order to receive candy treats. Please let my mom know that I do not want to be an elephant. I would rather be something tough like a dragon. I cannot even make the sound that an elephant makes - who can anyway?? Go ahead, give it a try - I guarantee you'll sound ridiculous!

Why?!!!??!!

I was chillin' at daycare today when all of a sudden I get bitten. That's right, bitten right on the arm! The teacher sent home an ouch report that said "Thomas was sitting down playing with one of his friends when he got bitten." But I say what kind of friend bites his buddy? I don't know, but maybe he was just hungry or something because why on earth would anyone want to bite me?!!

New Words

I have really been working on developing my language skills lately. I am learning new words every day. The newest additions to my vocabulary are:
Hello, Apple, Elmo, and (drum roll please). . . "I did that" or "I do that." I have also been polishing my pronunciation of old words like bye-bye and all done.
That's right, I do that! Bye-bye :)

A Friendly Note About Comments

To all of my faithful readers out there:

I would really appreciate your comments on my blog. Sometimes I feel as if there are only 1 or 2 of you out there reading and it makes me feel kinda lame. If you want me to know that you are keeping up with The Daily Thomas, the best way is to leave me a comment now and again. I even made it easy by allowing readers to leave comments without becoming a member or signing in! So, let me know how popular I am and give me a friendly hello.

Thanks!

Here I sit, waiting for comments:

Balls

My grandma is pretty awesome because she bought me this cool Diego ball pit to play in. She doesn't realize it yet, but my favorite part of ball pits is getting to remove all of the balls by various means. I usually start by throwing them or rapidly swinging my arms to and fro, thus scattering the balls about the room.

My 1st Slumber Party!

Last night Nate spent the night at my house and we had a blast. He brought his own crib and we both slept in my room. I went to bed around 9:30 after playing vigorously for hours. Nate was still up and about but I just had to crash. I don't think that he came to bed until 10 or so, I think I heard him come into the room, but I just rolled over and went back to sleep. Here are some pictures from our fun times.


Nate's trying to rest his head on my lap and I'm like - no way dude!


Us playing on the deflated air mattress:


We watched some of our favorite TV shows in the morning.


Here I am tackling Nate. . . reclaiming my territory.


Here I am making silly faces:


Gotta go now, there's more fun to be had!

Not So Sure 'Bout This

We went to this place called the Apple Festival in nearby Murphysboro. I thought that it would be cool because for sure they would have some apples, some apple juice, perhaps a big apple pie. But then we got there and there weren't any apples, no apple juice, and no one offered me any pie. That should have been my first clue that I shouldn't ride the rides at this place. But I went against my better judgment and said, "Sure I'll go on the merry-go-round."


Well, it all started out okay as you can see in the picture above where I am looking fairly happy.
But then, as I was going round and round in circles I started noticing that some of those guys who work here at the festival didn't look too good. I mean, they had colored these pictures all over their arms (apparently called tattoos), they were smoking cigarettes, and their mom's must not have done a very good job of brushing their teeth because many of them had rotted or fallen out! If they can't even brush their teeth or keep their colors on the paper how are they gonna be putting carnival rides together? So here I am mulling this over:


And getting a bit more concerned about my safety:


And finally I say "Forget it Dad, get me off of here right this minute!"


Thankfully I made it home without incident or injury and to top it all off, my Mommy made me a fresh apple pie when we got home!

Sleepy Head

It is rare that I take a good nap at Grandma's house, but - let me tell you what . . . today was a good one. Here it is, belly and all for everyone to see.

A Day on the Lake

Here is a picture of me and my Grandpa on the boat. He always lets me help drive, which is a really big responsibility, but he trusts me. And I always know just the right time to blow the horn - ALWAYS!

Me and My Homey

Here's me and Nate chowing down on some burgers at Giant City Park. We had a nice hike in our backpacks being carried by our Daddies and then enjoyed a nice picnic by the playground.

Us enjoying a few drinks together.

Here we are showcasing our dancing skills. We usually get along pretty well except for when we fight over who gets to control the radio.

Mountain Climbing

I have finally mastered the ascent of the big green mountain at the park. Here is a video of me climbing. Keep in mind that the climb last night was particularly challenging because first of all it was dark out, and secondly I was wearing my slippery pants (these pants are good for a surprisingly fast slide ride, but bad for a surprisingly slippery mountain climb.)

Pretty sweet climb huh? It is awesome when I get to the top because there is the choice of 3 large regular slides or 1 tube slide that goes down all the way to ground level. Mom and Dad don't think that I am big enough for 2 of those slides yet, so I usually go down the tube slide. As you may have noticed in the video, my uncle Steve was waiting for me at the top so I thought that maybe I could get away with going down the "no-no" slide. But Dad caught on and stopped my fun. I do like the tube slide though, it is twirly and I go down it all by myself.

A "Fair" Time

On Saturday I went to this place called the "Fair." I am not sure why they call it the Fair because I think it was more like awesome! Here are some of my pictures.


Me and Mom on the Carousel



Me with Daddy and my new buddy Everett on the spinning apple ride. We were all banging on the wheel in front of us having a really good time.


A hug from Everett. I don't really like hugs from other kids but sometimes I will tolerate it.



Playing with my new football. Hut hut hike!



Me as Abraham Lincoln with Daddy and Gramps



I got to ride the Little Toot Railroad. I fit really well but Daddy got stuck in the train.



I went to this place called the petting zoo and got to pet all of these weird looking dogs. I didn't realize that dogs came in so many different shapes and colors. They were really hungry.



This one was has a bigger belly than me! What a pig!



Lemonade is delicious after a long hot day at the fair, yum.... Refill please! Sorry Everett, not sharing.