Barbara got up at 6:15am hoping that she could get a meatloaf made before I woke up..... think again, auntie.  I was up at 6:30!  The first words out of my mouth were tell me a story about Izzy!    Poor Barbara.  But you know what:  She loves me anyway. 

Mommy and I played while Barbara mix up the meatloaf and put in the the refrigerator to set up.  I continued to want Izzy stories until Mommy told me PaPa was coming sometime today to work and play with me.  That got my mind off pirates!

Barbara read that a successful day of childcare is if no one goes hungry or get hurt..... she is glad to know that is all it takes. 

Before PaPa got here I had on my cowboy hat and boots, but as soon as I knew he was almost here, I changed to tennis shoes so I could help him work.   PaPa and I worked in the yard and boy did I love that.  I did everything he did.  I did everything he asked me to do.  I love playing at being a man.   PaPa had fun too.  He wants me to come see him tomorrow and spend the night.  I told him I would ask Mommy if we could do that.

In this picture I was playing fireman, with my old and new firetrucks and the firestation.  See my new fireman's helmet on a nearby stool.

A cute thing I said: I was on the sofa pretending to be a cowboy waking up.  I stretched and said "Ah, this is so much better than waking up with the cows."  I crack everybody up when I come up with things like that.

It is too complicated to explain how I have wanted to hear stories about Izzy, a good pirate.  But I have been a challenge for the past two days with my interest in hearing those stories.  It's too hard to explain.  Barbara hopes it is a very short lived interest of mine.  I guess she just makes up such interesting stories I want to hear them over and over, again and again............................

Hudson, Harper, Landry, and Beckett helped Derek ask Lily to marry him.  I saw the picture on Facebook and knew who all the people were.