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liFe & tIMeS of AnDrew

Hi everybody!! I haven't written on my blog since January, and my grandparents are probably getting hungry for another blog entry from me.

I really like art. Mom, Forrest and I are having a good time doing things like painting, coloring and stuff. Forrest loves coloring and drawing. It seems like that's all he ever says anymore, "draw, draw, draw" he says it like a million times a day. Mom is always getting down the crayons for him. I prefer painting and playdough. When I do draw I love to draw galaxies. I like drawing spiral galaxies the most, and mom always says they look good. I like to use black and color space. Mom always encourages me to use other colors too. Black is my favorite though. Today I drew a red hot and yellow sun with black space. It was pretty cool.

Here's mom and me painting mountains, rivers and evergreen trees.

After a while, Forrest and I had more fun playing in the paint water. Mom actually let us for a while, which surprised me.

On Easter, Forrest and I didn't feel too good. Dad cheered us up by playing play dough with us. It was fun because we made food. Mom and Dad helped me make spaghetti and meatballs and a salad. I liked the salad we made (but not real salad, of course...Oh mom just said she would love that to happen!!)

Pretty tasty lookin' huh?

Ringing in 2008

I know I haven't updated my blog in a while. My new Christmas toys have kept me pretty busy. My favorites so far have been the toy trains, aquadoodle, and cars.

I'm really starting to get the hang of playing. I make up story lines and make my cars talk to each other. I like it when someone older joins in and plays with me. That way, I can get new ideas for plots. I mostly like it when Forrest plays, but sometimes he just takes the car or truck that I like the most, and that's annoying. But still, he is cute and makes me laugh a lot.

Mom keeps telling me that I'm growing up. The other day I came down the stairs when KASH was over visiting and asked, "Where's Josh?" Kate responded that he was at work. I nodded in understanding, then added,"Where's Jacob?" They all told me he was at his house and asked if I wanted to call him. Amy dialed and got Jacob on the phone for me. I was so excited. Here's how the phone call went:
Me: "Hi Jacob!"
Jacob: "Hi Andrew!"
Me: "Do you want to come over and play trains with me?"
Jacob: "Sure."
Me: "Okay, bye!"
Jacob: "Bye!"

Everyone thought it was so cool that I organized my own play date. I was pretty impressed too. I'm not shy on the phone like I used to be.

I'm pretty much talking all the time now. Like yesterday, I said, "Amy, will you please pass the cereal." And I told Mom, "I can't open the door. Please help me!"

It sure helps having so many people around, and hearing so many words all the time. It helps me think of more to say. But that's all I can think of right now. I'll write more later.

Bye!