Basketball Star

Yeah, that's right, I said basketball star. Every Tuesday at school I go to basketball and learn really cool stuff with my teacher Ms. Olivia. We just had our first performance to show all our mommies and daddies all the tricks we can do. We went through our whole routine - about 35 minutes - and then...wait for it...we got TROPHIES!!!

Here's me doing a 2-handed dribble:

...and bouncing off my knee (here I come Harlem Globetrotters)

And me with my TROPHY!

And here are my pals from school. Are we cute or what?

I was so excited I carried my trophy around for a week. I really wanted to take it to bed with me but Mommy thought that might be dangerous. I DID get to take it to Show and Tell at school though!

Be watching for my next move - spinning the ball on my finger!
Later -

Collin

Cinders and Ashes!

Hi Everyone,

Mommy & Daddy surprised me by taking me to see the REAL Thomas the Train...toot toot! We took a really long drive to some place called Fayetteville and saw him. I was so excited. Here's a picture of me and Daddy at the show:

Don't I look excited to be there?

For some reason, they wouldn't let Mommy take pictures during the show, but we had a really good time. Thomas, Percy, and Diesel were all there...and so was Sir Topham Hatt! We toot-toot'ed, clapped, sang, and helped Thomas save the day. At the end, they shot confetti and balloons WAAAY up in the air. I brought some confetti home as a souvenir.

You know what was even cooler? They had a real train outside the place where we saw Thomas. Daddy said it was really a bank so we couldn't go in, but we did take some pictures of me climbing on the steps.

So...as Thomas would say..."I'm a really useful engine!" So long everybody!
Collin