dear daddy.day four

july 21, 2011

dear daddy,

i had breakfast with poppie this morning before he went to work. just me and poppie at the kitchen counter. he fixed me cereal. no one else was awake yet. i cried when he went to work.

mommy told us that we were going to get to play with some friends today. i didn't know it was going to be so much fun! mrs. ashley, grant, and lydia came to play. mommy said she used to live with mrs. ashley at clemson and she said those were some of the best years of her life. i believe her because they talked the whole time they were together like they'd known each other for years!

grey and grant were pretty silly. they had their share of moments but the sure did play hard together.

we went swimming today. grey and ms. april got to spend time together again and i was so tired of them having so much fun i screamed and cried in the pool. mommy had to give me a snack to calm me down. then i tried to scale the fence just for fun. all i wanted to do was swim holding grey's hand. they finally let me towards the end. then i smiled really big. i love grey most of the time.

i watched grey swim the LENGTH of the junior olympic size swimming pool today with just his swimming belt. he was swimming so much i couldn't keep up with him. he's really brave. he tried to show me how to reach really far with my arms and kick really hard. i know how to kick hard and float on my back. since he was swimming like a fish, i decided to throw my car from the side of the pool and jump in to get it over and over again. 

we all came home, ate lunch, and chased each other around poppie and marmie's house. i had to take a nap after that. i have a sneaky suspicion grey and grant got to stay up and watch peter pan without me and lydia. and i'm pretty sure they practiced balancing balls on their feet.

we got to play some more with grant and lydia. i tried not to tackle them too much. not everybody likes to be tackled you know. at least that's what mommy tells me. i never cooperate with mommy when she wants to take a picture. but i let her get me in at least ONE just to satisfy her for a few days. {don't tell her, but it's not a very good picture}

i was sad when mrs. ashley, grant, and lydia had to leave. we had so much fun with them! i think we'll get to see them soon though. mommy told me you are great friends with their daddy, mr. seth. you need to call him so we can all play again soon.

i found a penny yesterday and i want to carry it with me everywhere in my little hand. it's kind of like those little fishies i found at the beach. i cried when they would fall out. but marmie found an easter egg for me to keep it in so i know where it is when it's not in my hand. she's such a good marmie, always thinking.

i told mommy "no!" today and got a spanking. it hurt but i think i'm learning it's not okay to tell mommy "no."

i can make mommy laugh so hard. all i do is repeat everything she says and make cute faces at her. i don't know why she laughs so much at me.

i tried to poo poo in the potty so i could get marshmallows on sticks today. i didn't succeed once. mommy thinks it's great that i'm trying. she said she's going to start letting me wear big boy underwear when we get home because i'm doing such a great job!

grey let me sit in the chair with him for about 10 minutes. it made me happier than ever!

well i think that's all i wanted to tell you daddy.

i love you,

tuck man