My First Real Easter

Last year, I was just a baby so I didn't do very much for Easter. I just sat around and played with plastic eggs. This year I got to do a lot of stuff. Yesterday, I helped Mommy and Daddy color some eggs. The only part that I didn't like was that there was no candy in the eggs we colored. Why didn't Mommy put some candy in there? I was trying to lift my self up to watch the eggs better. This is my "straining" face.

We went to church and I got wear a nice dress. Uncle Tim and Aunt Cindy gave me this dress. Don't I look cute?

I must look cute, because everyone likes to take pictures with me!



My favorite part about Easter is looking for eggs. I found out that the Easter bunny comes to my house and hides our colored no-candy eggs. He even hides some plastic eggs with candy. That is what I like! I also looked for eggs at the tennis court and Gram and Poppy's house. That bunny sure likes to hide eggs. It is a lot of fun to look for them too!

The Easter bunny also gave me some presents! I got a big Magna-Doodle to go with the little one that I have. I got a new lunchbag. And I got some new bowls and plates too.

I learned a lot about Easter this year. I just want to know what happened to all the candy in the eggs last year. There was no candy when they let me play with the eggs. Where did all of the candy go? I think Daddy ate it. Well, this year I can keep an eye out for the candy myself. I hope that everyone had a Happy Easter.

Love, Riley.

Happy Easter!

I just wanted to say Happy Easter to everyone! I have had a pretty exciting Easter weekend that I will tell you about later. Enjoy your eggs and candy everybody!

Interview with a Toddler II

So here is another part of the video that Daddy took. I still wouldn't sit there and talk to him but he tricked me into saying some stuff. I just wanted to push my babies around in the stroller. You can also see my dog, "gig-gee" (Wrigley)in this video.

Interview with a Toddler

Daddy tried to get me to sit down for an interview to show people how much I'm talking now. He even put out my little chair. But did I sit still and talk to him? No way! I was too fired up after watching some TV. Plus there was a bottle of hand santizer. I really like that stuff. I just couldn't sit still and talk to him. (Daddy had to edit it for the highlights. He'll try to post more of if it later.)

Spring Break Vacation

Mommy and Daddy went on a trip without me this week. They went to some "washing" place (Washington, DC). I guess they had a lot of laundry or dishes or something. I was getting packed up to go. But one morning I woke up and they had left without me! Lucky for me, Grandma came down to stay with me and Wrigley. So we weren't by ourselves.

We had fun. We read books and took a lot of walks. I even got Grandma watching Handy Manny. He is one of my favorite shows. And Grandpa came down for a couple of days too. I liked visiting with them. One night we went to Gram and Poppy's house for dinner. I like to go there and look for the kitty. I like the kitty.

It seemed like Mommy and Daddy were gone for a long time. It was good that I had everyone taking care of me. I was excited to see them when they got back home though. They promised me that I get to go with them on summer vacation.

Did you know...

...that I'm 18 months old now? Wow! I don't feel a day over 15 months. It's crazy how time flies. I went to the doctor today for my 18 month check up. Everything was good except that I have an ear infection again. I got some new medicine so hopefully that will get rid of it. I'm up to 31 inches and 24 pounds now. I'm a good eater and I make sure that Mommy and Daddy don't cheat me out of any meals so I can keep growing.

The bad part about being 18 months is that Daddy is making me help out more around the house. You would think that he could at least give me a broom that is my size. Jeez.

The good part is that I am half-way to another birthday! I'm ready to open some presents right now. I think that I'm going to ask for a kitty, a TV in my crib, and my own cell phone for my birthday.

PS - Do you like my Easter bunny rabbit ears? Mommy got me these to get ready for Easter. This year, I'm going to look for eggs. I'm excited!

Me and My Books

I may not be able to read but I sure do like to look at books. For my birthday and Christmas, people gave me a lot of books. I like to turn the pages when Mommy and Daddy read books to me but sometimes they are reading too slow and I can't wait so I just turn the page. They try to read books from the front to the back but I don't see what is wrong with starting in the middle and then turning to other pages.




I like turning the pages and trying to say what's on each page. I also ask "whasat?" a lot to find out what some of the pictures are. There is a lot of stuff to learn from books. I have some good books that have things to touch in them. Like fur and feathers and stuff. I also have books that teach me about animals and colors. I have books with pages that fold out and this book here in the picture has baby animals that you put in their beds.

I have some books about Christmas and Easter and Halloween too. I have a lot of them so Daddy made a shelf for me to store all of my books. It is nice to have them all in one place that I can easily reach. It is much more fun to take them out than then to put them back you know. You can see that it is a pretty nice shelf and there is room for even more books.