Artistic Expression

I'm really into painting these days. It's a lot of fun and I'm having a good time coming up with different "subjects." Here's an abstract painting where I was just playing with colors.
This is my painting of a rainbow.
And this painting is a scene from "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" which is one of my favorite DVDs.

Now, off to create some more masterpieces.

When I grow up

Today's subject at preschool was "All About Me." I decided that when I grow up I want to be a race car driver and a fireman.

Too exciting for words!!

Trendsetter

Of course I'm doing this on purpose.

All By Myself

Now that I'm 3 I insist on doing many things all by myself. For example, I got myself dressed.
What? Is something wrong with the outfit that I picked out?


(in case you can't see, the shorts on on backwards too).

Getting an early start

Did you hear the news? I've already started packing up my trains (mom's having a hard time posting more photos).

Daredevil

SO MUCH FUN!!

A jumping good time

This morning I headed back to preschool for a month-long orientation. I'm so relieved to go back to school and have so much fun. And if that wasn't excitement enough, afterwards my mom took me to this place called Sky High Sports which is nothing by endless trampolines to jump on. It was a total blast!!

Show me those pearly whites

Some big things happen when a kid turns 3. For example, I went to the dentist for the first time today. A very nice lady named April cleaned my teeth while I watched a TV that was in the ceiling. How cool is that? And then I met Dr. Maria who was very nice and she said I had very nice teeth!
Additional notes from Robby's mom:
First of all, I've heard that some pediatric dentists will say that your child should be seen as soon as they cut their first tooth. HA! This visit was not cheap ($195) so you can bet that I wouldn't drag an infant in for a check up unless I thought something really needed attention. Anyway, I have a good friend who is a pediatric dentist and she agreed that 3 is a good age to start regular dental exams.

Robby did great today. He was a little tense, but there was no whining or crying. As you can see in the photo that he looks like he'd had a lobotomy. I think it was just a combination of nerves and being entranced by the fact that he could watch a Mickey Mouse cartoon on the ceiling. Boy things have gotten fancy since I was a kid at the dentist!

It turns out that our water does not have fluoride. General Jack D. Ripper would be so relieved (and if you don't know what I'm talking about then you should run out and rent Dr. Strangelove - great flick). Anyway, now I will take the advice of the dentist and give Robby some fluoride drops even though this requires a prescription.

The general report was that Robby's teeth are in excellent shape and that he seems to have good teeth due to genetics and good oral hygiene (that makes me proud too!). I think this is also reflective of the fact that Robby doesn't drink juice and we don't give him many chances to eat candy and other sugary junk.

Olympic Trials

With the Summer Olympics just weeks away we've been doing some intense training. Our Monkey Toss technique is almost perfected. I need to start off with the proper form and dad has to make sure he's got the right height and speed for the toss.
The launch needs just the right amount of force...
I need to maintain my form...
And I stick the perfect landing! Next stop Beijing.

Slugger

We've been watching a lot of baseball these days (the Sox/Yankees series) and so I headed out to the back yard for a little batting practice all on my own. It's a HOME RUN!
(note from Robby's mom: Rob and I were in the living room and watched Robby head out to the yard to do this all on his own. It was one of those cool moments when you get to watch your kid while they don't realize they are being observed.)

what's this?

We had a lot of rain and thunderstorms while we were in Boston. I'm not used to this considering we won't see rain in California for months. I wish it would rain because I like playing with umbrellas and stomping in mud puddles.

The neverending birthday

I've had so many birthday celebrations that I can't even count that high. Let me try to tell you a little bit about what has been going on.

Sunday was my real official birthday party with the big cake and everything. Isn't this Thomas cake the coolest? I was also lucky enough to share my birthday party with Nana since the party was on her actual birthday.
By now I'm an expert at blowing out candles.
I'm also a professional cake eater too. Here I am devouring the best part of the Thomas cake - the face.
My parents got me this t-shirt to wear on my birthday.
On my actual birthday (last Friday) I had a couple of present to open even though I've already been spoiled with tons of other stuff. This is a really cool train mat that I picked out and asked for.
Saturday was another impromptu party for me. Mrs. Taylor made me cupcakes and they were delicious. Thanks to everyone for making me feel like such a special kid.

Train rides

All trains, all the time folks! Last week one of the highlights of vacation was getting to go on a train ride. To be specific we were on the T, which is kind of more like a trolley, but still it is a mode of transportation that involves rails so that's a train in my book. Two different days we went on rides and it was pretty fun. I got to sit in my own seat too.
One day my mom tried to take me to a puppet show, but the tickets were all sold out. In my honest opinion, the train ride was the most fun anyway. Since the show didn't work out we grabbed some breakfast and headed home. Hanging out in the train shed to avoid the rain was pretty cool.