Would you like a tour?

Good afternoon and welcome to the Robert G. Emens Train Museum of Northern California. You may take photographs, but please no food or drink while on the tour.
On the tour you will see the many sheds and bridges built for the trains on the Island of Sodor. This is a hands-on museum, but please refrain from knocking anything over. My baby sister kicked over a shed earlier and that was really annoying. I put a lot of hard work into the development of each project. For example, here is Henry's shed. This took me at least 5 minutes to build. I used to have my mom and dad help me, but now this is all my own handiwork.

I hope that you enjoyed the tour. Now it's time to work on the next exhibit.

Say AHHHHH!

I had a check up at the doctor today. Just for the record I'm doing excellent. I weigh 34 1/2 lbs and am 37 1/2 inches tall!

I didn't get any shots today because I have a cough. I hear that I have to go along at Carolyn's next appointment and get the shots then. Drats!

Go PATS!

Yesterday was a very special occasion. My dad and I went to go see the New England Patriots beat the 49's!
We had a blast at the game. The seats were far from the field, but we still had an excellent time.
We went to the game with some old friends and some new friends. Here I am with Kam and Chris.

Rite of passage

My parents took me on a special errand today. We went to go buy my first suit today. It is a tux to be exact. These photos don't do me justice, but believe me when I tell you that I'm going to be one snappy dresser for Aunt Whit's wedding!

Handyman

Mom said something about being impressed with my fine motor skills. I just know that I wanted to help put together furniture. It was fun to work with tools!

Giving it a try

I'm trying really hard to be good for my mom this week. I slip sometimes, but what can you expect from a rambunctious kid like me.

King of the jungle...

jungle gym that is...

Peek-a-Boo, I can't see you!

I know this hasn't been updated in awhile, but no worries. I don't feel ignored. We've all been super busy. I've been going to school a lot and my free time I've had many friends come over and play.

I love my new house. There are many things I like about living here. I like the upstairs living room (which is currently empty and a great place to run around). I also like the carpeted living room downstairs where I have a bunch of toys. I like that the house has stairs... carpeted stairs.
My favorite this is that the house is big, big, big, big! (that's a direct quote)

First day of school

Today is the start of a new year of school. I'm in the 3's class which offers so much more fun stuff to do. I'm in the Green group which is perfect since green is my favorite color. Each day I'll get plenty of free "exploration" and "discovery" time but I'll also get short lessons in science, math, phys. ed, language and "practical life skills." Sounds like a lot of fun!

A forced conversation

Sometimes, especially when climbing hot dunes in the blistering sun, a little boy doesn't feel like chatting.

Fun with my cousins

I've been lucky enough to have lots of time with family. What else is summer vacation for? First I saw my second cousins. Here we are all trying to pose for a group photos. From left to right is Cooper, me, Carolyn, Sophia, Abby and Brady.
And I got to see my favorite little buddy, Jack Magoun! Then almost as soon as we got back to California my aunt Terri and cousin Nina were here to visit. Nina and I had a blast! We swam a lot in the pool, played games, and did a little artwork. I'm a pretty lucky kid to have so many fun cousins in my family.

Things I did up north

Going up north gets more and more fun each year. Here is just a sample of things that I got to do while on vacation.

I got to drive the boat.

Sure the dune climb was fun, but I really had a blast chasing the seagulls.
I got to go on a train ride in Traverse City. Uncle Pete knows the conductor so we got an extra lap around the track.
I absolutely loved taking my friend Maya for walks. She's a good dog!
And I don't always need fancy entertainment. I had a blast playing in the rain and digging for treasure on the beach.

Gone Fishing

The first thing I wanted to do when I got up north was to go fishing. My parents don't quite understand my recent obsession and neither do I. But I definitely wanted to catch THE BIG ONE.
I've spent a lot of time the past few days trying out my casting technique, testing out the effectiveness of different types of bait and figuring this all out.
And all of my patience paid off. Look what I caught...

Huh?

Don't ask. I don't even know what I'm doing.

I WANT TO GO TO MICHIGAN!

So, here's why I bugged my mom so much last week about wanting to go to Michigan. There are some really cool things here... like my grandma who drives a convertible!
There are really long freight trains that you can see from a convertible.
And the convertible can take me to the best ice cream in town!

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).