Have I Mentioned The Love?

Tea Party love, that is. I know I have featured a few shots of tea parties.

But, seriously. This is adorable. She usually invites a few select "friends".

This time, invitations were sent via "bear post." Hopefully there will be many more such tea parties in our future.

"My Own Woof"

Well, I finally wore Mama and Dada down. We have a little white dog.
Just exactly like the one I had been describing for 6 months. She fits all the criteria. And when we got her, she even had a pink bow in her hear and a pink kerchief, too. She is my very own and she likes to hold my hand. Isn't she cute?! She is my very favorite color: White.
Her name is CHICKPEA.
We're all great friends. This was the best Christmas gift ever! And one more neat thing: she and I are only 2 days apart in age. It was meant to be. We're already working on tricks together. She can "sit", "down" (though she isn't a fan of that one), "shake" and "go to your spot". Mama says she can't manage to homeschool her and that she'll need to go to doggie school in a few weeks to "smoothe out the rough edges", whatever that means. We have big plans for Chickpea--I want to teach her how to fetch, jump through hoops and play hide and seek. Yay!

Current Projects

Making maps and racecar tracks and towers (all in one.) Boy oh Boy are we into maps!
Entertaining Eleanor while taking the "wait and see" approach.
H Cooking in the kitchen with mama.

A Few Christmas Highllights

A Christmas Pageant. Directed by cousin Alex (I'm playing the part of Mary)

Lots and lots of gifts to open.

A special first Christmas in our new house.

Merry Christmas!

Posing in my Christmas dress. Thank you, Nana!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Winter Wonderland

Our first Minneapolis winter.

And can I just say: BRRRRRRRRRR! Even before the snow fell it was cold.

But, we always find a way to have fun!

Thanksgiving Collage

Can't get enough of those collages? Well, here's another for your viewing pleasure.

We had a great time in New York City--the city where both Dada and I were born! We miss and love you all!

Same Dress--Different Uncles

Plus and Aunt and a Great Grandpa! What a handsome lot--Oh, my!

Fun with Friends

One of the best things about living here is our neighbors!

Built-in playmates are great! Karaoke, anyone?

Here's the gang!

All Hollow's Eve

OK. Let's get into the way-back machine and think about Halloween. This year, I was a bunny (see my bushy tail?) Check out the ghoulish cupcakes we made!

Our Trip to the Orchard

Apple picking in the Fall is a Gonsalves family tradition by now!

Check out the livestock: we fed sheep and

my first pony ride! Giddy up!

Fall Fun

Digging in the garden with friends is always fun!

We have lots of squirrel visitors! (Even though Mama took this picture on our vacation, still....)

Big Bossom News!

Here's our cousin Braidon (Mama says he's "delish")

Here's Aunt Malissa. She's delish, too! (You, too, Brit!)

Cousin Braidon is going to be a big brother! Congrats!

Braidon came for a visit. He likes to clean and tidy as you can see.

It's a Party!

My Great-Grandpa had a birthday last summer, too. We all gathered to celebrate!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

More Summer Fun!

Well, while we were waiting to close on our house (and believe me, I saw Mama bitin' her nails more than once,) we stayed with Mimi and Papa. Dada was already in Minneapolis working. We missed him, but did we ever have fun there. It was a few weeks full of mud-pies, sidewalk chalk and a great time in Mimi and Papa's back garden.

Just Organizing Mimi's Coins

This is how I organize my change.

Very, very handy, no? In this case, I guess it should be "footy".

Moving Day!

I'm helping!

A Lot Has Happened This Summer...

Well, my mama has certainly been remiss about blogging. Don't worry all. I've given her a stern talking to and a warning about "dawdling." But what can you do? We'll just have to pick up the pieces where we left off. We don't want to make her feel bad, so we'll just not mention it again. You know, the fact that it's January and she's just now getting around to telling you the events of last summer. Tut tut. But let's not speak of it again.

The above picture is of our lovely Logan Ave. South. We have lots of friendly trees on our street. In fact, one of the trees just down from us has what looks like a face in the bark. We admire it every time we pass by. We like to think of all the trees here as "ours."
That's me above standing in our alley way looking at our back yard. That's actually our neighbors' garage--they have two dogs. BTW, aren't my boots and bag stylin'?

There it is. We have a red door. Mama wants to paint it green, I think. Or redder, she said.

Back yard. (ahh. sunshiny. no snow. looks nice about now in mid-January)