I've progressed a lot since last summer and I am over my aversion to my Uncle Stefan. Bramps has now been replaced and Uncle Stefan is my new BFF. We play in the pool everyday for a couple of hours and last night we even washed dishes together. It was great until Uncle Stefan gave me a small glass dish to dry and I dropped it. Yes it shattered all over the floor and then we got to do some vaccuuming together!
Does this look familiar? Yep, similar to last Thanksgiving. I just love big leg bones. My turkey dinner was great, especially because it lasted two nights. Brammy loves cooking turkey, so she did it two nights in a row. Besides eating turkey, I've been giving thanks. I give thanks for fabulous shoes, other people's handbags, and family. Especially my Little Sister. I love her soo much. Oh yeah, and Brammy, and Bramps, and Uncle Stefan....
I love my Bramps. We traveled to California together for the Thanksgiving holiday and he and I did some really cool stuff. Like shop at the candy kiosk where he bought me some really LOOONNG and YUMMMMY gummy snakes. He also taught me how to double up a straw so that it would fit in my drink. Now he's my current BFF. He turns on Tom and Jerry DVD for me, he helps me swim in the hot tub, and he peels lots of clementines for me. Thanks for all the help Bramps.
I saw the NYC marathon for the first time and it was pretty cool. There was a lot of people running. I don't know where they were running to, but there were a lot of them. I even saw a naked runner. Well he had a small little fluorescent green running suit that handled the goods if you know what I mean. I would have probably enjoyed it more if I weren't so preoccupied with wanting to go to the playground. We walked to the marathon and Mom and Dad wouldn't let me stop to play in Central Park. What kind of parents would do that?
This was the beginning and best part of the night. In the picture I am so happy because I have discovered what Halloween is all about...CANDY...FREE CANDY...and lots of it. All you have to do is say "Trick or treat" and you get CANDY. I must of hit ten blocks of stores and it was the same every time. Dad would hold open the door and I would go in looking all cute and say "Trick or treat" (of course nobody wanted to play any tricks on me) and I would score some loot. Leaving every place I would say,"Happy Halloween" to the vendor and "Lets go to another house!" to Daddy. (I don't really know the difference between stores and houses living in NYC. Who cares as long as they have FREE CANDY! And yes, to all you suburbians out there, many New Yorkers trick or treat at the shops because they are on the ground floors.)
Oh yeah, I'm in BIG TROUBLE now, and that is what I have appropriately named my newest creation. If you look closely, you can see it is a self-portrait. I went a little crazy on the hair, but my hair is usually out of control because I hate having it brushed. I'm excited about this new genre that I've been exploring, and after my REALLY LONG time out, I'm going to experiment with it a little more.
I've been wearing my peace necklace a lot more recently because I am trying to spread the love. Thank goodness I can't really comprehend what is going on in the world today because I probably would get pretty sad about it. War, bankruptcy, foreclosures, those words sound pretty depressing to me. I'm glad my world is full of slides, chocolate, and playing with my little sister, who idolizes the ground I walk on. 
I played in the park last weekend and I spent an hour of that time in a tree. With my friends of course. They lost interest long before I did, so I had the tree all by myself. I scooted up it, walked up it and at times, hung from it. My mom has decided to sign me up for gymnastics.
As you can see, I have a passion for reading and when there is a bin of books, I dive into it... especially if it is somebody else's book collection. I'm always up for a new read.
Recently I have acquired an affinity for juice and now I drink it all the time. At restaurants I request juice in a cup and water in a cup. Thank you. Oh, and this is my now famous gangster pose that I like to do for all of my photo shoots.
I went to my first Yankees game last weekend and it was really fun. Dad wanted me to see a game at the stadium before it closes, so we went to the Saturday afternoon game. I made it to the top of the seventh and then I hit a wall. After all the hot dogs, dipping dots, and water, I couldn't take it any longer- I fell asleep.
This is me and my Little Sister and we love to play around. It consists of me being really funny and making her laugh really hard. Here it seems that I am the one laughing the most. We like to laugh a lot because it is good for our dispositions and our health. People who laugh a lot live longer. At this rate I am going to live until I am one hundred and thirty-seven.
My camera got new batteries over the weekend and so I was able to take some amazing shots of me and my family. I also really like to pose for the camera and here is a photo where I posed for my dad. He used my camera to take this picture.
...and this is my pool. Don't you think I look like I belong here? Fanks, I agree. I swim in this pool every day for about three hours a day. Dora the doll likes to join me for a swim, but sometimes she gets caught in the filter, and doesn't really like it. I like to give my pool lots of love.
I've been playing hard to get with Uncle Stefan for a long time now, ever since I was about one and a half. One of my first memories with him was looking through the drawers at Brammy's house and Uncle Stefan yelled at me and told me it was none of my business. Well I have been huffy with him ever since. He's not my boss. Ever since that event he always brings me lots of candy because he wants to be friends. I am still very wary of him. I think this past week we made a connection, but the verdict is still out. I really like his wife Auntie Dimps though, so it moves him up a notch. She got me this groovy suit. Thanks Auntie Dimps and Uncle Stefan
For the month of July I have spent my days living in a house with a very large backyard. I have so much space to roam in, that sometimes I get lost. I like to drive my Flinstones car around with Brammy or Bramps and visit the moose, who lives in these bushes behind me, and go riding over the hills, and around the pool. I am very amenable to large backyards now and I think I might like to have one of my own someday. The best part is that it is always ten degrees cooler here than in Manhattan and I haven't missed the humidity one bit.
I could show you a lot of great pictures from around Budapest, but let's be real. The park was by far my favorite destination and not just because of the slides and swings, but because I got bullied by little Hungarian girls. How many American kids can brag about that? The slide was fun- notice the beautiful fountain behind? Below is me and my sis, she really enjoyed the international park scene too. Below that is a shot of me on my FAVORITE toy, and they have one here, half way around the world. I didn't feel homesick at all once I saw this piece of joy. Last but not least, me in the sandbox contemplating living in a foreign city. I think I could handle it...gracefully.
I am fascinated by sea creatures at the store and the restaurants and Uncle Andy is sure to show them to me. In this case there are a lot of lobsters and other shellfish and fish, but you can't really see them. I still don't understand the concept of death, so I don't cry when I see the fishies like this, I am just in awe. Poor mom, she'll have to explain it to me someday.
