Happy Birthday!

It's my Aunt Barbie's birthday! Barbie, here's a song just for you!

Decorating the tree.

A couple of weeks ago, Daddy and I put the Christmas tree up and got the house decorated. Daddy says if it were up to Mommy, we probably wouldn't even get to have a tree, but since we're willing to do all the work ourselves, Mommy let us put one up anyway.

Some stuff I know about decorating the Christmas tree: you get really dizzy sometimes.

Unbreakable ornaments are a good idea.

No, unbreakable ornaments are a REALLY GOOD idea.

GRANNY ALERT!!! Granny if you are reading this, you should stop. Do not proceed. The next video will make you all shakey and nervous, and we both know that's bad for your heart.

Daddy didn't put the ladder up quite quickly enough, and I tried it out. It works pretty well, but I need a taller one to get to where I need to go.

Our latest Chuck E. Cheese Adventure.

(Mommy's note: This actually happened several weeks ago, but Mommy's eye just stopped twitching enough to allow her to write about it. He was up in that stupid tube and WOULD NOT COME DOWN for about 45 minutes. Mommy simply cannot figure out why that place does not sell tequila - they would do jam-up business, for certain.)

Balloons!

Apparently, my Daddy works in a place where he can have as many balloons as he wants. It's true. He told me so himself. Occasionally, when he's feeling generous, he brings me a balloon. This time, I guess he was feeling REALLY generous, because he brought me one of each color! That Daddy. I sure do love him.

Christmas card photos - the outtakes.

Where are you, Aunt Barbara?

I thought you were going to keep this thing updated for me. What happened? Did you get too busy with the utility bugs?

Love, Zackie

147 (the number of pieces of candy I ate yesterday)

So, Mommy and Daddy have been telling me about this Halloween stuff for a while now, but I think they downplayed a very important aspect of it. We talked about the costumes, and the jack-o-lanterns, and the trick or treating, but we didn't really dwell on the important part - the CANDY!

But I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Let me tell you about my entire day yesterday. I was up early (too early, according to Mommy) and I got to put my costume on first thing! By the way, I was a superhero! Mommy and I went to visit Granny and Aunt Barbara, and I had such a good time there. Granny is so good at playing, plus she's pretty funny to boot!

Daddy came home from work early, and brought me a pizza for dinner, then we had to work out some of the logistical details about who was going where:

It's a good thing I was there to help sort all that out. Anyway, after we decided that all of us were going to go trick or treating, we hopped in the wagon for a ride! Well, I got to ride. Daddy pulled me, and Mommy mostly took pictures.

Then the real fun started. We went to some houses, and here's the deal. If you walk up to a house and yell "trick or treat," you WILL GET CANDY! No joke. It really works. Watch:

Daddy kept saying things like "Save some for later, Zackie" and other such nonsense. Boy, it sure is a good thing, he's cute, huh? I preferred the suckers. I got 2,487 different ones, and I fully expect that they will last through the weekend.

We were all getting tired by this point, and it was getting dark. It's a good thing Granny gave me some glow sticks to use. We may not have made it home without them. Anyway, we all had a great time, and I'm not sure why this all has to be limited to once per year. I'm going to look into that, and I'll get back to you.

Happy Halloween, everyone!