I want to ride my bicycle

On Saturday, Daddy and I enjoyed the perfect weather by going for a bike ride.  I rode in my buggy and we went to daddy's friend's house to use his playground (see below).  After the ride, I thought it would be good
to get my bike out and take it for a spin around our street.  I am getting really good at riding it- look at this video!

This is daddy's friend's tree house.  It is TOTALLY AWESOME!  It has bridges, walkways, secret tunnels, and even a cool curvy slide.  I think I am in Heaven!  Daddy, can we make something like this for my house?

State Fair

I went with Gran and daddy to the State Fair last week!  Here's the pictures from the trip.

I helped gas up the car before we left Iowa City for Des Moines!

This is "Tiny" the fair's "big pig".  He is over 1100 lbs!

I rode many rides, including these bumper boats

Thanks, Daddy for taking me to the fair!

Seeing the baby pigs and getting my face painted (its a peace sign made to look like a flower) were my favorite parts.  We saw pigs that were only 6 hours old and a calf that was born right when we arrived at the Fair!

This was my favorite ride- the "lollipop swings".  Look for me with the blond hair and brown shirt!

Great Picture from Gran's Pirate Camp!

Me and my cousins hanging out at Gran's house in Bellefonte

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

On Friday, July 29th, summer school let out for our summer vacation.  Daddy could only take off work for a part of it, but we had plenty of fun anyway!  And I spent the last week of it with my cousins in Pennsylvania!  Here's some photos:

On the first day of vacation, RAGBRAI rolled into Coralville.  On the last overnight stop of the 7 day cross-state bike ride, the park was filled with food tents, games, and this lovable cow from Cick-Fil-A!

I found the bouncy house and the inflatable slide and I rode it again and again.  And again. And again.  (for about an hour!)

It got pretty hot the next week, keeping us from working in the garden.  I am not sure why the weather people labeled a heat index of 115 as "Fair" weather!  This is a screenshot from daddy's iPhone.

On Wednesday, August 3rd, daddy and I drove to Indianapolis, IN.  We stopped for bathroom break and directions in Galesburg, IL.  They were very nice and gave me a cool coloring book.  They also had a REALLY big chair outside!

Daddy went to Indiana to attend the Gen Con gaming convention.  It looks really fun and he promised I could join him next time.  YAY!  Outside the convention hall, I posed in front a statue of Drizzt Do'Urden with Gran.  Drizzt, as everyone knows, is the famous twin sword wielding Drow- ranger created by author RA Salvatore.  Trivia question: what are the names of his swords?  His panther animal companion?*

After a long day of travel and a thrilling day walking around Indianapolis, I fell asleep pretty quick!

The next day, I said goodbye to daddy and got in the car with Gran and Ada for the drive to State College, PA!  Although long, it was an uneventful drive that I spent playing with Gran or watching a movie on my DVD player!

Blue tongue is a serious disease of cattle.  I dont have that!  But I did enjoy the change of tone from eating blue frosting!

Gran's garden is gorgeous!  And it is full of produce!  Take a quick look at all the tomatoes I have, because I will eat them up within a few minutes!

Trivia: His swords are called Icingdeath and Twinkle.  The panther is Guenhwyvar!