Bigger and bigger

Me: I'm getting fatter than Mommy!

Mommy: Noooooo...

Me: But I'm growing!

Mugging for the camera

Birthday boy

Unfortunately, I was a little sick on my birthday, so we kept things pretty low key. But today I finally got to blow candles out and enjoyed a bit of birthday cupcake (which I was adamant about NOT sharing with Mommy, who is fat enough as it is!).

Happy birthday to me!

I am starting my birthday countdown and can occasionally be heard singing "Happy Birthday to Richard!" to myself. I remain adamant about getting a Thomas birthday cake, despite Mommy's claims that there are none to be found in the Portland metro area. (C'mon, how hard can it be to create a scale model of Tidmouth Sheds? Time to start watching the Food Network, Mom!)

Here are some pictures (1/27/05, 1/27/06, and 1/27/07) to remind you of my progress over the past 3 years:

A fussy Samaritan

Me: Do you want to come play Thomas with me?

Mommy: Sure. (lifting ponderous self off couch)

Me: (rushing to Mommy and taking her hand) Do you need some help getting up?

Name games

Mommy: Let's name your little guinea pig. How about Gary?

Me: Gary Potter?

'Tis the season?

Mommy: You don't have school today because it's a holiday.

Me: Can we put lights on our house?

Quotes of the day

I clocked in two great quotes before 9 am today:

1) At 3 am, I woke Mommy and Daddy up by howling, "Where's my tiger costume?"

2) At 8:30 am, when I met my new teacher, instead of shaking hands and saying "Nice to meet you" like Mommy and I practiced just half an hour earlier, I demanded to know, "Do you have black teeth?"