Who Let The Cows Out?

I think I have mentioned before that Parker LOVES animals! His first love is Mommy...followed very closely by cows. Parker's Papa owns a cow farm in lower Alabama and so Parker quite literally gets his love of big animals honestly. One of his favorite things to do in our free time is to look at pictures of cows on the internet. While looking one day we came across this cute video. Parker watches the cows intently, most of the time on repeat ("I want to watch cows again?") and dances to the music. Make note of the last picture in the video - Parker loves the slippers the pig is wearing.

This week he has taken the empty wrapping paper tubes and carried them around the house, hollering "Who let the cows out?! Moo Moo!" through the end to amplify his voice.

His cow love runs deep- he has to have Molly the Moo Moo (his stuffed cow from Nana) to sleep with every night (and mommy's hair, and a cow pillow).

Parker's Preschool Christmas Program

This is the link to Parker's first Christmas program. He did such a good job. I am so proud of him! One of my friends from bible study, Jessica, went with me and recorded it on her video camera. She did an awesome job! Thanks Jessica! Hope y'all enjoy.

http://web.mac.com/lifeoftheustraveler/iWeb/Life%20of%20the%20US%20Traveler/Parker_Martin.html

Lil' Dawg

Evan has been pronounced a lil' dawg. Mommy and Parker say Go Dawgs baby Evan.

I'm A Snowman!

Parker had just woken up from his nap and we had just gotten a huge package from the mailman. Parker wanted to open it. We didn't know the box was going be full of packing peanuts, but it turned out to be fun times with Parker. Parker got in the box and played and played with the peanuts pretending they were snow. He was throwing them up in the air, burying stuff in them, etc. The funniest is when he would stand up like an explosion and the packing peanuts would be sticking all over him from static and he would say "I am a snowman...my name is Frosty."

Parker's 2 yo Portraits

My sister Cat is a professional photographer...so being on a budget I decided to take advantage of her free services for Parker's two year old portraits. He turned two November 21st. She did an exceptional job as you can see! Anyway, these are two of the best portraits from that pic session. His Baba (my dad) got him a new Diego tricycle. He loves it, but his feet don't quite reach the pedals yet. Nevertheless, he tries to ride and just sitting on it makes him feel like he is BIG STUFF. Parker's consistent loves have been Mommy, cows, horses, farms, Mommy and tractors. He can even tell you the names of tractors...eg. green is John Deere, orange is Kubota. He was a cowboy for Halloween this year. Cutest cowboy I've ever seen. He was saying Yee Haw when this picture was taken. He named his horse Patches and was using his horse as an excuse to get 2 pieces of candy while trick or treating. There was one lady that told him he could only get one piece of candy and he told her that his horse needed one too. So smart! She gave him another one.

Parker's Preschool Birthday

Parker turned 2 years old on November 21, 2008. These are pictures from his birthday party at preschool. He had a Thomas the Train party. Parker got to wear a conductor's hat, and a Thomas birthday boy badge...he was pretty excited! Mommy brought in Thomas the Train cupcakes, apple juice and Thomas bubbles for all Parker's friends. As you can tell the blue icing was a hit. All the kids looked like smurfs by the time they were done. What fun!

Birthday boy!

Parker's preschool buddies

My favorite smurf!

Gitty Up Horsey Go To Town

Parker loves animals. Would not surprise me one bit if he became a vet when he grows up. Only God knows. I have a lady, Susan Gregory, in my Sunday School Class that has a horse at a stable on the edge of Nashville. Their horses name is Opie, he is a show horse for her daughter Grace. There are about 28 horses at these stables and a pony named Buttercup. Susan had Parker and I come out to the stables to see the horses and ride on Opie and Buttercup. Parker got to sit on the horses, brush them, and feed them carrots from his hand. He loved it! Here is the link to our trip to the stables.