My New Roomie!

I am a big brother now! Meet my new best friend, Jude Kolbe.

Here we are with Mom.

Here he is. He is pretty cute, but I don't know if he is quite as cute as I was at that age!
Here's Jude and Grandma C.
I got to go visit him in the hospital. Boy, were there some neat toys to play with.
But now I have to share my Grandpa.
and Aunt Tracy.

Here is my cousin Kirsten with Jude. She is a PSU Gorilla, just like my Dad.

Here I am with Mom in the hospital.

I waited and waited and they finally came home.Welcome home brother!

Summer Days, Drifting Away...

Well, summer is coming to an end and the pool is closing. That means a luau, complete with goldfish catch. Yep, they throw a whole bunch of fish in the pool and let the kids catch them!

Since my hand-eye coordination isn't quite up to par, Dad helped me.
Here's our catch!
I am really going to miss hanging out at the pool.
But at least I still have my music table. Let's Dance!
So I am presenting this picture to the production manager at Westhoff Interiors in hopes that I can be their mascot. What billionaire wouldn't want to buy a yacht from this face?

Birthday Fun!

We had a jam-packed weekend of birthday fun! Grandma Crockett turned 50 so we had a luau.

Complete with pool party.
Here is the whole Rinke clan! All of my great aunts and uncles and second cousins were there.
Grandma even got a cake.
Then Sunday came and it was time to switch gears to a wild west theme.
All the cowboys came out for a shindig at high noon.
Joachim and Benedict were there.
And cousins Erica and Valerie.
I think they had a great time playing.
I got my very own boot cake...

...but everyone was singing and clapping and staring at me.
They all wanted me to eat it, but I didn't want to be gluttonous.
They all said I had too much birthday!
I went inside where it was cool and all of my guests chowed down on these yummy horsie cakes.
Mom and Dad said that I could try to eat my boot cake again if I want. So you will have to stay tuned to see if I ever do!