Peanut, peanut butter ... JELLY!

Hello everyone. There is much to cover so I'm going to skip the pleasantries and jump right in.

I've been working on a lot of teeth so grumpiness, combined with a fever and cough kept me home from school a couple of days this past week.

Monday brought an end to the ugliest NCAA tournament bracket ever. At least I finished ahead of Mom and Dad in the Flynn Wright office pool, but given my totals that wasn't anything to brag about.

On Tuesday Mom, Dad and I filled out our family majors pool sheets for the year. We track prize money for five players each across each of the four golf majors and it is a lot of fun. This year I picked a good group of guys and am currently in second place. (I do need to get better about "talking smack" ... Mom and Dad really give it to each other and I really don't have much to add.)

Wednesday, continuing my new passion for sports betting, I entered the Flynn Wright office Masters pool. Now that the final standings are in I would like to make it known that I once again wiped Mom and Dad out. I ended up just out of the money but am sure that the next chance I get I'm going to hit it big.

Anyway, back to the week that was. I stayed home with Mom Tuesday but got to spend some time outside in the Cozy Coupe. That was a lot of fun.

Tuesday night Grant came over for a few hours. Here we are getting all wound up. I really liked chasing Grant around but seeing the basket reminded me that I needed to find some pants.

After terrorizing Mom and Dad we took baths, got into jammies and read but Grant's Dad picked him up so he didn't spend the night.

Saturday Mom and I went to a baby shower for Amanda, Grant's Mom who is having twins in a few weeks. (I learned something on Saturday ... little boys don't have to like baby showers.)

That afternoon Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dave stopped over! They were in town to see George Strait and Reba McEntire. Grandpa brought me a nice seed corn hat ...

... and Grandma helped me with my bubbles.

Mom and Dad were going to the show too so I spent the night with Grandma Maggy! It was a lot of fun because she took me to the park. I really liked the slide. (Thanks to her friend Janice for taking this photo.)

While I was at Grandma's Mom and Dad were at the show. Here Mom is sharing a smile with longtime friend Kristen.

By all accounts George Strait continues to be an attractive fellow.

I think Mom and Dad were kind of glad that I was at Grandma Maggy's because they got to go out for a big, greasy breakfast. (For some reason they both felt that it was something they needed to do.)

Before we left Grandma's I played a new song for everyone.

You'll notice a nice vertical line above my right eye in this photo. I ran into the corner of a wall when I got home and have a nice straight-line bruise on my noggin. It hurt but Mom and Dad gave me hugs. I also got my first PB&J sandwich out of the deal! (Frankly, after such an amazing, wonderful, tasty, awesome, cool, "where have you been all my life" sandwich experience I'll take a noggin bruise in exchange for wheat bread, creamy peanut butter and strawberry jelly any day of the week.)

After a much needed nap I curled up with Dad to watch "... the final round of The Masters, live from Augusta in high definition and with limited commercial interruption thanks to the generous support of corporate partners AT&T, Exxon-Mobile and IBM ..." (Can you tell we heard that a few times during the broadcast?)

Anyway, this is Dad's favorite golf thing of the entire year. I actually think I saw him get misty-eyed listening to Jim Nantz.

Somehow this afternoon we also managed a trip to Dahl's and ... drum roll, please ...

... our first stop at Snookies this season!

It was a busy afternoon but all ended well because I got to help cook dinner. As Mom worked in the kitchen and Dad grilled I put together a nice water and oatmeal mixture. Seeing that we had plenty to eat I went ahead and dumped it on the patio so the squirrels could enjoy a home cooked meal.

Well, that's it. Another week gone by. I hope everyone has a good week and remembers to wear their seatbelts, use their turn signals and share the road with our friends on motorcycles. (After my outings in the Cozy Coupe I know how crazy some drivers are!)

Pierce