It's all about the beach, people, I'm all about the beach.  

Lately I've taken more of an interest in fishing, like my dada.  Our friend Greg was fishing one day, and let me help him pull in loads of fish.  Greg is a super fisherman.  Can you see the catfish we caught? 


I was so excited that I caught the fish.  I knew my dada would be so proud.  Dada's students had testing that day, so dada couldn't join us until later.  

My other favorite thing to do is chase Zoe around, my beach buddy.  She doesn't like to catch fish - when Greg reeled one in for her, she screamed and ran away. 
Zoe is pretty girly, and I'm noticing.  We've already been on our first date - in jammies for a golf cart ride during sunset.  Who's the luckiest guy? 

It is part of my bloodline to have a desire to keep my vehicles clean.  Since I got into the matchbox cars, I have faithfully washed a group of 5-10 of them in the bath tub at night.  I even got a car wash for my cars for my birthday.  Whenever dada goes out on Sunday to wash his vehicle, I'm right there too washing my vehicle.  This time, I picked my super John Deere tractor. 

After I was done washing my ride, I helped dada wash his super big ride - his brand new Dodge Ram with a Hemi.  Dada loved his Jeep, but believe it or not, he gets much better gas mileage in the Ram.  We are a Dodge family now. 

My silly friends at the beach thought it was fun to encourage me to run through the sprinkler after we ate fajitas for dinner.  It did not take a lot of arm twisting. 

My friend Leslie and I danced through the sprinklers.  

Licking the water.  

Summer = beach for the Pollards

We spend almost every weekend at the beach, and I love it.  When we are in Katy, I beg to go to the beach.  I love to take all my vehicles down to the ocean to roll around.  
We've got the set up.  A truck, a golf car, a cooler, some chairs, some shade, and lots of toys.  What more could you want? 
Watching my shadow in the water.

It's summer and Ga and I have been harvesting as much as we can from the garden.  This year was really hot and very dry, not good for our little garden.   The tomatoes and green beans petered out awhile ago, the cucumbers not long after, and now we are left with lots of jalepenos, which is great for all those interested in Jalepeno Jelly from Ellie's Deli.  Oooh, I can taste it now!

Here I am counting the veggies. 
And helping Ga to take the veggies inside. 
When it's too hot to even go outside, Ga and I make cupcakes.  

My friend Luke's dada once said, you always know when Keegan's been around because all the cars are lined up. 

Keegan's been here. 

I was glad my cousin like to push me on the swing.  We had some good times in the backyard, when I wasn't driving him crazy. 

While my cousins were here, we got to play rock band.  Me and dada made quite a team (except I didn't know my drums weren't plugged in)

Playing in the front yard on my John Deere

Watering the plants, and dada's tree.  And you can tell from my grin that I was about to water mama too!  Stop with the camera already!

Pretty flowers smelling beautiful. 
Watering the plants is a dirty job, but I don't mind.  

After my cousins arrived, we all headed down to the beach to celebrate my third birthday.  We had a BIG party, and it was all about construction, since that is what I am passionate about (well, that, and my car collection).  We decorated Ga and Papa's house with this banner, yellow and orange streamers, and balloons.  I wished we never had to take them down!

My friend Hannah and her mom Kelly were the first guests to arrive, probably because they didn't have to deal with that nasty ferry or the I-10 traffic from Houston.  The trip to the beach is a snap from Beaumont!
It was great to see some of my other friends that I haven't seen in a long time, like Charlene and her son Evan.  Evan and my cousin Brenden are old buds, and they had fun hanging with Mac. 
Mama and two of the law school ladies, Stacy and Kelly. 
Stacy's sons Jackson, who is turning the big "4" in October, and his younger brother Hudson.  Look at Huddy's tongue - that is one long one!  Mama was glad I'm not the only one who is always licking the pool water!
As if on cue, a big flat bed truck rolled by the party with a HUGE back hoe on it.  Construction theme at the beach, very apropos.  
This is my future girlfriend, Kamryn, and her mama Katie.  I love Kam.  Isn't she cute?
Justy and Shawna made it to the beach too.  I was glad because Justin is sillier than most of my friends.  
Stacy and her family, including Nate, who organized all the work on mama and dada's patio.  We highly recommend him, if anyone wants a patio, or any other work on their house!
And no party is worth its weight without a cake.  This is my homemade construction cake, made with love by Ga, Aunt Bridey and mama.  It's not perfect, but it sure did taste good. 
I wasn't really sure about the candles, and certainly looked a little nervous when the candles were lit.  
It was no small feat lighting the candles at the windy beach, so dada was rightfully proud of himself for getting that job done.  That, and getting the pinata up.  Poor dada gets all the hard jobs. 
It wasn't just kids at my party -- here is the peanut gallery, Dennis, Papa and Randy. 
My best bud Luke's mama Allison, with Luke's younger brother Davis.  Davis is a bruiser -- he's definitely on his way to a football career!
Luke and me eating cake.  We didn't mess around.  Delicious!
Hanging out with Katie and Kam, sharing berries. 
Kam and Randy on the beach taking a ride in the golf cart.  Mama calls Randy dada's "man-wife"; dada calls him his "first mate."  Whatever you call him, Randy is a great friend. 
Justin and Shawna -- thanks guys, for my Texans jersey!  Love it, and I'm ready for a little game time.  Maybe this fall? 
Katie, Kamryn, Randy and Randy's son Austin brought me the super cool bulldozer.  I had a ball with it on the beach!
My buddies Liam and Logan stopped by the beach too.  We were glad they were able to make it.  

Thanks everyone for coming!  We appreciate everyone making the long haul down for my party.  Please let us know when you want to visit again!  You know Ga and Papa are always up for a party!

Cleaning dada's boat at the beach was fun, with the help of my cousins. 

Dada has a sweet boat.  I can't wait to be old enough to fish on it.  Someday. 

How much fun is this? 

I can't get enough of the brush.  I was actually very bossy about it with my cousins, who legitimately wanted to clean with it.  They let me have my way because I'm 3, and I know it!

And the inevitable. 

Good times at the beach.