4 1/2 Years...Big News!

I have big news to share with everyone!  I am going to be a baby sister around my birthday time!  I am so excited.  It doesn't matter to me if it is a girl or a boy.  "If it is a girl, I'll have a sister.  If it's a boy, I'll have a brother."  I have had a lot of fun telling everyone my big news.
I got to go to two different princess plays this month.  Mommy and daddy took me to see The Little Mermaid.  I was scared to get up on the stage to get my pictures taken with Princess Merida and Princess Aurora, but I got up on stage to tell everyone about the play!  I also went to a "Tea with Belle" that was more like games, but it was a lot of fun with Carrie.  We saw Beauty and the Beast the next day.  Of course, I had to see both movies!
I took the next level of swimming lessons and passed!  I'm still a little scared to jump in the water, but I really am getting more confident when I am in there.  Mommy took me to the ARC to go swimming right before she went back to work.  I also went to the Little Gym a few times and enjoyed it much more than Flipz.  I wasn't as scared.  I finished my 26.2 Kids on Track marathon and got lots of prizes and a t-shirt.
I also had Nana Arden and Papa Rodney move right into our neighborhood this month!  They will only be here until their house gets built, but it is really nice being able to walk right over to their house.
Mommy and daddy took me roller skating for the first time.  I was really scared, but mommy and daddy said I did great for my first time.  I used a walker at first, but after practicing on the carpet, I was able to go on the floor without it and only holding mommy's hand!  That night, we went to a BBQ for daddy's work and I had a lot of fun with the kids there (after being scared to go, of course!)
I got to go to spaghetti on the table at mommy's friend Carolyn's house.  I helped make the spaghetti.  She put the spaghetti right on the tablecloth and we ate it with our fingers!  It was so much fun!
I had a little cold my last week of summer break, but I'm doing OK.  I'm back at pre-school full time now and I really like my teachers.  I keep talking about next year when I go to kindergarten.  I am so excited!  I have so many things to look forward to!

 My annual driving picture

 Before seeing The Little Mermaid

With Princess Merida

 With Princess Aurora

 Visit from Stacey, Jaxson, and Harrison.  Here I am practicing my big sister skills

 Singing in the rain

 Splashing in the rain

 I love my daddy!

 With Carrie before Tea with Belle

 Me with the cast of Beauty and the Beast

 Me with Belle and Prince Adam

 Look at our pretty curls (thanks Valerie!)

 I already love my baby brother/sister!

 Say what?

 Playing hopscotch

 Look who joined the game while I was sleeping!

 I could blow bubbles all day long!

 Kara helping me hit the ball at the BBQ

 Helping make the spaghetti

 There was a miniature pot belly pig at Spaghetti on the Table

 This is the way to eat spaghetti!

 Learning to roller skate

 It's fun when you aren't falling down!

 Here we go!

 Worn out!

Learning I am going to be a big sister

On stage at The Little Mermaid