Saturday, September 15, 2012

3 Years, 7 Months...Back to pre-school!

I am now back at pre-school full time!  We are learning a letter each week and so far have learned A, B, C, and D.  I can't wait until E!  I even had my first homework assignment (that mommy learned later was only because I asked for homework!)  We did a tie dye t-shirt at school one day too.  It has been really fun lately with my friends there.  One weekend, I had 3 birthday parties to attend.  One in St. Louis at 1:00 on Saturday at an ice cream shop, the next at 5:00 in Columbia that same day at Flips (gymnastics), and the last at 3:00 the next day at Flips again!  That was a busy weekend!  The first two were hard because I didn't know a lot of people, but the third one was a classmate friend of mine (Carrie) and I had a blast!
I have said some cute things this month too: "You got it, girl!", "One hug and kiss, coming right up!", "Is that sky lander (sign language)?"  I also started calling mommy "Glory", my 7 year old cousin.  I have quite an imagination!  I like to talk to Siri on the phone too.  I got a splinter in my hand at pre-school one day, and threw a fit the entire night because I did not want it to hurt when daddy removed it.  It really wasn't a big deal once he did!  I also got a cough this month and even coughed so much I threw up in my bed!
I went to a Mud Run to watch mommy and her friend run while I played with her daughter, my friend Corinne.  We really had fun!  I visited all my grandparents and really loved that.  I went to Family Fun Night at mommy's school and I had so much fun playing the games and seeing all the kids.  Finally, I went out for breakfast to eat my first donut after reading a book about them and then had a fun play date in the park with my friend Carrie.  What will next month bring?
Hangin with mommy
 So happy!
 With the birthday girl, Ashley
 Flipping at Flipz
 Reading on the way home from the library
 Before Mommy's Mud Run
 Chillin with Corinne at the Mud Run
 Cheering for our mommies!
Drinking our mommy's Gatorade
 "Shuffling" corn
 "Driving" at 3 1/2
 Yoga with Daddy
 Like mother, like daughter
 Showing Nana Arden and Papa Rodney some pictures
 Jumping in the "puddles"
 Mommy wanted to join in the fun
 Drowned rats
 Pretty, pretty princesses?
 Pretty princess!
 Teaching daddy a few things on his phone
 Flower and rainbow face paintings after the Family Fun Night
 Three clean kids!
 Storytime with Auntie Heather
 Loving on my neighbor Stan!
 First homework assignment
Playing in the puddles again
 First donut, brought on after reading a book called Donut Chef (about 80 thousand times!)


Thursday, August 16, 2012

3 1/2 Years...Having fun and growing up!

I did some very big girl kind of things this month!  I started using spit out toothpaste, and tried to stop sucking my thumb using a thumb guard.  I had to wear it all the time and it was hard to do.  Mommy and daddy found me sucking my other thumb, so they put another thumb guard on that thumb, and then I started to suck my fingers.  We decided this wasn't the right time to try and quit.  I had my first play date that I chose.  I got to bring my friend Brynn to The Little Gym after she played at my house.  We went out for lunch and ice cream after.  It was so much fun, we got together that weekend at the park, and again at the spray park a couple weeks later!  She's my BFF!  I took swimming lessons and learned how to blow bubbles, kick and float.  Miss Abby said I did great, but I didn't really like getting my face in the water.
I had several family visits too this month before mommy went back to work.  Papa Ron and Nana Carol came up to visit for mommy's birthday.  Mommy and I went to Washington for visits too.  I swam in Papa Ron's big pool with my cousin Chase and had a fun time.  I visited Grandma Kathy and got my hair cut.  We also went out to Great-grandma Rose's and then out to Dairy Queen!  Later that week, we got together for Aunt Lisa's birthday at Nana Arden's.  I went swimming with my cousins and swam at least 5 times up and down the pool with my life jacket on!  I just needed my older cousins there to show me I could.  I spent one evening with Nana Arden when mommy and daddy were both at work.
When mommy tells me she loves me, I tell her, "I know.  I wrote it on my heart."  I can also sing "You Are My Sunshine" and mommy loves it!  My favorite color changes every day now, but during the Olympics, my favorites were gold and silver, and I kept shouting, "Let's go American states!"
Mommy and daddy are both back at work now, so I am back at pre-school full time. What a great summer!

3 1/2 Years!
 Goggle girl
 My Little Ponies with Papa Ron
 Ellie sandwich
 With Nana Carol and Papa Ron
 We have a secret!
 Family talent
 Father-daughter dance
 Gymnastics stunts

 Wait-there's a mommy under there!
 Ice cream with mommy!
 Comfy
 Eating a blue sucker or turning into a Smurf?
 Just a sucker!
 Some days I liked swimming lessons...


 
 
 Some days I did not...




 Swimming was better at Papa Ron's
Swimming with Chase
 I can work this phone better than my parents can!


Summer girl
Ice cream with Brynn

 At the spray park with Brynn
 Golden curls
Playing with Mommy's My Little Ponies
My Little Pony parade
 Life-sized Angry Birds
 Sweet girl
 Better than a Van de Graaff