Sunday, August 14, 2016

7 1/2 Years Old...Summer is almost over!

Mommy came home!  I missed her so much!  We got to celebrate her 40th birthday the day she got back, but she didn't know that we had been planning a surprise party for her!  She was so surprised and I had so much fun playing with all the kids there.
We worked really hard on my new bedroom and I love it!  I spend so much time in there reading and playing.  I love the turquoise and coral colors, and my coral blanket is so soft and snugly.
I made a trip to the dentist and had an excellent report.  I do build up tartar on my front bottom teeth.  I watched Mommy's appointment first and got scared because she bled and I hate blood!  We had a play date at our house with Jaxson and Harrison.  We also visited Miss Rachel twice and Mr. Kenny. I am so excited that Miss Rachel got her baby named Lennon.  I can't wait to meet him!
We went to the library and spray park on a rainy day with Benson and Miss Melissa.  It was a lot of fun.  I can never seem to have enough books.  I am always looking for a new book series to read.  We also went to Miss Laura's baby shower.  Another baby is coming!
Molly graduated from puppy training and is now in intermediate classes to learn better manners.  She is working hard, but is still horrible.  Well, sometimes she not too bad.
Our family went to the pool one day and I had so much fun.  There was a giant water slide and I was really scared to go on it.  Mommy went a couple of times and after my second time, she couldn't get me off of it!  We also all went to Bonkers one day.  It is sometimes really hard to share my Mom and Dad's time with Emily.  She just seems to get all the attention and I get jealous.  I love her a lot and enjoy playing with her and helping her most of the time though.  Mommy took us to Cosmo park to play too.  It was way too hot!  We went to the Kids on Track finale and I ran around the lake again.  I love to run!  She also took us to the ARC to go swimming inside.  We took Emily to her new preschool to prepare herself and I really like visiting too!  We went to see Daddy's new school too.  It is really different than before and I miss his old school.  Finally, I had a Mommy date one afternoon when Emily went back to school and she went back to work.  We went to the library again and then to use up some gift cards I had.  I bought a lot of Lego Friends.  I love putting them together and playing with them.
Nana Arden has been watching me a lot lately while Mommy and Daddy are working. She took me to the ARC too one day.  I also stayed at Cami's house one day and we played horses and I found a new TV show to love called Bunk'd. Yes, that means summer is almost over.  I will be in 2nd grade and am really excited that Mrs. Gross will be my teacher!  I'm not looking forward to going back to school though because I had such a fun summer.
 Reading to Emily
 A girl and her dog
 Two girls having fun with their Daddy!
 Water time at Nana Arden's
With Ashley and Ian
 And of course, the silly faces
 Sometimes summer is too much!
 Fun at the spray park
 My new room!

Playing with my cousins
 I love to go on walks with Emily
Going down the slide
 Another fun family day!
Walking Emily into her new preschool
 We found a shady spot to swing at the park
 More fun with Emily (and beans and noodles!)
 
 Boyer selfie after swimming at the ARC
 Molly passed puppy class!
Here is my new BFF Keaton who has a puppy in the same class.  We were exchanging phone numbers, but then ended up in the same intermediate class!
I love Molly!




 I love Twist too!
Summer driving picture in Mom's car...
 And Dad's car!
 Hanging out with Emily (probably watching a TV show!)
 Bedtime reading and snuggles


 Helping Emily get ready for her first day of preschool
 And, she's ready!
Now I can do cartwheels!
Belly scratches
Down the water slide
Down the Bonkers slide
Swinging at Bonkers
Climbing with Emily

Friday, July 15, 2016

7 Years, 5 Months...I finally got my PUPPY!!!

This was such an amazing month!  I finally got my puppy!  After years of looking for just the right dog (and either not being a good match or not being fast enough to check them out), we found a cute litter of lab/Australian Shepard mix 10 week old puppies.  We got to go and meet 6 out of the 7 of them with a lot of other people.  It was so much fun watching all the puppies playing together!  We had our eye on a female cream colored one named Bacall who was being fostered with her brother Bogie.  The foster parents got to decide who took the puppies home so I tried to not get my hopes up.  We went out to eat for Father's Day and got the email at the restaurant that we got her!!!  She was ours to pick up the next day!  After much debate, we finally decided to change her name to Molly.  She is so cute and sweet and smart and funny, and fits our family perfectly!  We are taking her to puppy training classes on Saturday mornings and she is learning pretty fast.  I hear she wakes up early in the morning, but I get to sleep through that.  I just love playing with her!
Our family made a trip up to Kirksville to visit our friends, the Kaden's.  We have so much fun playing with them!  We bounced in a bounce house in their basement, and then got to go on a giant slip and slide!  I think I could have done that all day!
I finished up summer school, and also took swimming lessons.  I improved a lot this summer and actually passed up two classes.  I loved my instructor Mr. Matt, and was so sad to leave him at the end.  He said that unless I wanted to be on swim team to work on my strokes, I really didn't need to take lessons anymore.  I just needed to work on my endurance!
Now that summer school is over, I get to have fun with the family!  We have been to quite a few parks and the library several times.  We can't seem to find enough books for me to read!  I have been really interested in playing with my Lego Friends with Mom.  I have spent some time at Nana Arden's while Mom and Dad have meetings.  I have also helped take Molly to the vet, although I don't like being back there when she is getting shots!  Miss Rachel came to visit and meet Molly, and told us that she is going to be a Mommy!  She is going to get to adopt a baby boy in the next month.  I am so happy for her.  I would love to have her as a Mommy!
Because of all our busyness, I have not been to our usual play dates, but I have gotten together with Corinne a few times.  We celebrated a late Father's day at Aunt Lisa's.  I was also invited to go swimming with Ella and her family one day, and we also got pizza and Orange Leaf!
One time this month, I called Mom "Mommy."  Afterwards, I apologized to her for calling her that.  I am trying to be a big kid, but things like that slip out sometimes.
Mommy has been gone a few times this month for a conference and a trip with Auntie Heather for her 40th birthday.  I was really sad and crying both times when she left, but I did ok while she was gone.  Daddy has done a great job taking care of Emily and me and the animals!  I have been a big help for him.  One day, I helped move some rocks for Nana Arden's friend.  I was really glad when Mommy came back.
We also have been looking at new beds for me since Emily will be out of her crib soon and needing mine.  We finally found one and I am so excited to decorate my new room-Emily and I are switching!  Can't wait to make some fun decisions!
 Meeting "Bacall"
Mommy loved her too!
Finding out we got her!
 Bonding with Molly






 Working on training her
Twist needs some attention too!

Having fun with Jaxson and Harrison

 Getting ready for the slip and slide!
 Saying good-bye and crashing in the car!
Just hanging out with Emily
Reading with Emily
 Building with Emily
My new pedicure!
Jumping in!
 Daddy's girl
Sunscreen is important when swimming all afternoon!  :(
I spend most of my days in this position
 And sometimes it doesn't go as planned!
 I like to help Emily with gymnastics too!
 I'm really just a happy girl!
  This was so much fun and got a lot faster as the day went on!
Helping Emily with her handstand
The Famous Sisters!
I love my new puppy Molly
Mommy caught me reading to Emily in the crib!
I really get into the music sometimes!
Jumping in is no sweat anymore!
The backstroke is my favorite
And I'm ok doing the front crawl