I got to go to a play date without Emily because I was at Girl Scouts and Daddy picked her up. I love my sister, but I really do enjoy having time without her! I was invited to go to the MU gymnastics meet with Madelyn, her mom, and step-sister Lydia. We went to Shakespeare's first and I got a gum ball. It was the best thing ever!
We had a fun family day that started with errands-to the bank to use the coin counter, then the library, and finally to Cosmo park! The weather has been so nice for it being winter! Then, we played Candyland as a family. Emily and my favorite game to play at home is "Mommy's a Dragon!" Basically, we run around and Mommy has to stay on her hands and knees on the carpet trying to catch us. We went to visit Nana Arden and Papa Rodney one weekend morning for a change in scenery and I got to hang out with Corinne who was there.
Mommy challenged the school to raise $500 in honor of a student who has cancer and we raised more than $600. We had an assembly and she got over 12 inches of her hair cut off. I was so scared, but was surprised when Nana Arden, Grandma Kathy, Grandpa Tom, and Daddy showed up to support her at the school!
On a school workday, I helped Mommy a lot at school and got all her work done, so we got to have an afternoon to ourselves! We went to Party City for my birthday party gifts, McDonald's, PetSmart, Old Navy, and Kohl's. Mommy couldn't believe how grown up I looked in my new clothes. I wear a size 10 in pants because I have gotten so tall!
I cracked Mom up one morning in the car. She said that she forgot to put on her wedding ring. I said, "That's OK. A lot of boys will be attractive to you. That won't be too bad. You are really pretty."
Mom took me to family math night at school and was able to be a parent instead of working at it. We had a lot of fun and I enjoyed having her attention and being around friends. She and Daddy also had an MMSCA meeting in Fulton and Mommy took me and Emily for a little bit to honor her coordinator Susan who was receiving an award. It was really nice to see all their friends who have known me since before I was born! Our class went on a field trip to the planetarium. That is what I chose to do my writing prompt on that we shared at parent teacher conferences.
I had a fantastic conference! Mrs. Gross and Miss K (our student teacher) had a lot of nice things to say about me. They said I was a really deep thinker about the books we read and ask good questions. I often join in other book clubs just to learn what they are studying. I love that I sit close to the table so I can listen in! Miss Garmon said that I am doing such a great job keeping up in 3rd grade math. I am in the 98 %ile in reading and math. They also said that I am a good friend to everyone and a great role model. I am very excited that I will be joining EEE later this month!
There were a lot of parties too this month. We celebrated Bella's birthday at Flipz, had a Valentine's Day party at our school and Emily's, and of course, my birthday! I brought donuts for the class this year. We had to reschedule our family birthday party because Mommy and Emily got the flu, but we still had my friend birthday party!
Mommy and I also did a lot of birthday party planning this month. I had a Dog party at home on the 19th after changing my mind multiple times. We planned so many fun games and activities centered around dogs. The best was the scavenger hunt and Beanie Boos to adopt at the end! There were 8 of us there in all (Bella, Brynn, Carrie, Gabe, Ella, Madelyn, Cami, and me) and all but Gabe and Cami spent the night. We were a little rambunctious at night, but finally went to sleep after Mom sat on the couch waiting for us to be quiet at 9:30. Not too bad, but we were all up at 5 AM! Mommy was much nicer at 7 AM after the sun came up!
8 Years Old!
