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44 Months - May 2008

May 27 - June 2, 2008
(3 years 39 weeks)

This week was a busy week.  We had a holiday (Memorial Day), we celebrated my 4th birthday (early) at school, and it was the end of school.

On Wednesday, we celebrated my birthday at school.  I got to wear a special crown that was decorated with all of my favorite Disney princesses, jewels, and other fun stickers.  Mommy, Daddy, and Ian came to school to celebrate with me.  We brought a princess cake for the class to eat (I really liked the frosting).  When it is your birthday at school you get to be the everything person.  You get to sit in the special birthday chair and everyone sings happy birthday to you.  We also get to ask the birthday person questions to learn more about them. 

Thursday was my last day as a student in A Class.  I was pretty sad about that until I realized that I would be seeing a lot of my friends at camp which starts in only a few weeks.  We had a special family picnic at school on Friday to celebrate the year.  Pa, Daddy, Mommy and Ian came with me to the picnic.  It actually rained so we picnicked on the carpet inside.  I love my school.

"Happy Birthday to Me"

May 20 - May 26, 2008
(3 years 38 weeks)

It's not as warm as it was in Florida and I already miss the beach and the pool.  I am happy to be back at school as I missed my teachers and friends very much.  I took some shells to school to show everyone and Mommy brought in her camera so that my teachers could watch me do 1, 2, 3 under water.  I am very proud of this accomplishment.

Everything is much greener than it was before we went to Florida.  The dandelions are in full swing but not in our yard.  Daddy prides himself in a week free lawn.  So I have to find dandelions else where to pick and blow.  There were a ton of them near the train park.  I taught Ian how to blow the seeds off too.  We had so much fun helping nature.  I don't know why people dislike the dandelions so much.  They are very yellow and very pretty.

"Blowing in the Wind"

May 13 - May 19, 2008
(3 years 37 weeks)

I love Florida.  Every day we got up, ate breakfast, and went to the beach.  After lunch and naps we also went to the pool.  It was a pretty good gig we had going.  I collected a lot of sea shells and found some very unique and special ones.  I had a fabulous time jumping waves and splashing in the pool.  But the most exciting thing was that I can go 1, 2, 3...  This means that I can hold my breath and go under water from 3 - 5 seconds.  Mommy shot some video of me doing it but the file is SO huge that she's going to have to figure out a way to post it.  Stay tuned...

The flight home was a breeze.  Ian and I got our "wings" from the flight attendant along with a bunch of fun snacks - lollipops, chocolate chip cookies and drinks.  I hope we get to go back to Florida again next year.

"Bathing Beauty"

May 6 - May 12, 2008
(3 years 36 weeks)

I went on an airplane for the very first time and I am happy to report that I am an excellent traveler.  I really liked sitting next to the window and watching everything get smaller as the plane went higher.  I also liked when we went higher than the clouds.  When we landed, Mommy informed me that we were now in Florida.  But I knew this was just not true and I asked her when we were going to get to the "real Florida."  I told her that the real Florida has sand, palm trees, and an ocean.  It only took another 30 minutes or so for us to finally get to the real Florida.  Unfortunately, it was dark and nearly time for bed so we had to wait until the next morning to explore.  You can see in the photo that the waves came out nice and early to greet us.  They were huge, very loud, and fun to jump.

"Huge Waves"

Milestone:  I acquired a taste for ice cream while in Florida!  Yum - Dairy Queen twist with sprinkles!

April 29 - May 5, 2008
(3 years 35 weeks)

Flash forward another 13 1/2 years and here I'll be with my girls driving in my Cadillac (or more likely BMW - hint hint Daddy).  But practice in the Cadi right now is just fine by me.  Actually, it's Cooper's ride and everyone in the neighborhood likes taking turns driving.  We're still trying to figure out the whole steering thing and a bush or two often takes one for the team.  Maybe if we spent less time chit chatting and more time focusing on the task at hand we'd improve our skill.  It's early in the warm season so I am sure we'll get a lot more practice. 

I had a school hearing and vision test.  I passed the vision no problem and I would have passed the hearing but I wasn't too excited about wearing the head phones.  Did not participate was how my hearing form was completed.  I think I get to try again at the doctors when I turn 4.

"Eyes on the Road!"
 

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