School's Out!

Well, for a couple of weeks anyway. I finished summer school today and now I have two whole weeks to tear the house apart before school starts again! I am going to work with Mommy next week, but the week after that, we're not working! Just staying home to play! Mommy wanted to take both weeks off but it just wasn't possible. But I don't mind, because when I go to work with her I always get to have a balloon!

Sunday Swim

Today I went swimming at my Papa's pool for the first time this summer. I wore my new bathing suit and my brand new pink Crocs.

Mommy held me while we played in the water, and it felt so warm! I wasn't as scared as I used to be in the pool, but I still held on to Mommy pretty tightly.

Then Mommy put me in my whale float, and I liked that a lot too! I got to kick my legs and spin around, and the tail gave me a little shade.

All the other summers I cried as soon as I saw the pool, but not this year! It was the opposite...I threw a big fit when it was time to get out of the pool! I even tried to bite Mommy since she wouldn't let me bite myself. Oh well, she's just doing her job. =) I was too...being a typical toddler!

Give a Little Whistle

My favorite thing that my Papa does is whistle to me. He's done it my whole life, and I stare very intently at him while he's whistling. Sometimes I put my hand in front of his mouth so I can feel the air coming out, and sometimes I even plug the whole with my finger. =) A couple of weeks ago, I started imitating Papa--putting my lips close together and blowing air out. And now this week.......I actually whistled!! I've done it four times this week, and it's just one short little whistle, but it's loud enough that Daddy heard me from several feet away when I was in the backyard.

Mommy hopes to get it on video soon, but that might be difficult. Stay tuned! =)

Playful Pictures

After my bath tonight, I was in a great mood and decided to be really silly with Mommy. So she took lots of pictures and here they all are!

Mommy said she doesn't remember telling me I could get so big. I said, when do I ever listen to her anyway?

On the move, walking from Mommy to my bed on the other side of the room.

Here's me trying to walk to back to Mommy, but I fell down.

So I decided to crawl the rest of the way, but I was on my hands and feet with my tush way up in the air! Did you know if you stick your tongue out, it's easier? =)

Here's me wrestling with my Mommy. It was lots of fun, but Mommy might have a few bruises tomorrow because I am pretty rough!

And here we are, still playing and having fun.

And here we are again, but this time I am saying, "No more pictures, please!"

I Got A Little Bored Today

And so I got a little destructive. And since Mommy raised my blinds so I couldn't reach them, I decided to rip my curtains apart instead. And since I wasn't listening to Mommy yelling at me, she finally gave up and just got the camera.




And then I decided to hang on to my curtains while I dove onto my bed over and over. You know, to make sure they were definitely torn up.



Yep. That should just about do it.

Ready to Fight

Today when Mommy came to pick me up from school, the director wanted to speak with her in her office. So Mommy had a long talk with her, and it turns out she wanted to give us the heads up that the students at my school will now be placed in classrooms according to our chronological age, which means I would completely skip the class I was going to move up to and instead move straight to the 4/5 year old classroom next month. The children in here are learning to write their names and things like letter sounds. Remember last year when Mommy had them keep me in my original class because she didn't think I was ready to move up? Well, now this is definitely worse!

The director said it is possible to make an exception if Mommy presents her reasons in a meeting with the other teachers and therapists. Mommy thinks it's silly that they all agree with her that I should not move to that classroom, but she still has to "fight" for it anyway. So she wrote the letter this afternoon, and it sounds pretty convincing! Not much room left for argument!

Here is the link to the letter if you'd like to read it: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dctmr73n_0c6sw64dz

But Mommy, It's Mine!

I've been sleeping in my big girl bed for a month now. And this whole time, Mommy has been trying to sell my crib so we could get it out of my room. I haven't paid any attention to it, since I love my big girl bed so much, but yesterday a woman came to buy the crib. And when I realized it was leaving forever, I got a little confused. And sad.


But then I dove onto my big girl bed and all was well again! No more crib for me!

Happy 4th of July!

From your favorite li'l sparkler...with the shortest fuse. =)

Thanks, Aunt Alicia, for my adorable sparkler shirt and glitter jeans!

Paper Bag Princess

You know all that money you all spend on me to find me the perfect toy for my birthday and Christmas? And some of you rack your brains trying to figure out which toy I would love the most? Well, look no further...

Here Comes Trouble!

I was very happy when I got home from school today, and I went straight to my big girl bed. I like to play on it for about 20 minutes every day when I get home. I lay down, and sit up, and then even though I'm not supposed to, I really like to stand up! Sometimes I even get down and get a toy, then I bring it back up onto my bed. Today the toy happened to be my pink bucket.





My papa came to play not too long afterwards. I played with him for a while, but then I decided I wanted to walk. So I walked from one side of my bedroom to the other. That's a long way! And I did it over and over again, back and forth, for 30 whole minutes. I never stopped. Mommy is going to tell my physical therapist that I had 30 minutes of intense therapy tonight! Mommy says the best part of all this walking is that I'm very proud of myself when I do it. That means I'll keep working on it, and I'll get better and better! Watch out world, here comes trouble!