Cool fact for today: I am 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days old. Pretty crazy, huh?
We all had a fun time between Christmas and New Years. The day after Christmas, we all got up and had breakfast, then headed out around lunchtime to take Grammy and Grampy to meet Aunt Laurie, Uncle Dan, my cousins Courtney and Kaylee, and Aunt Terry! We met in Delaware - Terry flew in to Philly, so Laurie picked her up and we all met at a restaurant and celebrated our Christmas together. It was a short visit with everyone, but we had a lot of fun. I immediately attached myself to Courtney and Kaylee and sat at their end of the table the entire dinner! They read my new books to me and played with me the whole time. Mom cut up my food and let me eat dinner with them too.
Mom had to work part of the day on Tuesday, so I went to school for part of the day. At least we both got to "sleep in" (yes, mom calls 7 sleeping in, ha ha) and get ready leisurely rather than our normal hustle of a morning routine. Tuesday and Wednesday I also told mom I wanted to go to school for a little bit, so she took me for a few hours so I could play with my friends and she could get some runs / errands in. I was going a little stir crazy sitting at home over the holidays anyway (even with all of my new toys), so it was nice to see my teachers and friends, run around out on the playground and have a little break in the day. Friday I told mom I wanted to stay home, so I did.
Saturday was New Years Eve and mom and dad went to dinner with friends. I had a babysitter for dinner - we had pizza and got to do lots of fun crafts!!! We made a few ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree and mom and dad were so happy to see them when they got home. I was awake (again) when they got home, so mom took me back up to bed and cuddled with me until I fell asleep. When I woke up the next day, it was 2012! Mom and dad didn't have to work that Monday either, so we had another fun day at home together :)
Mom decided to do a photography project in 2011 and did a 365 project of photos of me!!! She took a picture (or many) of me every single day and didn't miss a day at all :) There was one day that she didn't see me because she had to travel for work, but daddy filled in on that day. It was a ton of work and she's still not done editing and uploading all of the December photos - it gets a little tedious after a while to edit and touch up the many pictures. But she'll get it done and will get the books for the grandparents and great-grandparents ordered. It's so fun to look at how I've changed over the course of a year. And it brings back so many fun memories!
It's been a fun few weeks back at school and I continue to learn a lot of new things. We've been dancing a lot lately and I'm learning a ton of new Spanish words - I now know my numbers from 1-10, most animals, most body parts and the colors. Mom signed me up for music again (she forgot in December and I reminded her every week that I wanted to go back...). She ended up not signing me up for part of December because of the holidays. But now that it's January, I'm doing that again. I'm also doing Power Tots at school - they bring in gymnastics mats and equipment and I get to tumble and get a lot of energy out. Most of my friends in my class also do these classes, so it's a really fun time.
I also started back at swimming last week. I did SO well last week and even better today!!! I've always been a little more timid in the water with mom than I have been with dad, so mom's been taking me to class. The class is in the "leisure" pool at the indoor pool where we go (we got a family membership so daddy can train for the triathlon and mom and I can go splash around). When it's just a recreational swim, they have fountains and slides and it gets pretty crowded. But for my class, the fountains are all turned off - it's about 6 kids and a parent with each kid. The water is anywhere from a few inches deep to probably 4 feet, so I feel pretty comfortable there. During our lessons, they have barbells that float and I put my armpits on the bar part and can kick around and scoop the water without mom's help! Mom got me a new pair of goggles (that fit better than my old ones) and I think those really helped today. Even without mom holding me, I "swam" with my face in the water and blew bubbles, scooped water and kicked my feet. I even got up enough courage to jump from the side in to mom! It was SO much fun! Mom says she's glad we have swim classes before Disney next month since the house has a pool.
Speaking of which, I can not WAIT for our Disney trip! We finally got our flights booked, dinner reservations made and park passes purchased, so all we need to do is get the rental car. We're having lunch in the castle with the princesses, so I've been absolutely obsessed with them lately. Mom and dad generally aren't huge fans of "character" stuff, but since we'll be there and it's such a wonderful place for kids, they're indulging my princess obsession. 7 more weeks to go! Mom's a little nervous about the race, but is determined to plow through the rest of the training.
Daddy had to leave today for Germany, so it's just mom and I for a few days. I waved to daddy's car as he left and looked at mom and said "It's just you and me, mommy." Broke mommy's heart, but we're going to make the best of our time together! Daddy even left some videos for me to watch, so when I miss him, I can just watch the videos :) The time difference makes it difficult to talk to each other when he's there, but videos are a great way for us to stay in touch. Mommy can take videos of me and send them to daddy too. I have a ton of fun with that. Mom and I read a few long books tonight and sang FOUR songs instead of our usual two at bedtime. Fingers crossed I sleep in a bit tomorrow. I slept until almost 8 this morning and mom said she felt like a million bucks sleeping that late!
Here are some pictures from January so far.
I set up my chair at my train table and grabbed my laptop so I could work. Must be something really important - look how serious I am!
Mom shared her chocolate covered raisins with me. They are mom's favorites and her Grandma and Grandpa (my Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa) get her a box every year for Christmas (THANK YOU!!!)
Grandma and Grandpa gave me a princess castle for Christmas. Mom and dad put it in my room since my Dora tent is in the family room and my big cardboard house is now in the basement. I was having fun wearing my Snow White nightgown playing in my castle. Mom also likes to braid my hair after my bath so it doesn't get tangled in the morning. My hair is getting LONG!
These are mom's favorite PJ's of mine. And I showed her how big I was by buttoning them ALL BY MYSELF! See how proud I am of myself??? Mom was too :)
I really loved the Rose Parade this year - particularly the marching bands! This was me pretending to be in a marching band.
Grammy and Grampy got me a subscription to High Five magazine. My first magazine came the other day and I made daddy read it to me cover to cover. There are a few "projects" in the back that mom and I are going to do this week while daddy is in Germany.
Hope everyone is enjoying 2012 so far!
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