I can't believe that we're leaving for Disney in a little over 3 weeks! We've been talking about it for so long and I know that we're going in February, but I really don't have any concept of how long a week or a month is, so it's been hard to tell how long we still have. Almost every morning, I wake up and ask mommy if we're going to Disney today :) All of the logistics are set - plane, house, tickets, meal reservations, car, so I think we're good to go - just need to pack in a few weeks.
I had a really fun week! The weather warmed up a bit, though it was rainy for part of the week. Mom had several meetings this week as well, so I had a few mornings where I didn't have to get up *quite* so early. I've been going to bed really well lately - it's all about the routine. Bath or shower, 2 books, 2 songs from mom, 2 songs from dad, tuck in, say good night, turn my music on, turn the light off and say good night. 9 nights out of 10, I have to get up to go potty before I go to sleep, but that's ok. I haven't had an accident overnight in probably 6 months and don't even wear my cloth trainers anymore. Probably 7 nights out of 10 I wake up crying at some point, usually an hour or two after I actually fall asleep - I usually can't articulate what I need, but taking me to the potty tends to stop the crying and then I go back to sleep. Other nights I still have night terrors and nothing can calm me down until mom or dad wake me up. Mom still wakes me between 5:45 and 6 during the week and on the weekends I sleep till 7ish - sometimes earlier, sometimes later. I love my new clock that mom and dad got me for Christmas - if I push the button on the right, it tells me what time it is! And it has an analog (and digital) face, so I can start to learn to tell time. The yellow nightlight on the clock comes on when it's time to go to bed and it stays yellow until it's ok for me to get up and then it turns green! So if I wake up and my clock is still yellow, I know it's not time to get up yet. But when it turns green, I literally yell "MOM COME GET ME! MY CLOCK IS GREEN!" Only problem is that she has to set the clock for 5:45 during the week, so she HAS to remember to re-set the clock to 7am on the weekend! She forgot yesterday and I was up at 6 and told her to come get me. I guess I got her...she couldn't argue with me!
It was a really fun week at school. Tuesday we had Spanish class (though I really get lots of Spanish lessons daily from my teachers, Ms. Martha and Ms. Carmen). In fact, mom said that she really needs to take a Spanish class because I know so much now that she doesn't always understand what I'm saying. I always tell her, of course, but I'm learning so much so quickly! My friend at school, Sam, and his mom apparently take a Spanish class together, so mom said she'd try to find out the details of that to see if we could join them. How fun would that be??? I know my numbers to 10, the alphabet, most animals, body parts, words like fast, slow, hot, cold, milk, water, and a bunch of other foods.
Wednesday was Show and Share - the letter of the week was I. I chose my pretend Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cone to take to share with my friends. That was a tough letter to find something to take. This coming week the letter is L and the theme is ocean animals, so that should be a little easier to find something.
Thursday I had my Power Tots class and it was my winter social in the afternoon! Mom got stuck at work and couldn't get there on time (boo), but when she got there we got to do some special activities together and I even got to eat a "Winter Blizzard" smoothie! Needless to say, I didn't want to eat dinner after that. But Alanna and I got to have fun and run around the lobby and draw pictures together while our mommies got to talk to each other. Mom and Alanna's mom got to talk to Ms. Pam for a while (the director at my school) and she told our mom's that we learned how to do cartwheels in Power Tots - how fun!
Friday was just a normal day at school - I did lots of playing, reading, learning. I had my swim class on Saturday - mom took me and I had a ton of fun. Casey is in my class and we are like two peas in a pod. We both did such a great job. My favorite part was jumping from the rocks into mom - I must have jumped in 20 times. Now mom and dad say they need to reinforce the "fear factor" around the water so I don't just go jump in when they're not around! At least I'm a lot more comfortable in the water now.
Daddy went for his long run while we were at swim class. He found a new awesome trail that's not far from my old school. He said it was great and ended up doing a little more than 11 miles :) When we got home from swim class, mom put a movie on for me (the first Curious George movie) so she could run on the treadmill. She can see me (and the movie) from the treadmill and I knew if I needed anything to go talk to mommy. I did a GREAT job and watched the movie and came and told mommy when I had to go potty. She told me I could go by myself, so I did, and then came back and sat in daddy's chair to finish the movie. I waved at mom to let her know I was back (don't worry - she could hear me the whole time). She was able to finish her run (4 miles plus warm up / cool down) before the movie was over, so she sat with me and we cuddled while the movie finished. Daddy came home as it was ending and said he was going to take a shower (he was sweaty - yuck!)
After the movie, mom and I took a shower and got ready for dinner - we met Joe and Ruthie for dinner - my favorite - SUSHI! We even went to my favorite place that has the kid friendly chopsticks and sweet potato rolls! Dad was STARVING since he hadn't eaten after his run, so he and mom ordered a few yummy rolls. Joe and Ruthie knew this place well and ordered some special rolls and shared them with mom and dad - one was a special dragon roll and when it came out, it looked like a dragon breathing fire (yes, there was a flame on the plate!) Mom and dad said it was delicious, but I didn't have any (I still don't eat sushi with fish - I just eat the veggie stuff). Then they had something called fatty salmon, which was quite possibly the best sushi that they had ever had. So good (so they said). At the end, the waitress brought something called a Cucumber Salad Roll which was an amazing roll made with the skin of the cucumber as the wrapper. Quite impressive and very good. I got ice cream as a dessert and then some cookies and a lollipop (can you say sugar overload???) I was VERY good during dinner, so mom and dad let me have all of the treats. Mom and I had packed an activity bag for me which came in quite handy: coloring book, crayons, stickers, tangoes, magnadoodle, a letter pad, a stuffed animal, and some other stuff. Kept me busy and well behaved the entire time.
Today was a day with daddy! We let mommy sleep in (which she was very grateful for!) and even made breakfast for her (and for us too). Daddy made a frittata that was quite delicious. I ate that and had my milk in my Snoopy mug from my Great Grandma. Doesn't get much better than that. Mom had another cup of coffee and got dressed to go for her long run, so I got to stay with daddy while she ran. We had a great day together and read books, played with play doh and even got to watch a movie! Mom took me grocery shopping when she got home (well, to one of the grocery stores), then I stayed home with dad and had dinner while she went to the other store. It was just about bath time when mom got back, so she gave me a bath and I washed my own hair and even put the conditioner in all by myself! I picked out my Snow White nightgown to wear to bed and we followed our bedtime routine. I'm sound asleep now, but we'll see if I wake up at all!
Hope everyone is doing well. Pictures soon - I promise. They're still on the camera...editing / uploading takes a lot of time!
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