DC United!

I woke up at 5:20 this morning and was terrified that Sher Khan (sp?) was going to get me. The tiger from the Jungle Book. I must have been dreaming. Mom got up to help me, but wasn't so thrilled about getting up so early. After she got me to calm down, I went back to sleep and got up around 7 for the day. Mom still wasn't ready to get up, but she did so reluctantly. I only wanted raisins for breakfast, so that's what I had, even though she told me that wasn't really enough.

Mom put on the rest of Mary Poppins for me, so I finally got to finish watching it. I liked the movie a lot and kept singing "Spoonful of Sugar" the rest of the day. When we had lunch, I told mom it was most delightful :)

After lunch, we got our stuff ready for the soccer game tonight. As we were packing my backpack for the DC United tailgate and game, I was gathering the snacks I wanted and I got really excited and asked mom if we could pack some junk, lol. Though I'm a really great eater, I do have a terrible sweet tooth! I ended up packing some dried fruit, some colored gold fish, and a bottle of water, so I guess that's not too bad. I also put in some markers, crayons, bubbles, a tablet of paper so I could draw, and Squeaky, the penguin mom bought me at the aquarium. She is aptly named Squeaky because, you guessed it, she squeaks!

After we ate, mom showered and we went out to ride my bike for a bit. After going back and forth in front of the house a few times, we decided to walk down the hill and ride through the rest of the neighborhood which is a lot flatter. I did GREAT and rode all by my self! When we got down the street, there were no kids at the playground, so mom let me stop and play for a bit. I'm learning to pump my legs to keep me going, but I don't really pump them hard enough to make enough of a difference.

Do you like the outfit I chose? Even the socks are mismatched.



I think mom and dad need to raise my seat this year. I'm slightly taller than last season!



Swinging was fun!



When daddy came home from his run (the last "long" one before the marathon next Saturday!), we drove to the tailgate. I had a blast there, but was the only kid there since Arabelle didn't come and Gabriel moved to Texas :( I missed my friends, but had a great time. Mom even let me have a green cupcake! I played with my soccer ball with some of mom and dad's friends, so that was fun. Now I can't wait for my soccer class to start again!



This awesome van pulled up partway through the tailgate. I thought it was pretty cool.



All bundled up and ready to head in to the stadium!



The game was awesome and DC beat Real Salt Lake 1-0! Woo hoo! I told mom and dad I wasn't tired, but what do you think???



I'm hoping the weather is nice tomorrow (it's supposed to be) so we can go to a new park! Mom says we might even take her bike and the bike trailer. We'll see!

Slow Driver

Kids are far more observant than adults give them credit for. This morning on our way to school, we got behind a really slow driver through the neighborhood. I told mom that he was driving like a snail and she agreed :) Then he started driving on the left side of the road. I told her that he was on the wrong side of the road and she agreed again. Then I told her that if he couldn't drive the right way, he should just park his car and ride the bus. Ha ha!

I had swimming tonight. Mom got stuck on the Metro, so dad had to take me. Mom met us there and we went out for Chinese food. So much for the workouts mom and dad had planned! I did really well at swimming tonight and was able to float on my stomach and back for 10 seconds each. I think I'll probably pass on to the next level when this session is over. Swimming at the beach this summer ought to be a ton of fun! My confidence in the water is much improved over last summer.

I got to take a nice long shower when we got home, then I read a book to mom, she read a book to me, and we all snuggled for a bit. Kitty even had a hilarious session of playing "bed monster" with me while we read. Everytime I'd move my feet even just a little under the covers, she'd attack and jump. It went on for a good 10 minutes and made mom and I laugh a lot.

The weather's supposed to be gorgeous this weekend - hopefully we can get outside for a bit!

Happy Friday everyone!

Kindergarten Bound :)

I was officially accepted into the Kindergarten program at my school for the fall! Huzzah! I'm almost a week in to the pre-K class and am loving it so far. I love the teachers and have made a lot of new friends. Today we learned about art and got to tour the "Goddard Museum" (i.e. the art that the kids have made that is hanging up on the walls around school).

My school pictures are tomorrow and I'm really excited to wear a fancy dress to school. I would wear a dress, tights, and dress shoes every day if mom would let me. But for some reason she thinks that's not a great idea on a daily basis. Something about the playground, gym, paints, and other art materials.

The weather today was beautiful, but we didn't get to go outside because the playground was a little too wet. But we got to do yoga in my classroom, so that was fun. But it was almost 50 degrees and of course there was no snow (or slush as the case may be) left on the ground. Hopefully tomorrow! And I have swimming tomorrow - last week I was able to float on my stomach by myself, so I'll keep working on that tomorrow night and see if I can float on my back this time.

TGI Almost Friday!

Snowquestration!

What a bust! I was all excited to get snow and go outside to play in it, but alas, it was really just a bunch of slush that didn't even stick to the roads or sidewalks. The grass was white, but looked really gross and heavy. The federal government was closed, which meant that mom's office was closed (meaning she had to work from home). My school closed at noon, so mom decided to just keep me home rather than running out and going back to get me a few hours later.

I had a fun day and was generally really well behaved. Mom had a bunch of conference calls, so I had to find quiet toys and play in a different room, but it all worked out. Mom even gave me a lollipop after breakfast to keep me quiet. I win! I did lots of puzzles, played with my dollhouse, played with my stuffed animals and pretended that I was their veterinarian, painted a few pictures, played with my iPod, built some things with legos, sang some karaoke with my Cinderella microphone, and ate tons and tons of snacks. I must be growing because I think I was on my third breakfast by 9am, ha ha. I ate an entire bowl (adult size) of oatmeal with peanut butter, that same size bowl full of honeydew and cantaloupe, and wheat pretzels with hummus. And that was all before lunch. Crazy.

My FAVORITE part of my day was that daddy painted my toe nails! The toes on one foot are green and the toes on the other are purple. I was so excited to tell mommy and even told her that now I could live happily ever after with daddy :)

None of us felt like cooking dinner, so we ordered a pizza - my favorite is with ham and pineapple and garlic sauce for the crust - yum!

Mom and I curled up on the couch after dinner and watched half of Mary Poppins. I laughed and laughed, but was really upset that the movie was too long to watch the whole thing before bedtime. I cried when we had to turn it off, but mom and dad tell me I can finish watching it another night.

Anyway, I'm kind of glad the "storm" turned out to be nothing. It was nice to have a day at home and it shouldn't be too bad out tomorrow!

Kitty read books with us at bedtime tonight, so I wanted my picture taken with her and my buddies, Horton and Cookie Monster :)

Clean Up!

I really know how to say the right thing to get what I want (or get out of doing what I don't want to do). I was really slow to get ready for school this morning and nearly made mom late for work. She'd have to ask me to do things repeatedly and I even got annoyed at her repeating herself. We had a chat about it and I think I'll do a better job listening tomorrow!

One of the things I didn't do this morning was clean up my toys like she asked. I promised her I'd do it when we got home tonight. Well, on the way home, we were talking about the need to clean up tonight and here's how the conversation went:

Mom: "We're going to go home, have dinner, and clean up before bed, right?"

Me: "Well, mom. I was thinking I'd clean up on the weekend. I'd rather spend time with you tonight."

Sigh. Mom didn't appreciate that too much. I think I'm still going to have to clean up tonight...but maybe I'll get some extra books or snuggle time at bedtime!

Pre-K!

My first day in Pre-K was AWESOME! I made lots of new friends and got to make a constellation out of marshmallows and toothpicks. I named mine "Star." Another friend named theirs "Marshmallow." How original.

It really hit mom when she picked up my daily sheet and it said "Pre-Kindergarten" instead of "Preschool!"



I'm also still very fiercely independent, especially when it comes to choosing my clothes. Here's my choice for today...what do you think?



I was having some trouble listening today when mom and I went out for lunch, so we took a little nap when we got home. Mom had only intended on laying down for a few minutes, but we both fell asleep and woke up an hour later. Guess we needed that!

Happy weekend everyone!

First post of 2013...oops!

Hi all! Yes, I'm still here, just haven't blogged in 2 months :( Sorry 'bout that! I've got a lot to catch up on, I guess!

We've had a fun start to 2013 and have been pretty busy. I'm back in swim class and am doing really well. I've been holding my breath underwater for 5 seconds, floating unassisted on my front and back, and kicking all the way across the pool with the noodle. I'm really enjoying it and look forward to my class every week. Soccer's starting soon and I can't wait to get back out there and run around!

In January, I got to spend some time with my cousin Christine and her friends when they were in town overnight. And the very next day we got to meet Aunt Laurie for lunch on her birthday! That was a lot of fun! I got to see my very first live play - Seussical! It was AWESOME and I was so well behaved. Lots of my friends from school had January birthdays, so a few weekends were tied up with some fun birthday parties.

I also got to go rollerskating for the very first time at my cousin Cole's birthday party. Mom was worried I would be upset about falling, but I'm a champ and kept insisting that I could do it myself. What do you think?



By far the coolest thing we've done this year so far is go to the aquarium in Baltimore. I got to see daddy dive with all of the fish!!! We got to follow him around the tank and he even gave me a high five through the glass. Sorry - mommy's phone was on video instead of camera, but how cool is this???



We also got good news a few weeks ago that there's a spot in the swing class for me, starting TOMORROW! So I'm moving on up to the swing class which is now in the middle of the semester of pre-K curriculum. I'm really sad to leave my teachers, Ms. Bassett and Ms. Hanlon behind, but am looking forward to making new friends and learning new things. Today was my last day in the Oriole classroom and tomorrow I'll be in the Eagle room!

I'm reading and writing pretty well, though I need some work on spacing out my words and writing them left to right :) I try to read everything - store signs, food packaging, street signs, etc. It's been a lot of fun!

I'm having another rough patch of sleeping and have had some tummy troubles this past week (perhaps the two are connected). I got to see a new doctor in the pediatrician's practice and mom has once again expressed her love for the practice. I'm really glad we found them. They've moved in to a new office and it's huge and really nice and we've really liked all of the doctors we've seen over the past 4.5 years. Anyway, healthwise everything checked out ok and I'm now a whopping 37 lbs (after a big breakfast and with all of my clothes on). I'm back on a Miralax regimen again and mom had the distinct displeasure of giving me a suppository last week. That certainly wasn't fun for either of us :( But I'm feeling better now!

On the sleep front, I've been freaking out at bedtime and crying because I don't want to be the only "alive" thing in my room. Mom and dad keep telling me that the hundreds of "buddies" I have are there to keep me company, but I beg to differ - having mom or dad (the other "alive" people in the house) there is much better. This little bit came out of the blue, but has been pretty consistent for the past few weeks. I've also had "itchy bugs" that wake me up in the middle of the night. No rash this time, though, so hopefully that combined with the tummy issues aren't an indication of another allergy issue.

Mom's still having trouble with her foot and it's still not healed 6 months post-op. Boo :( She went to the surgeon this morning for a follow up and he gave her another injection of numbing agent / corticosteroids. This time, he put it right in the incision where the nerve has been bothering her (think about how it feels when you hit your funny bone - that's what she said it feels like when you touch the incision) and he injected enough to try to create a separation between the nerve and scar tissue. She said he had to numb her foot with a spray first, but it still hurt really badly and she cried and then got really dizzy and lightheaded. They had to get her some water and made her sit down and had one of the PA's come watch her to make sure she was ok. When she told me tonight that she had to get another shot, I shook my finger at her and said "Mom, next time you go, take me with you. I'm going to tell Dr. Witte - NO MORE SHOTS. Don't hurt my mommy!" That actually made mom smile and she thanked me :) She did say that he told her to try running, though! She didn't try today because she was still pretty dizzy most of the day, but maybe tomorrow!

I'll try to be better about updating. Hope everyone is having a nice year so far!