June
2004 Journal
Now
that Daddy is out of work, Mommy is working full time and I am
going to daycare...we have been pretty busy. Getting to
sit down at the computer is a real challenge!
We will try to keep you all updated on our adventures as soon
as we can!
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Daddy
June
1, 2004 |
It's
official...Daddy's job is over. He got to go in today for a
few hours and gather his things. I'm not too sure what is
going on...no one around here is acting sad or anything like
that. All I know is that I get to go to work with Mommy all
day and sometimes stay home with Daddy! We get to do guy
things, like play trains, cars, mow the grass and I even used my
tractor in the back yard to help plant new grass seed. Daddy
even let me play in the big mud pile at the back of the house!
We have gone geocaching together and to "Cocoa Castle" in
Hershey. It's a pretty cool playground!
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FunCare
Days
June
10, 2004 |
Mommy started
working full-time at FunCare on June 1st. She is teaching the
one year olds. She has 4 children, sometimes 5...and they are
a busy bunch. Anyway, I get to go all day too! My
teacher is Ms. Michele and sometimes Ms. Tammy...depending on the
day. I love it there! We do so many fun things. We
have water play and our playground gets a HUGE water puddle in the
middle that is soo much fun to run through! We have pizza
party day & sub day. Mr. Frosty, this great big ice cream
truck comes! Yummy! Friday, is Jumpin' Jitney...a big
pink/blue bus that has been renovated (whew, big word) into a
traveling gym! I LOVE THAT BUS!!! Then we have some
other special events...like this month I will get to go to a magic
show! I can't wait!!
My teacher told Mommy how good I am doing. She said I play so
nice with others, I clean up my toys, I am a quiet napper! I
have even been eating my lunches...and Michele got me to eat TWO
GREEN BEANS! I think Mommy almost fell over. As for
going to the potty, I am not there yet. A lot of my friends
go...mostly the girls...but not everyone. I do talk about the
potty a lot more and bodily functions...so, maybe I will get rid of
these diapers I love so much...soon.
And....as soon as I turn 3. I get to ride on the bikes and
scooters! Mommy already took my helmet in to school...so, I
will be ready to go!
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Fleetwood
Mac Concert
June
12, 2004 |
Amanda won
tickets through her work to the Fleetwood Mac concert in
Hershey. I think she said she sold the most golf packages, or
something like that. She works for Guest Services...so if you
want to make reservations and such...she's your
"woman". Anyway, she had two 19th row tickets and
was kind enough to ask Mommy if she wanted to go. OF
COURSE....who would pass up free tickets to a sold out
event!?!?!
I was in bed when Mommy got home...but she said she had a really
good time. The weather was perfect for it, since it was
outdoors at the Hershey Stadium.
I told Daddy that he should get a job with Hershey....if not, for
the great incentives....but I bet I could have chocolate all
the time!!
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Hid
Our FIRST Geocache Series!
June
13, 2004 |
We finally got
around to making our own geocache series. Daddy was inspired
by a few caches he and Uncle Mark had found in Florida and used them
as an example. Our first hide is a series of 4 stops...the
first 3 are micro-containers (very, very small...made from a
ballpoint pen and only fit a very small log in them) each hidden
with a number to a combination lock in them. The final hide,
is a traditional container, an ammo box, filled with all kinds of $1
camping/hiking things. It, of course, is locked with a combination
lock. It took Daddy awhile to find some good hiding spots and
Mommy & me helped him all day yesterday to find places for the
micros...we came up with some really good spots. It will be
interesting to watch people find them and what they think. As
far as we know, there are no micro containers around here like the
ones Daddy made. We named the series "Big Bad Wolf"
and the micros are "The 3 Little Pigs". If you would
like to check out our "cache" and see how it is going....click
here.
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Our
Captain America Travel Bug
June
14, 2004 |
Mommy had gotten
Daddy a "Travel Bug" for Easter.....oh, what's a travel
bug? It's a trackable tag that you attach to an item.
(Ours is a Captain America mini racecar). This allows us to
track him on Geocaching.com. He then becomes a hitchhiker that
is carried from cache to cache (or person to person) in the real
world and we can follow his progress online. Some travel bugs
have "tasks"...one Bug's goal may be to reach a specific
country, or travel to 10 countries...Captain America just wants to
visit as many places as he can and hopefully get pictures of
people's favorite hometown places or landmarks. Each Bug has
his own "diary" that follows its movements.
We just launched him early this evening and someone has ALREADY
picked him up! I can't wait to see what adventures he takes!
If you'd like to see where he's been, check out his adventures by clicking
here.
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Grammy
& Pap-Pap Visit
June
16-20, 2004 |
Mommy had this
week off of work, and Daddy still isn't working...so, Grammy &
Pap-Pap decided to come visit. Pap-Pap hadn't seen the house
yet and Grammy was only here before we moved in. It was nice
to see them. I haven't seen Pap since Christmas. I sure
have gotten a lot bigger since then! They brought me some new
Thomas stuff! I was excited to see Diesel 10 when I opened the
bag. I have been asking Mommy for him for weeks! I also
got some new clothes and stuff but I really don't care about that
kind of thing. Mommy was more happy about that. We
played a lot of trains!
It was a nice visit and I hope to see them at my birthday party in
July! Yea!
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Dr.
Hollowell Update
June
17, 2004 |
Dr. Hollowell
finally has gotten back to us about Cole's ultrasound in May.
She was unable to really read the scan and wanted to talk with the
technicians at Hershey. He was on vacation, then she was on
vacation...and finally we have communicated.
Everything looks GOOD, and there is no
dilation in that kidney (meaning it's fixed correctly). She
still wants us to get one more ultrasound in March, 2005 and
hopefully that will be it. Unfortunately, she is moving to
Virginia, but she said we can just have the ultrasounds sent down to
her. No problem!
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Our
100th Geocache Find!
June
18, 2004 |
Tonight we
headed out to find our 100th Geocache!! Grammy went with
us...so, it was her first (and possibly last...continue
reading). This cache took us to the very nice Union
Canal Park. We arrived at dusk, so it was getting a little
dark. I enjoyed watching all of the fireflies...there were
thousands of them! Anyway, I think we parked in the wrong spot
because we had quite a walk to the "cache" area. All
past logs had mentioned the nice level walk...ours was not.
Daddy was holding the GPS and wondering around bushwhacking in the
dark thorny woods...while Grammy stood there and pointed to a pile
of rocks. "Hey, maybe it's under those 3
rocks?"....Daddy, kind of laughing at Grammy like, what does
this "first time Geo-Grammy think she knows?....so, just to
amuse her, I'm sure, went and checked it out...and SURE ENOUGH...it
was there! Grammy was happy! She said that although the
pile of rocks was natural...there were three that looked
"placed". YEA GRAMMY!!! We will turn you into
a Geocacher yet! Although, next time we will choose a more
flat terrain...we thought we were going to lose you coming up that
HUGE hill on the way home. Don't feel bad...even I was winded
after that walk! whew!
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Julia
Turns Two!
June
19, 2004 |
Today, Mommy,
Daddy & me went to Julia C's 2nd birthday party. It was at
their new house in Annville...which is about a 5 minute drive from
us! It turned out to be a very nice day, with the threat of
rain finally blowing over! I had a good time playing with all
the kids and Julia's brother Derrick! They had a TON of
food...they even sent us home with a bunch! Julia's party had
a "tea party" theme...so we all had fancy hats to
wear...problem was, the wind kept blowing them off! I got
Julia a My Little Pony book, some stickers and some pretty fancy
hair things that I picked out for her. I hope she likes
them. I can't wait to see and play with them again. I
miss our playdates, but things have been so hectic around
here. I do hope they can all come to my party in July!
Happy Birthday Julia!
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Happy
Father's Day!
June
20, 2004 |
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First, I would
like to wish Daddy, Pap-Pap and Pa-Pa a VERY HAPPY FATHER'S
DAY! I hope you all enjoyed your very special day!
We spent the
day Geocaching today. We did a record (for us) 12 caches
today. We had a great time and found quite a few places we
didn't know about. That's what we really like...just getting
out of the house and exploring places we wouldn't have gone to
otherwise.
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FunCare
Magic Show
June
24, 2004 |
I got to see my
very first magic show today! It was great! The magician
was soo funny. He made me laugh a lot! He did some
really cool tricks with balloons and even sang and played the
banjo. Mommy wasn't able to see the show, since her class of
kids are too little. I was sure to tell her how cool it
was! My favorite was when he poured water in the cup and made
it disappear! WOW!
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It's
Official...I'm A Simpson's A-holic!
June
25, 2004 |
Mommy says that
I now fit in with the likes of Daddy, Uncle Mark, Bernie and the
Fisher's for being able to quote Simpsons references during any life
situation. I've done it twice this week. Once, I called
Mommy "Mr. Burns" (she wasn't so sure that was a
compliment!) and last night I walked over with a play
plate...pretended to throw it on her face...made a funny
sound...laughed...and said, "I'm Pie-Man!" Now, for
those of you who have not watched your fair share of The Simpsons',
will probably not get the joke...but I am SURE that the above listed
friends are laughing their Simpsons loving butts off!
Another thing...(being spoiled by TIVO)...I can't STAND commercials
interrupting my Simpsons' episodes. I am working hard on not
throwing such a fit and asking Daddy to nicely fast forward...but
it's been hard. I usually am known for just yelling
"SIMPSONS" as soon as the first beat of the commercial
begins! Luckily, I don't do this too much for anything
else. It's a good thing because Mommy said if I did...no more
TIVO fast forwarding for me! She said when she was a
kid....she used to have to wait for the show to come back on and
"watch" commercials! I can't believe it!
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Atlanta
at Baltimore game.
June
26, 2004 |
Mommy and Daddy
took me to the Orioles and Braves games today in Baltimore. We
rode down with Jen and Darrin, and then met Ryan, Melonie, Scott,
Jen and their kids at the stadium. We had a great time, even
though Baltimore ended up blowing a 7-0 lead to lose 8-7.
After the game, we all went to ESPN Zone at the Inner Harbor to
eat. Sam and I played together, and Mommy said I was very well
behaved all day....just like always!
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