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October
2004 Journal
We
should have a lot of journal entries this month. October
always seems to be our busiest. Hopefully, the weather
cooperates with all we would like to do!
Check in with us often and if it's been awhile since you've
dropped us a line on the guest book...be sure to do that too!
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Campbelltown
Fire Department Open House
October
3, 2004 |
It's the
beginning of Fire Prevention Week and Mommy noticed that our fire
department was having an open house...so we went. We couldn't
have asked for a more beautiful day...it was sunny and warm with a
cool breeze! I got to see all kinds of fire trucks up
close! There were ladder trucks, rescue trucks, water tankers
and fire police vehicles! They sure were pretty, shiny and
red! I didn't want to try on any fireman clothes but watched
other kids do that. I got to hold a real hose and put out a
"fire" and learned how to "stop, drop, cover your
face, and roll!". Mommy helped me with that. I
colored a picture of a fire fighter and won a prize for my age
group! I got a cool Dalmatian fire puppy toy. Daddy won
a door prize too...a pewter mug. We ate yummy hot dogs, chips
and fruit punch too. It was all free! But the best fun
was getting to climb up on top of the big fire truck and go for a
ride around town! The fireman was blowing all his sirens and
making lots of noise so people would come out of their houses and
see us. I had fun waving at everyone! They even drove
around our neighborhood and went right past our house! I had
a good time....it was "almost" as much fun as riding
Thomas last weekend!
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Dresser
Incident :(
October
7, 2004 |
First
thing....I'm okay! So, I guess I thought I would get out my
own pair of pants and underwear from my dresser when Daddy had put
me up for my nap. Not sure why I needed new ones....I just
did! Well....climbing the dresser drawers was not my brightest
idea to date....that thing came crashing down faster than I could
blink! First, I kind of just laid there like..."Great
Cole...now look what you have done!" "Surely, Daddy had
heard that loud noise!? Hmmm? Is he ever going to get up
here?" "Ah, finally I hear running footsteps up the
stairs. I better yell so he knows what room to go
to." "Daddy...help me! Help me! Help
me!" I think I scared Daddy half to death...he got the
dresser up enough that I could crawl out from under it.
Whew....close one! Guess I won't be doing that again...well,
that is what Mommy is hoping. Daddy checked me over real good
and then again a few hours later and Mommy did again that
night. Nothing broken and only a few scratches on my
shoulder. I was very lucky...however, my piggy bank did not
survive the fall...it busted into about 101 pieces! I also
broke the "woo-woo" off of my Thomas lamp, but Daddy was
able to fix that for me. Daddy took the dresser out of my room
and we are eventually going to get something else to use that won't
tip over so easy. :)
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East
Pennsboro Pumpkin Festival
October
9, 2004 |
A co-worker of
Mommy's told her about this festival going on, so we decided to go
and check it out. What a fun day we had! There was a
nice crowd of people there but it wasn't bad at all. First, I
spotted the giant inflatable playground and just had to check it
out. Daddy got me a pass (of course he was sure that we had
just spent money on something that I would refuse to go do) and off
we went. It took some convincing to get me to take my shoes
off and the whole concept of standing in line was a little rough but
we persevered. First, was the giant elephant with balloons
blowing around inside...and it came to be my turn. I didn't
want to go in...but I guess you could say that Mommy pretty much
"pushed" me in! I just kind of stood
there...watching everyone like a deer stuck in headlights....and
then I saw what fun everyone was having. I started running
around grabbing balloons and bouncing off the walls...it was
great! I didn't want to get out. Getting out was fun
too...you had to climb a ladder and slide down the elephants
trunk! It wasn't too long before I was back in line for that
one. I also enjoyed the giant slide, the moonwalk and the
caterpillar obstacle course. My time was soon up for being in
there so we went to check out the rest of the festival. I got
some yummy cotton candy while Mommy and Daddy ate some
"crabby-patties"...heehee! Daddy couldn't resist
from doing a couple geocaches that were in the park. So, Mommy
and me looked at the fancy old cars...red ones are my favorite!
They were all so pretty...but NO TOUCHING! Later, I played a
game where I had to pick a pumpkin out of the kiddie-pool and I won
a medium prize...a bag of Halloween goodies! I also played a
soccer ball game (which I was a little small for and I think my
cuteness and deal of effort) won me a cool blow up soccer
ball! Next, Mommy & me went in the petting zoo! I
could have stayed in there all day! We petted goats, cows,
horses, turtles, chickens, baby ducks, kittens, rabbits and a baby
pig! I had the most fun holding the ducklings and baby
rabbits! After that we got in line to ride the pony!
That was fun and I wasn't nervous at all! Daddy and Mommy were
surprised...but when it comes to animals...I really have no
fears! I told Mommy that I want a big doggie and a little
doggie some day! "We'll see" is all she says.
We really had a fun day. I was so tired that I fell asleep on
the way home. I hope we will go to this festival again next
year! It was a good and inexpensive time!
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Sesame
Street Puppet Show
October
13, 2004 |
Big Bird, Cookie
Monster, Ernie and Bert visited FunCare today to teach us all about
fire safety. (Elmo was on vacation at the beach). We
talked about 9-1-1, getting out of your house, not playing with fire
or matches and STOP, DROP and ROLL. Big Bird was trying to
teach Cookie Monster how to do that and he kept messing it up!
We had to have some friends go up there and show him how to do it!
It was a funny show and we learned something too!
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Welcome
Maysen Elizabeth Fisher!
October
14, 2004 |
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Ryan &
Melonie welcomed the newest member to their family today! She
weighed 8
pounds 14 ounces and was 22 inches long. Both Mommy and baby
are doing great...
and Ryan is one proud and happy Daddy!
We still have yet to meet her in person and grabbed this photo courtesy
of the
Lemmons Family website!
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Derrick's
4th Birthday Party!
October
24, 2004 |
I got invited to
Derrick's birthday party! Mommy took me to it today. It
was at the Paramount Gym, which is just behind our house. What
fun it was! First, we sat in a circle while the teacher told
us all the safety rules. We ran an obstacle course, jumped
into the foam block pits, jumped on trampolines and swung from the
uneven bars! They even had a large blow-up
"moonwalk" thing for us to jump in! We ended the
party with pizza and cake! It was a good time and I was really
tired when we got home. Daddy missed all the fun, he was out
playing paintball with the Martinelli family!
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Fire
Trucks Visit FunCare
October
28, 2004 |
Today the
Linglestown Fire Department came to my school. They drove
their great big white ladder truck right onto our parking lot!
Not to mention driving right through the yellow plastic chain we
have up to protect the playground...oops! Anyway, they talked
to us about fire safety and what to do if we get trapped in our
house during a fire. We practiced how to yell, "I'm over
here!". The fireman dressed up in all his gear so we
could see that even though he looked "scary" it was just a
man trying to help us. I even got to shake his hand!
Then we all got to go inside the truck and sit in it. Some of
my friends were still sitting in there when they got a real call and
had to jump into action! Boy, were they fast and off they went
with sirens blaring! It was exciting to see!
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Tricky
Treat!
October
28, 2004 |
Tonight is trick
or treat night! I will have to admit it took some convincing
from Mommy & Daddy to get me to go. I was excited because
Grammy & Pap-Pap were here for a visit and I was convinced it
wasn't "Halloween" yet because it wasn't dark
outside! Hey, that is just the way a 3 year old thinks!
Anyway, Mom got me in my costume....Thomas the Tank Engine of
course...and out the door we went. Grammy was left to man the
trick or treaters coming to our house. First, we went to the neighbors
next door. I liked ringing the doorbell but Mommy would have
to remind me to stay there and say "Tricky Treat!" I
would take my piece of candy, say THANKS, turn to Daddy and say,
"that's enough, let's go home!" But they convinced
me to keep going. We sure did walk a lot and went to all kinds
of houses. There sure are a lot in this neighborhood and TONS
of kids. Not many made it up to our house, since we are still
in the middle of a construction zone. Anyway, some people get
all decked out for this holiday...one house was all dressed up with
spooky things and sounds. There were some kids in front of us
kind of mocking the decorations when the "dead man" on the
ground grabbed their ankles! I was really careful when walking
up to that house! It was fun and I wanted to go back!
Plus, I was like a celebrity walking around...everyone took notice
of me being Thomas! I got all kinds of compliments on my
costume!
Whew...what a night! I got all kinds of candy and tons of
M&M's...my favorite! I was sure to share some of my candy
with Grammy & Pap!
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Grandparents
Wiles Visit
October
28-November 2, 2004 |
Grammy &
Pap-Pap came to stay with Mommy & me for the weekend while Daddy
went to visit our friend, Caia. She lives in
Canada...Montreal to be exact. Daddy and Bernie drove up there
together. Mommy couldn't get off of work to go and Caia isn't
really up for visits of the 3year old type. That's okay...we
had a nice relaxing weekend. Mommy and Grammy did some
shopping while Pap-pap and I played. We drew trains and built
castles. I had a lot of fun watching the Steelers game with
Grammy. She's pretty funny and gets excited. We were
tossing around my "Terrible Toddler Towel" and yelling
"Defense!" Pap says it's because of us that they
won!
It was a nice visit and I hope to see them again soon....maybe for
Thanksgiving.
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