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January
2005 Journal
Well,
another year has come and gone already! This year should
be a fun one. I love January because it usually means
snow and the Farm show comes to town! YAY!
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Happy
New Year ~ 2005 !!
December
31, 2004- January 1, 2005 |
We actually went
out for New Year's Eve this year. The Hartley's had a little
get together at their house. The Fisher's joined us too.
I was a little disappointed that my "best friend" Sam
wasn't there...but I still had a good time. I took my trains
:). The grown-ups ate a lot of good food. They sure do
like to do that! I ate the chocolate and Darrin's Skittles
(oops, I'll have to get him a new bag). We played games and
mostly visited. Maysen is getting bigger every time we see
her. It's been nice to see her grow up! We all said that
we would try to keep this "getting together" more often
thing going. Melonie brought her s'more maker and we did
that! I liked cooking the marshmallows but I would give them
away when I was done. I was real careful not to catch mine on
fire like Darrin did! Plus, I got to stay up real late and we
watched this shiny ball drop in New York City and everyone counted
backwards and we all yelled...HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It was a fun
time! Jen and Mommy said we would get together next when the
Steelers go to the SuperBowl!!
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Geocaching
One-Year Anniversary!
January
1, 2005 |
Wow...it's been
one whole year that we have enjoyed our new hobby of
Geocaching. Since then we have managed to get a few other
people into the "sport", Uncle Mark, Grandma & Pa-Pa,
and I think the Rice Family may be getting their feet wet soon
(literally, if they go after a rain storm...heehee!).
Anyway, we have been working with a journalist on a story for the Lebanon
Daily News. We took her out last month and today we went with
the photographer, Gordon. He was really nice and totally up
for the adventure. We thought he would just want to get some
posed pics at home but actually this was much nicer. I did a
pretty good job but the last few feet of the hike was rough, Daddy
had to carry me. There were a lot of jaggers and rocks....we
all got scratched up a bit...but I found the cache. This one
was in sad shape...I hope someone cleans it up soon. The box
had been chewed on by some kind of animal....no wonder, someone had
put food in it. You are not supposed to do that! Well,
we did get a travel bug from it and I wanted the golf tees (Mommy laughs,
you never know what is going to intrigue me!). Oh, did I
mention that it was a beautiful day today...in the 60's! We
didn't even need to wear coats! We did wear our blaze orange
though, since it was hunting season!
This marks our 310th find! Wonder how many we will get this
year? I would hope to double it by next year or even reach
1000 by 2006. Now, that would be a challenge!
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I'm
3 1/2 Years Old Today!
January
6, 2005 |
It's hard to
believe that I am going to be FOUR this year! Mommy says that
I am growing like a bad weed and becoming more and more independent
every day. Not sure if that is always a good thing.
Things I think I should be allowed to do, I am not. Although,
I don't give up without a fight! Daddy says I get my
determination (I really think that they like to use the word stubbornness)
from my Pa-Pa. Heehee!
So, what's been going on with me lately? I am still having
issues with sleeping in my room. I don't like my car bed
anymore, it's too small and it's "scary". We have
been talking a lot about colors for my room lately, so I think we
may actually buy some paint and fix it up for me soon. We
(well, I know what I want...black & red!) aren't really sure
what we are doing yet. I think I might get
"Grammy's" bed, Mommy's old bed, moved into my room.
We might keep it like it is...or just move in the mattresses and put
them on the floor. Heck, that is where I have been wanting to
sleep the last few days anyway. I like to put all my blankets
and pillows down and it's like I am camping! Mommy doesn't
want to go and get me a new bed, if I am just going to sleep on the
floor! I have been doing better with staying in my room.
I still like to come in Mommy & Daddy's room if it is raining
hard or really windy out. The wind howls like nothing I have
ever heard before. Mommy says it's because we have no trees
around. Plus, sometimes I can sneak in their room and be
sleeping on the floor beside their bed and they don't even know it!
I have also been having a lot of fun of being very
un-cooperative. I don't really like to do anything I am told
now without some kind of resistance. If I can put it off
as long as possible, that's great! However, Mommy & Daddy
don't let me get away with it for too long. I don't like to be
put in time-out, so it usually only takes one time of that or even
the threat of it. Now, we have seemed to start this whole
counting to 3 thing. I haven't quite caught on to how that
works yet...but am getting it. Daddy takes a bit longer to get
to 3 than Mommy does...heehee! Don't tell them I've noticed
that!
Well, it wasn't that long ago that I did an "all about me"
update in my journal. Nothing that new has happened. Not
sure if I am getting my picture taken or not. We did just get
one at Christmas so we may just have to wait until I turn 4.
Daddy is still looking for work, right now, just for something that
will pay the bills and hopefully get us some health insurance!
Mommy (and me) still are working full time at FunCare. We go
Tuesday-Friday, working ten hour days. The days are long, but
it gives us the extra day in the weekend...and I am so busy learning
and playing that I don't mind at all! I love my friends there!
See ya later!
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Sesame
Street Live
January
8, 2005 |
Well, we didn't
think we were going to the Sesame Street Live show this year...but
you never know how life is going to go some days. Mommy had a
parent give her free tickets to the show on Friday! They were
unable to go and just wanted someone to use them! How nice was
that? I was so excited to hear that we were going! We
had really good seats too!
This years show was called, Down-to-Earth-Fun! It was about an
average “sunny day” becoming extraordinary when Terry, Sesame
Street’s fix-it girl, and her Muppet friends taught their
intergalactic visitors, the "Yup-Yups", all about Earth.
Grover shared some of his recent global adventures, and we learned
that Sesame Street is internationally loved. The show included
popular segments such as “Elmo’s World” and “Journey to
Ernie,” (my favorite and he was hidden inside a BIG rubber
ducky!). Plus, they had the letter (Y) and number (2) of the
day! Mommy & Daddy said the show and the Sesame Street
Live friends taught us how much we have in common regardless of the
languages we speak, the way we look, or even the way we dance.
It was a fun and entertaining show! I was really intrigued by
the lighting and special effects...heehee! The only down-side
was that I fell asleep near the end of the show...so I never got to
see how the "Yup-Yups" got back to their planet! I
was not very happy during the car ride home to learn that it was
over and I missed it! Mommy told me, but that just wasn't the
same :(.
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The
2005 Pennsylvania State Farm Show
January
10, 2005 |
Can you believe
that this is my 4th trip to the Farm Show. I really had a
great time there! First, we went to see all the farm
equipment. I sat on and tried every single one that I could
out. Mommy said the people in charge of moving then when the
show is over, better check all the buttons and levers first!
They even had the cabs open on some of the really huge ones!
Daddy had to help me climb a ladder to get in the John Deere
one. Daddy said we should get two of them...they only cost
half a million dollars!
Next, it was time to eat. That is really what the farm show is
all about for us "non-farmers". They have the best
home-made foods! We (of course, you can't go to the Farm Show
without getting one) had yummy milkshakes! Daddy and Mommy had
mushrooms, fish sandwiches and cheese sticks.
Then we checked out all the animals. We saw the cows,
chickens, ducks, goats, rabbits, baby chicks being hatched and the
pigs. The horses were all in the back barn, or
something...they must have been keeping them out this day...bummer
:(.
We walked through the "display" area and I saw all kinds
of cool things. That giant canoe made from a tree was back
this year. We saw a large scale model of the Harrisburg
Dairy Farm and a train set. It took awhile to drag me from
that one! I got to hold a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, that
Daddy would not do! Everyone around thought that was pretty
funny! He wasn't very scary, just his legs were kind of
scratchy on my hand. Anyway, they had a new kids section next
and we had fun in there. I got to use a water pump and fill a
bucket, toss some corn cobs in the pigs mouth, visit with some
clowns, play in a "corn table" and ride a merry-go-round!
Daddy bought me a yummy soft pretzel and then it was time to
go. We had such a nice time and I was a very good boy! I
was tired and of course, fell asleep in the car on the ride
home. Oh, did I tell you that I wore my Steelers #7
Roethlisberger jersey! We sure did get all kinds of attention
from that. There are a lot of Steelers fans in Central
PA!
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Our
Geocaching Article ~ The Lebanon Daily News
January
11, 2005 |
As some of you
already know, we have been working with a freelance writer on an
article about geocaching. She wanted to introduce people to
this new sport and wanted a "fun family, with a good sense of
humor" to help. So, of course, she asked us!
Heehee! She liked a photo that Daddy had taken of me, with all
my bags of trash we had collected and the caption read: "Somewhere
an Indian weeps". My Daddy is so clever! Anyway, we
took her along with us in December and answered a lot of
questions...I showed them how good I am at finding the "hidden
treasures". Then earlier this month, we went out with the
photographer and he took lots of pictures of us.
We really had no idea how the article was going to be written, how
many pictures would be used or when it would come out in
print.
Well, Holly emailed us and said it would be in today's paper!
Daddy ran out and bought all the copies....no, just a few! We
were shocked to find our mugs on the front page! The article
was actually in the next section and when we turned to that....our
pictures were everywhere and the article was pretty large...and good
too! Nice job, Holly!
Daddy will soon get the article scanned on here and probably make it
a separate link on the site...so be sure to check back often to see
it. (visit link)
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**First
Snow of the Season!**
January
16, 2005 |
We finally got
some snow around here that accumulated! Well, not even an inch
so we aren't really sure that this should count! It started in
the evening so I didn't even get to go out and enjoy it! I
wanted to but Daddy had already given me my bath and dressed me for
bed! Plus, I am getting over strep throat. Mommy said I
could go outside tomorrow and play in it...if it last that long!
I think they are calling for more snow sometime this week.
Maybe it will amount to something! Daddy and Mommy got me a
sled and I don't even know if I will get to use it or not!
I say...**LET IT SNOW!**
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Playing
in the Snow
January
20, 2005 |
It finally
snowed enough to count! I have been staying home with Daddy
all week just to let myself heal from my sore throat, which has been
all better for a while now. Anyway, Daddy and me went outside
and tried out my sled! We took it out back on our little
hill. Weeee! What fun! I would carry my sled up
the hill and Daddy would help me with a push and whoosh....down I
would go! It was so much fun! Daddy got a video clip of
it too! Be sure to check it out! I can't wait to go
again.
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Play-off
Football Games
January
23, 2005 |
The Fisher's
joined us to watch the football games today. The Philadelphia
Eagles vs. The Atlanta Falcons and The Pittsburgh Steelers vs. The
New England Patriots. We ate yummy hot dogs, chips, brownies
and soda (or what I like to call, "beer"). Congrats
to the Eagles...good game and good luck in the SuperBowl. At
least one PA team will be heading to Jacksonville this year!
The Steelers however, PA-THE-TIC! I cheered and waved my
"terrible toddler towel" as hard as I could! I think Mommy
gave up after the 2nd interception...."you can't make it to the
SuperBowl playing like that!" Too bad....another let down
again in my short little life. Will we ever see the Steelers
in another SuperBowl? Will Bettis, "the Bus"
retire? OH NO!!! Well...it was a good run for them, just
too bad they couldn't have made the game more of a challenge for the
Pats. Better luck next year boys!
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