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May
2005 Journal
Happy
May!
Hope to really start enjoying some warmer weather this
month.
Having some visits from friends and celebrating Mother's Day
with Mommy :)
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One
Year Anniversary Living in our New House!
May
1, 2005 |
Wow! Can't
believe we have been living here for a year already. We are
just glad that we were able to stay and got through Daddy's
unemployed months with no major debt over our heads.
Whew! Hope we don't need to worry about that again, anytime
soon, but you never know with him working in the field (computer)
that he does. Anyway, it's been a slow process, but we are
getting some things done around here to make it more like a
"home". My room is almost finished. Just a few
more touches to go. I know Mommy wants to do the living room,
kitchen, powder room and hallways done soon. It seems to be
really hard for them to pick out paint colors and finding the
time. We hate to give up our weekends for housework!
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Geocaching
Fun ~ Find #348 and 349
May
7, 2005 |
Well, we haven't
been out caching in awhile, it seems. The weather is finally
cooperating. Getting tired of the March like weather we have
been having. Anyway, we were off to Mt. Gretna (small wooded
town, full of game lands, near our house) to find a newly hid cache,
called Just For Kids. How appropriate, I'm a kid! Daddy
said this cache would only take a short while to find, short hike,
easy hide. Or so he thought...I had other plans in mind.
Mommy said this trip was truly about the "journey" and
that was geocaching is supposed to be all about. It gets you
out of the house and discovering new places and things. Well,
I did just that...I stopped to explore every log, stump, rock,
plant, creek along the way. It was fun. I did complain
some...I'm working on that but it was still a good time. I
found the cache hidden in a tree around some rocks and picked out
something fun to play with. After that it was time to go home
and take a nap. Daddy's orders, he was tired of my
complaining. Mommy thinks he had a hard time wondering what
should have been a 1/2 hour find turned into 3 hours in the
woods...heehee. After my nap we went to Hershey to find one
more. This one was simple since it was in town...no woods for
me to explore and I knew we were going for pizza afterwards!
Yay!
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Happy
Mother's Day!
May
8, 2005 |
Happy Mother's
Day to Mommy, Grammy, and Grandma. Also a happy day shout out
to all of our friends that our Mommy's too! I hope you all had
very special days with your families. We did some fun stuff
that I will write about in a separate log. I worked really
hard on a special gift for Mommy at school. I made her a card
with sparkly glitter all over it. It's a picture of a
building. Also, I planted her a seed in some dirt that will
grow into a flower. She thought they were awesome and gave me
big kisses! Oh, yea and I made her some brownies...my new favorite
thing to make and eat!
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Philadelphia
Zoo
May
8, 2005 |
Today, for
Mother's Day, Mommy decided she wanted to go to the zoo. We
have been living here for (3 1/2 for me and 7 1/2 for Mommy &
Daddy) years and have never gone to Philly for anything! We
were kind of surprised that it only took us about an hour and a half
to get there! We arrived shortly after the zoo opened and
Daddy had the smart idea of walking around the zoo
"backwards", so we avoided any kinds of crowds. I
liked the big balloon they had there but you couldn't go up in it because
the wind conditions were too bad. I really enjoyed looking at
the monkeys. I could have watched them all day! The big
one stood there and pee'd all over the place! That was pretty
funny! We rode the swan paddle boats and I got to
"drive"! In the petting zoo, I got to feed the
ducks. I like watching them all come for one little piece of
food! I didn't chase after the goats and sheep this time like
I usually do. Mommy & Daddy tried to talk me into getting
my face painted but I didn't want to do that! I said I just
like my face brown like it is.
We stopped at the gift shop on the way home and I got a cool t-shirt
and a zoo play set. Mommy & Daddy got a magnet for our refrigerator
like they always do when we go someplace new.
This zoo was nice but we really feel like we have been spoiled by
the Brevard Zoo that we visited in Florida while visiting Uncle Mark
last year. We still had a really nice time though and are
thinking of going back to Philly again to do something else.
Mommy said that they are supposed to have a really nice children's
science center.
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Another
Geocaching Weekend!
May
14-15, 2005 |
Seems we are
always writing about caching...but we ARE always caching when we get
the nice weather. This weekend, the rain missed us and it
turned out that we had two really nice days. Saturday, we
headed over to the new Boyd's Big Tree Conservation. There
were several geocaches hidden in this beautiful area. There
are over a dozen hiking trails and all the ones we went on were
perfect for me. I think we found around 5 caches total
there. Some were really tricky. I did get a new
HotWheels car from one :). I tried to pull the whiny "I'm
tired, hungry, can't walk anymore" fits...but they didn't work,
we kept on going. Eventually, I found some cool stuff to keep
me entertained (bark on a dead log, millipede, dandelion flowers and
a big "hammer" stick). We went for lunch at
McDonald's and I actually ate some of my cheeseburger. Then we
went to City Island to search for a cache, but there was a game
starting and we couldn't find it, so we left. Where to
go...Mommy and Daddy said that there was a cool puzzle cache multi
that they wanted to do at a park, so we went there. It was
fun! I played really hard on the equipment with other kids
that were there. Daddy and Mommy were taking turns going all
over the place trying to be stealthy. They were having some
trouble and had to call Uncle Mark to look something up on the
internet and then after about 2 hours, the rain chased us
away. We left, should've stayed, because it didn't rain for
very long. Came home and played outside for awhile, then it
was time for bed.
Sunday, we got up early and off we went as soon as we saw that the
forecast had changed. Daddy realized a BIG goof that we made
at City Island...so we went there and found it quickly and another
one that was on the Island. Then...off to that park again to
finish the puzzle. Mommy and Daddy figured it out and found
the final cache. It was funny watching Daddy trying to get it
without being seen...there were muggles everywhere as a soccer game
was beginning! We did a few more caches in the area...came
home and all took naps. It was a fun weekend...with NO TV!!!!
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Armed
Forces Day
May
21, 2005 |
We decided to
check out Armed Forces Day on City Island. It was pretty
cool. We parked downtown and walked across the Walnut Street
Bridge. I didn't like walking on the grating part, so I stuck
to the sidewalk. On the way over, we heard...BANG, BANG,
BANG! It made me jump...Mommy and Daddy too! They were
firing off cannons. I got to see all kinds of soldiers in
their uniforms...Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and the Coast
Guard. I also got to see and go inside a Red Cross helicopter,
Abrams Tank, M2 Fighting vehicle, CH-47 Chinook helicopter, and the
recruiting HMMWV. I was a little nervous inside the
helicopter, I thought they were going to take off with us in it!
We walked down to the river and got some food for lunch and sat and
watched things. I told Mommy that "I could sit here all
day and watch the boats on the water, people on the bridge and cars
on the road."
A special THANKS to all who have and are defending our
country.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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Trike-A-Thon
for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
May
25, 2005 |
My daycare
participated in a trike-a-thon today. It helps raise money for
St. Jude's Hospital, as well as teaching bike safety. Mommy
said that the money will go to help sick kids. I didn't think
kids got sick, but they do. I was excited to
participate. I got all kinds of donations and told my friends
all about it. We didn't think that we were going to be able to
have it because of the weather, but the rain stayed away! I
used one of Fun Care's trike's because I am still a little too small
for my one that Santa brought. Anyway, I had a little trouble
getting started at first but I stuck with it. Mommy came out
and took some pictures and helped me get along too. After
awhile of watching my friends and NOT giving up...I had it rolling
around the obstacle course pretty good. I even remembered to stop
at the stop signs and look both ways.
It was a fun day and I helped to raise $115 for all those sick
kids. I sure hope that helps.
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My
First SOLO Bike Ride
May
25, 2005 |
I really think
it was because of spending the day on the trike's at school and
watching all my friends whiz by me on their cool bikes, is the
reason this moment took place. I have been trying a little bit
each day but never really got anywhere on it, well...not far past
the garage. I finally figured out how to make my legs work to
get the wheels to turn. Daddy picked me up early from daycare
and we came home and got out my bike. We started slow down the
driveway and then I rode it up and down the sidewalk....all by
myself!!! I have a little bit of trouble going uphill but I am
determined to have it mastered by the end of the summer. I
can't wait to ride my bike to the playground!
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Memorial
Day Weekend!
May
27-30, 2005 |
We FINALLY made
it up to visit Grandma & Papa! A special bonus of Aunt
Atina and cousin Nickoli being there. I (We) had the BEST
time! Nickoli and I played hard every day. It was a lot
of fun having someone to "run" cars with and dig in the
dirt and to drive tractors with. Nickoli has this really
awesome John Deere Tractor that is just the right size for us to
drive. He did a great job of sharing and we really
"tore" up the yard in that thing. We wore out the
batteries a few times. Mommy & Daddy did a lot of
geocaching. They found all of Grandma's hides. Well, all
but one...they had to help her with that one. We took the
tractor up to find the one on their property. I am not so
afraid of Papa's big tractor now. I had fun helping Papa build
a campfire in the backyard. Nickoli and I were very careful to
stay back...but had a good time making hot dogs and s'mores!
Yummy! It was also exciting for me to sleep there. I am
finally old enough for the top bunk! I got to sleep up there
all by myself and by the end of the weekend, I had the ladder
mastered. We went to a cool playground/park on Memorial Day,
while Daddy and Grandma did a geocache. Then we went to the fire hall
to get some chicken! Mmmm...I even ate a little tiny bit of
that! It came time for us to leave way too soon! I did
not want to go, as I was having so much fun! Daddy said we
would come back before the summer was over...just need to find the
time. I slept most of the drive home, which Mommy said was a
good thing as traffic was horrible. We didn't get home till
really late...but then I wasn't tired!
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