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January
2006 Journal
Happy
New Year!
Looking forward to some snow falling, The PA Farm Show and
some birthday parties! There is even talk of ice skating
and a sledding trip to Ski Round Top! We'll see.
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Happy
2006!
January
1, 2006 |
We spent the day
together as a family. I spent some more time working on my box
house, we watched another King Kong movie, Mommy made a dinner of
sauerkraut and pork. I just had a hot dog. I finally got
to make my volcano explode over and over again!
We talked about "resolutions". It's been suggested
to me that I work on being a better listener and not use my
"sassy mouth".....what?! I would like to learn to ride my
bike and maybe take a trip to see Uncle Mark and my buddy,
Sam. Mommy & Daddy talked about the usual....lose some
weight (which they have already been doing) and getting the house
looking like a "home". That is the big one for this
year. I have a feeling there is going to be some painting
going on around here! Let's hope...my room is the only one of
color and we are all getting tired of the white walls! I think
the "plan" is to do the living room first.
Happy New Year! We wish everyone the best!
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Geocaching
~ 2nd Anniversary
January
2, 2006 |
Although, yesterday
(the 1st) was our 2 year anniversary of this hobby, we didn't get
out until today. We should have gone yesterday because the
weather was so much nicer...but we persevered in the rain.
However, Daddy did much better than Mommy and me. We waited
some out in the car! It was nice to get back in the swing of
it...we haven't' gone since before Thanksgiving!
We should set a goal of 1000 finds by 2007! Only 469 to
go! Guess I should tell Daddy about this....:)
Plus, Daddy has some new and interesting ideas for caches he is
going to place soon! He's becoming quite "famous" in
the "caches you MUST do!" category of the
sport! Go Daddy!
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I
am 4 1/2 Years Old Today!
January
6, 2006 |
Can you believe
that I will be FIVE this year and old enough to begin
Kindergarten? Where did the time go?
A year ago I was having issues with sleeping in my room. Not
anymore...I have my own big boy bed that I love. I still like
to leave the light on, but Mommy or Daddy turn them off when they go
to bed and I keep them that way.
I love to play games on the computer or with my game systems.
I like to build things like the "constructions" say they
should be built. I can write my name all by myself, I
completely dress myself...snow suit too! I comb my hair and
brush my teeth. I even will cook my own waffles for
breakfast. I still like to make people laugh and even have a
joke or too I like to tell. I like to test the rules and
limits, have selective hearing and NOTHING IS MY FAULT! I am
still very amused by body functions and the sounds I can make!
(Mommy and Daddy are not big fans of this!) Hey, not
everything is glamorous, but it's all part of growing up! I am
doing really well in "preschool". Learning my
letters and I enjoy counting things. My favorite toys are
still my cars and Thomas stuff. I love to read books at
bedtime and watching movies. I still love the Simpsons!
They are my favorite and only show that makes me stop what I am
doing and come running when I hear the show begin. I hate
waiting for things...if it's longer than 5 minutes, you will hear
about it. I don't like gong to bed or going to get a
bath...I'm okay once I am in there. I definitely don't like
being told no or having a time-out. I don't like to stop
playing to have to use the bathroom or having to eat. I am
still only eating limited things...and vegetables you can forget
about. I still enjoy the quiet snuggle time and telling Mommy
& Daddy that I love them!
Mommy says I weigh 38 pounds and am around 42 inches tall! I
am wearing size 5T in shirts and 4T in pants. My shoe size is
about a 9 1/2 and maybe 10 soon. Mommy thinks my feet grew
this month!
I will be going to the doctors this month to set up my follow-up for
my kidney. So, we will know more this month and next how
things are going with that. There were some questions of
concern at my last one 6 months ago. If the results are the
same or worse, we will be seeing another specialist. We will
keep you posted with that.
Well....I need to go play with something.....see ya soon!
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Nolan's
2nd Birthday Party
January
7, 2006 |
Today we
went to a party for Nolan. He is the younger brother of my
friend, Derrick. His actual birthday is in December but due to
illness, his party got delayed.
I had a fun time playing with Derrick. He has a lot of
toys. We played fun games at Nolan's party and I won a
lollipop. We ate yummy pizza and cake. He got a lot of
nice gifts and really like the stuffed puppy and book that I got him
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The
PA State Farm Show
January
8, 2006 |
Daddy took me to
the Farm Show today. Mommy stayed home because she was
sick. But that's ok, since we had fun anyways. There
weren't as many tractors (my favorite part) as last year, but I
still had fun pretending to drive the ones they did have. We
also got to see lots of animals, like pigs, cows, and this baby calf
that was great. They also had bunnies and these baby ducklings
that would climb up these steps to get food, then push each other
off down a slide into the water below. It was pretty funny,
and I watched them for a long time. And of course we also got
our milkshakes....yummy!
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Letter
W Day
January
10, 2006 |
Today was
"W" day at school. We had taken a break from our
letters for the holidays but we are now back on track! I
debated on whether or not to take "water" or "white
paint". I opted for the paint. I did a good job of
remember to say it was "white" rather than just calling it
paint. Mommy & me practiced that in the car on the way to
school.
Other "w" things we talked about were: watches, walrus,
wash, water, windows and watermelon.
We cut out the letter W and decorated them to look like
watermelons. We have been practicing writing the letter, big
and small and writing other "w" words. I have been
doing pretty good. Sometimes I mess up and make them upside
down...oops.
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Kyle's
Birthday Party
January
14, 2006 |
I was invited to
Kyle's (a friend from "school") birthday party. It
was at a bowling alley. I had never been bowling before and
was excited to go! Daddy took me and was going to leave me
there by myself (for the first time ever, a party by myself!).
However, we were just getting ready to bowl and Daddy wanted to take
some pictures, I managed to smash my finger between two bowling
balls! OUCH! Of course, I was a wreck after that.
I did NOT want Daddy to leave, I did NOT want to bowl, and I did NOT
want to party! Eventually, I came around and joined in with my
friends and had a really fun time. I even bowled a couple of
times, but we ran out of time!
It was a nice party and a lot of my friends were there. We ate
some yummy food and cake too! Daddy said we would try and go
bowling again soon.
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Bowling
with Mommy & Daddy
January
15, 2006 |
We were thinking
of something to do today and I asked if we could go bowling again
and Mommy said, "SURE!". We went to the lanes in
Palmyra, they have a good deal on Sundays, I guess.
Anyway...we had a lot of fun. I used bumpers and scored a
62! I did get the ball down there a few times without hitting
them, but mostly I really needed them to help me out. I am
learning to NOT throw the ball and to roll it. It is a lot of
fun to run up there and let it go! I told Mommy, "I am
going to bowl like Homer Simpson and if one is still standing I will
shoot it down like Chief Wigham!" Mommy and Daddy bowled
too! They haven't been bowling since before I was born!
They did okay, Mommy won but only by 2 pins! Mommy had a 122
and Daddy a 120. I believe we got a printout copy of our
scores that we will get scanned on here...someday.
We had a great time and I can't wait to go again! This may
become a regular activity for us now.
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Geocaching
& "DelaWhere?" Event
January
15, 2006 |
There was a
geocaching event tonight in Middletown so we decided to do a couple
caches beforehand. I think we snagged 3 of them. Mommy
and I sat in the car for the 2 of them because it was getting dark
and it was sooo cold out! I had fun watching the ducks at one
of them. Don't they know that the water is freezing?!
Anyway, off we went for the event cache. It was called
DelaWhere?. CCCooper held it to launch a new Delaware
geocoin. It was a short event but we met some new cachers and
I had fun playing with some of the kids that were there.
If the weather would ever cooperate, we could have a nice day just
of caching. It needs to warm up or stop raining!
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Letter
B Day
January
17, 2006 |
We are learning
about bears this week....so naturally, today was "B"
day. I took in a "box" and it just so happened to
have Bob the Builder on it! 2 points for me! My friends
brought in cool things like; bubblegum, a boat, bottles, a blanket,
bubbles and a bat. I even wore my "brown" outfit
today with my "boots"!
We cut out the letter "B" and decorated it like a bear. We are now doing writing pages and learning to
write our letters and other "B" words. I remember
how to make a "B"....it's a straight line with two bumps!
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Flu
Bug!
January
20, 2006 |
Well, that nasty
little flu bug that has been getting everyone sick, finally caught
up with me. Bummer! We all thought I had missed getting
it. However, Mommy was not surprised since 2 of my friends
went home from school with it. It hit me in the middle of the
night...and I threw up all over my bed. I was soo upset.
Daddy got me all cleaned up and Mommy got my bedding cleaned and
washed. I got to sleep with Mommy in the "big bed"
and only got sick one more time. Mommy got me to the bucket in
time for that one. I was up a few more times crying, "my
belly hurts so bad, give me some medicine". Mommy tired
explaining to me that throwing up is a good thing but I wasn't
hearing that!
Mommy & me slept in until 10 o'clock the next morning! I
felt much better and was in a pretty good mood. I still wasn't
up for eating anything, so we hung out on the couch all day and
watched movies!
We've had about enough of this "flu" thing around
here. Now, we have all had it, and Mommy twice! Enough is
enough already!
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PITTSBURGH'S
GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!
January
22, 2006 |
Well...that
question I've been asking for a few years now has FINALLY been
answered! "Will Pittsburgh ever get to another
SuperBowl?" YES!!! We have party plans in the
making already for the big event to be watched here!
Anyway.....
The Hartley's joined us for the momentous occasion. We (except
Daddy...cough) were all decked out in our Steelers gear to cheer on
the team!
The Pittsburgh Steelers vs. The Denver Broncos, who will it be?
They didn't simply beat the Broncos. They owned them. They ignored
the sea of orange that filled Invesco Field at Mile High. They
ignored the Broncos' 9-0 record there, including their win over the
team that won three of the last four Super Bowls. They ignored being
5,280 feet above sea level. Ben Roethlisberger and his team
knew they had to get the "Bus" (Jerome Bettis) back
home.....SuperBowl XL(40) in Detroit....and that they did!
Bettis even held strong and scored a touchdown for his team, all
with a nasty cold and problems with asthma at such a high altitude!
The Steelers -- and especially Roethlisberger -- have proven beyond
a shadow of a doubt that they are talented enough and hot enough to
win it all!
Let's hope this is true! So...get out your BLACK
and GOLD!!
We will see you February 5th!
GO
STEELERS!!
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Letter
X Day
January
24, 2006 |
We had the
tricky letter, but one of my favorites to write, letter X day
today. It really was no question as to what I was
taking. Mommy let me take my x-rays of my kidney! All of
my friends thought they were cool. You could see my back, rib
and pelvis bones!
Other friends brought xylophones and letter x's. Not
many words start with this letter. We practiced writing
capital and lowercase X's and writing words that not only started
with X but had the letter X in them.
We made our big X's for decorating the room and made the one side
look like a xylophone...they look pretty cool! Mommy is saving
all of my letters that we have done and is making them into a book
for me to keep!
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Geocaching
Adventure
January
28, 2006 |
We haven't gone
on a big "caching" day in quite awhile and the weather was
too perfect for this time of year (or so Daddy says....I want it to
SNOW!). Anyway, we went and did a few in the area that we have
gotten behind on. I got to "run" the GPS for the
first one. Daddy asked me which way the arrow was
pointing. I told him that it was pointing "up" and
that we needed to take a plane to get there. Everyone
laughed...including me, because I "knew" I was making a
joke! HA! We managed to find the "treasure"
rather quickly and I got a cool parachute man out of it. Then,
I tried my trick of complaining about everything from being too
tired to too hungry, my feet hurt, carry me, I don't want to do
this.....Daddy said we were going to go home and that I was going to
bed! ugh! We didn't though, Mommy thought it may be
smarter to just keep going. (Darn it Mommy, I keep forgetting
you work with kids and have some expertise with these little
situations!). So, we went and did a bunch more and I, of
course, was a happy, fun kid to be around. Whew! I do
much better on a very flat trail kind of terrain and that is where
the rest of the ones we did were. I got to see some llamas up
close too! They are interesting creatures. I could have
watched them all day. The funny thing was watching all of them
come to the fence when they saw us! Daddy thinks people must
feed them, even though they shouldn't.
All in all, we had a great day. We found 8 caches. I got 2 cool
cars and a parachute guy. We found a travel bug AND a
geocoin! Plus, we got to eat at McDonalds! Yum!
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Letter
T Day
January
31, 2006 |
Today was
"T" day! I took my Terrible Toddler Towel!
Plus, I wore my Thomas sweatshirt.
We talked about all kinds of things that start with
"T": train, towel, tree, truck, two and teeth. (We
are learning about Dental Health this week). We cut out letter
T's and made them look like trees. They look really cool hanging
on the wall.
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