What a week...

Well folks I have had a very busy week. I met Elmo and Dora with my little sister, Emma. That was an experience! Emma ended up being afraid of her favorite character when she came face to face with him. Not me! I hugged him just fine! I really did try to help my little sister go to him but she was not budging for that. I think grandma finally got her to sit ever so quickly on his lap, but I was so busy watching everything I honestly can't remember. LOL There were lots of kids to see.

For the holiday we had a cookout and a bon fire with sparklers. Wow was that fun! Its nice to be able to sit outside now that the weather is warming up. Oh how I love the outdoors.

On Tuesday when I returned to school I got to read a Dick & Jane book to my kindergarten class. Ms. Collins is so proud at my reading abilities she let me do story time with our class. I felt like a teacher. Ms. Collins told my grandma on grandparents day last Friday that I come to school with such enthusiasm and that I leave just as enthusiastic as I came. I think that was a compliment, don't you? I just love my teacher and I love going to school. :-)

We have had some pretty great weather and been able to play outside a lot. Emma and I love the outdoors. I have learned how to do toe jumps on the trampoline. Great practice for me now if I decide to become a cheerleader in the future. I have also been practicing my reading and writing. I do this in my bedroom at my desk to keep Miss Emma from pulling at my books and papers. She just loves doing that kind of stuff. And me, I do like a bit of down time which daddy says it just fine. All big sisters enjoy time to themselves once in awhile. I am so glad my daddy understands these things. He is such a smart daddy!

At school we had field day and got to do so many fun things. Water balloons, races, games and great snacks! Who ever knew we could have so much fun in one short day! I love it, I love it. LOL I am a wee bit saddened by it all. I have made so many friends this year I just know I am going to miss them all when school ends. And Ms. Collins won't be my teacher next year. That is really saddening to me. She has been so awesome I cannot imagine not having her in first grade. But daddy says I will just get another wonderful teacher so not to worry myself about this. He says its all part of moving on to the next grade in school and I will get use to it. I hope he is right about that.

Ooops! Daddy is calling me for tubby time so I better get going. Grandma is suppose to be over tomorrow to play with Emma and me, so I need to get some rest. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I know we will. xoxoxox

Catching up on things!

Well it has been a busy month and I think grandma and I have fallen short of keeping everyone current on what I have been doing, so let me try to catch you up on things.

Spring is definitely trying to explode here in Ohio. Been a wet one so I have not been able to play outside as much as I would like to. That makes me sad. On the upside I am doing "awesome" in school. Ms. Collins (my kindergarten teacher) send home notes to daddy all the time on how great I am doing in school. Did you know I am reading at first grade level already? We had grandparents day at my school today and Ms. Collins told my grandma how wonderful I am and that she loves my enthusiasm at school. She says I am as happy when I arrive as I am at the end of the day when its time to go home! :-)

I have been talking to Dr. Esson and he has really been nice to talk to. With all that I have gone through change wise in my home Miss Shayne thought it would be good for me to have someone to chat with and it has. He lets me play frogger when I visit him. I like that game! Daddy and I have been spending more time together, just the 2 of us. I like that too! With Miss Emma we are both kept pretty busy so its nice to get a little one of one time with just each other once in awhile.

Last week was a bummer. My mommy canceled visitation and daddy let me call grandma and papa because I was crying. They told me I could join them in town while they were shopping and then they took me to the park to play. I even got a Frappucino from Starbucks (without the coffee). It was yummy! We ran into Arielle (my cousin Boo) and she joined us at the park too. We had so much fun. I am glad grandma and papa know how to make sad feelings go away. I think that is what grandparents do best. Make us feel all better inside.

Miss Emma has been a busy little angel lately. Did you know she is saying da-da, na-na & goo-grl? Can you believe that? First they said she would never talk and now we are hearing her call my daddy and grandma (Nana) out loud. She is so cute! She is also been going potty at school too. She has gone 2 full weeks at school now. Every single day!!!! Woo-hoo for my little sister! Woo-hoo!

Did I tell you grandma got me Dick & Jane books? She said she use to read them when she was my age so she wanted me to experience them too. I have already read 3 of them to her, papa and daddy! They love my reading. Daddy enjoys my reading all the road signs when we are traveling in the car too. It is amazing how much I have learned this year. And my report card has been totally awesome too. I get rewarded for good grade with $5.00 and grandma and papa take me out to breakfast at Bob Evan's each report card time. I love it, love it, love it!!!!

Well daddy and I have a date tonight. We are going to the races just the 2 of us. I like racing and so does daddy. Its one of the things he and I do together in the summer time. We both like the loud noise of the engines. He makes me wear my headphones but I can still hear them rev up.

Wishing all of you and nice Memorial Day weekend.

My kindergarten year montage...2007-08

Oh I my family says I have grown in so many ways this school year! I am now reading first grade level, adding, writing and so much more. How fun it has been just to be a little girl and Miss Emma's big sister. And as always...daddy's princess! xoxo


Tori's Kindergarten year 2007-08

Spring has sprung!

The Garage Sale- 5/21/08

Well Spring is finally here and oh how I love to play outside. The swings and trampoline are still my all time favorites at home and on weekends I get to play in our playhouse at grandma and papa's house. Two weeks ago Olivia and I had our own yard sale. I think I made mention of it but never shared any pictures on my blog page. Grandma is going to share some of the pictures with all of you this weekend.

Papa took one look at what we had done and called grandma out to see it for herself. I am not sure what they found so amusing but they were laughing for quite some time over it. I guess they had no idea how resourceful Olivia and I can be. We did not actually sell any of our toys, but we sure had a lot of fun pretending. Enjoy!

Oh yes, before I forget Happy Mother's Day to all those dear to my heart. xo

Trying to catch up......

Well everybody, been a few busy weeks so not much blogging being done. I've been busy and grandma has been busier than me. So let me try to bring you up to date. Last weekend daddy to us to kids day which was sponsored by my little sister, Miss Emma's school. Wow! There were clowns, games to play and food to eat. We really had a nice time. :-)

Then Saturday night my cousins Olivia and Abigail were spending the night with grandma and papa so I invited myself to join them. I do that any chance I get as I love spending time with Olivia. We decided to have our own yard sale in the backyard. You should have seen papa's face when he saw ALL the little tykes furniture out of our playhouse and the table we set up with a table cloth over it. His face was priceless! Then he called grandma out to look at what we had done. Oh my! She could not believe her eyes....then she wanted to know how two little girls got all that furniture out of the playhouse? We just laughed and told her we did it ourselves. And we did! Papa said it was going to rain so we needed to start cleaning up so we showed them. Both Olivia and myself started picking up the table, then the chairs, the refrigerator, the stove, the kitchen and the tea party kitchenette. One by one we put everything back in our playhouse except the picnic table. Papa said it could stay outside. Whew! We were both glad as we were getting pretty tired by now anyway.

Grandma bathed my little cousin Abigail (she's 7 months now) and then ran a bath for Olivia and I. We began singing songs in the tubby so grandma came in and videoed us. She is going to try to get it posted once she figures out how to cut it back a bit. It is too large to download on my blog page right now as we sang too many songs. LOL Our favorite song was the one that starts with; "It's raining, its pouring, the old man is snoring". You know how it goes.... Well we improvised! We sang "papa" is snoring and laughed our little heads off all the while. Grandma was laughing too. And papa, well once he got over the shock of his granddaughters singing about him he started laughing too. Grandma is calling it our tubby duet.



Abigail of course was good as gold. She is such an awesome baby! She is just so happy and fun to watch. She even has a new tooth. Wow, she is growing so fast these days. Miss Emma stayed home for a little one on one time with daddy. I thought that was nice of her to not want to leave him alone all night. She is such a little sweetie!

Tonight grandma is over at her friends house as she is very sick. Grandma has been doing this for weeks now so her friend is not alone. I guess several of her friends are all chipping in to do this right now so she is not alone. Papa really misses her but he is kind enough to understand that she is needed right now. He is a good papa isn't he? Well grandma cannot type anymore for me right now as her friend needs her so till next time lots of love and hugs your way.