I’m a bit short on pictures this week, as our nice camera is suffering from a broken LCD screen. We took into the shop last weekend and we haven’t been as excited to use our point-and-shoot.
Tuesday was a good day at school. I really loved playing with the kitchen toys and I had fun entertaining the babies in the infant room before breakfast. I hardly cried when Mom left me! Dad was home when Mom and I got in, but he took off for the airport before I went to bed. I got to practice the stairs and loved the lentil burger I had for dinner!
Nana was here bright and early on Wednesday. I had a good breakfast and we had fun out in the park and in the yard watering the plants. I ate a huge lunch, played and read in the afternoon, and took a nice long nap. When Mom got here I ate a good dinner and then went to bed.
I was up early (5:15) on Thursday morning but hung out in bed until 5:35. I was in a good mood getting ready with Mom and I devoured some O’s before we left home and again before I got out of the car. Again, I didn’t cry much when Mom left. I really enjoyed playing with the babies in the infant room. I also found a mirror in the toddler room — and you know I love looking at myself (ok, kissing myself!) in the mirror. Mom and I played a game on the way home where we identified trucks, buses, and trains!
On Friday morning, I woke up and saw Mom before she left for work. Dad fed me breakfast and then when Nana got home we pretty much went right outside to the park because it was supposed to rain in the afternoon. After my nap, Dad and I took a trip to Menard’s to pick up a few replacement screens that he had ordered (two of them go in my room!). The people at Menard’s were really nice and Dad let me run around in the receiving area. The trip took longer than he expected, so by the time we got home, we didn’t have much time to do anything other than eat a quick dinner and go to sleep!
On Saturday morning, I woke up a bit after 6:00, but Dad didn’t come to get me until about 6:45. We played in my room for a while and then I walked down the stairs (with Dad’s help!) and ate breakfast. After I finished, we made our weekly trip to the grocery store and noticed that it was a really gloomy day. It was nice to see all the usual people at Dominick’s. One of them even gave me some career advice: “Don’t ever work for Dominick’s!”
We got home and played together until nap time. I had a pre-nap snack (a banana, as usual) and then walked up the stairs and went to sleep. When I got up, I helped Dad cook, and in the process ate some raw onion (eww!) and some raw red pepper (yummy!).
Lunch was a bit of an ordeal. I was really fussy depsite repeated requests from Dad: “no shouting” and “no crying.” I didn’t eat especially well, until dessert (of course). Dad has turned my blueberries in to a math lesson! For weeks, I’ve always said “one more” when I wanted more of something and I always got more than one of it. Today, Dad made me choose between “one more” blueberry and “two” blueberries. You won’t be surprised to learn than I alway chose two — what a great concept! I wonder if there could be anything cooler than 2!
So, I had calmed down a bit and Dad was really happy that I was learning about 2. We were going to play on my mat and he brought his lunch (a bowl of pasta) with him. I immediately attacked his food and ate his entire adult portion! We were both really happy about it!
After he changed my diaper we decided to go outside. It had stopped raining but it was very hot and humid! We stopped by Starbucks (where I even got my own beverage!) and then went to the park.
I spent for the first part of the visit on the playground equipment — I’m so good at the stairs now! Then Dad changed me into something lighter and he let me get wet playing in the fountain. By the time we left I was hot, wet, and tired!
As soon as we got inside, I devored some peach yogurt but I was too hot to fall asleep right away. It took me about half an hour to fall asleep, but it was a good, deep sleep when it finally came. When I got up, we pertty much went right back out to the park. I made two new friends, Eleni and Lydia. They were a lot older than me, but they were so nice! They played with me, pushed me in the swing, and even shared their toys with me. I was having so much fun that Dad let me stay out much later than usual.
Just as we were walking up to our house, our neighbor walked by with her dog. Dad talked to her while I played with the dog — Dad even let me kiss the dog (or maybe he didn’t notice it happening?)! We got inside and I ate pretty quickly and took the fastest bath ever before going to bed right at 8:00.
A year ago I spent my first night without Mom and Dad!
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