tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117412692012-02-16T09:42:22.152-05:00Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.comBlogger961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-56880670672393321152011-07-30T22:12:00.001-04:002011-07-30T22:12:49.530-04:00

Today, my baby girl, my Kindergartener, graduated and is now a 1st Grader!! We had a surprise Graduation Party for her, complete with cap & gown and Pomp & Circumstance playing in the background.  I had my DH take her to the park this morning.  I baked a cake, made some ice cream, wrapped her graduation gift, and got her cap & gown out on her bed.  I even made her a graduation certificate! My

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I had good intentions of keeping up this blog but got sidetracked.  We’ve been so busy with homeschooling and enjoying our pool that this has just gotten pushed to the back burner. Trying on her new Princess and the Frog bathing suit I’ve decided to start a new blog to chronicle the homeschooling journey we are on.  This blog will continue to be about The Princess but will have limited posts

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-17803552844647549142011-01-10T21:40:00.002-05:002011-01-11T14:40:37.299-05:00

Sounds weird, right?  But that is what we did today. Make Turtle Bread.  We are studying a unit on Turtles in Kindergarten. For those of you who don’t know, I homeschool E.  It’s been a challenge, but one we continue to work at.  Anyway, just as we were finishing up our unit, I saw instructions on how to make a turtle-shaped loaf of bread.  I had been looking for SOMETHING to make shaped like a

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-62713302161954289912010-09-15T21:21:00.000-04:002010-09-15T21:21:23.601-04:00

We've had a busy summer and now it's over (although not pool time...it's still warm enough to swim for a few more weeks). E had a couple of first in the last few months: She started swimming w/o any swim aids (vest, ring, water wings).  She is quite the fish now and LOVES to swim.  I may need to get her on a swim team. She has started reading.  She has a few Step 1 (K-1) books and she is

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My daughter is destined to be a cheerleader, I think.  "Mom, you are swimming great." and "Go daddy, go daddy, pull the wagon, go daddy." and "Keep peddling mom--ok that one was from last year since I haven't ridden (is that a word??) my bike in a L O N G time--you can do it."   She also happens to believe, and who am I to disagree with her, that I am the Best Mom In The World.  I mean, she tells

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-85214075946235336992010-07-25T23:24:00.000-04:002010-07-25T23:24:11.150-04:00

I've posted a lot about my daughter's imagination.  Just when I think I've heard the funniest thing from her, she surprises me. It's not secret that she LOVES Disney Princesses.  Just about every day, she pretends to be one of the DP's and has this whole storyline that he replays, sometimes ad naseum.  Today, she was in her blue princess gown, and tells me she just got married to Prince Eric. 

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That is one of E's favorite games to play...in the pool of course.  She pretends to be a reporter and she interviews me because she heard that my "daughter" gave me a "Best Mom In The World" award.  She brings her camera lady and asks me questions about my award, but mostly about my "daughter."  Have I mentioned before how I LOVE her imagination? So this got met thinking that as long as it is

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…and keep you cool.  The Princess has always liked wearing hats.  As a baby, I never had a problem keeping a hat…or sunglasses on her. I was shopping online the other day and saw a sale mentioned.   I went to the site and found this great sun hat, marked down from $40 to $14. She can be such a ham (just like her mommy) when it comes to taking her picture. Here it is from the side so you can

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Mom sent The Princess a package today with sun dresses, shorts, t-shirts, necklaces, a puzzle, a princess photo album and a princess coloring book.  I *think* that is everything!  Can’t miss with anything “princess” related.  Oh, I did forget something.  Princess stickers.  Yep…although she still likes Dora, she is definitely full-on into Disney Princesses! So, thanks Mom for thinking of my

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-76321088472444199492010-07-05T12:03:00.001-04:002010-07-09T12:31:52.773-04:00

I entered my daughter's photo in a People Magazine's Photo Of The Week contest and I was just notified that she is in the finals!  Could you please go vote for her? http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/id/4/w/27/y/2010?page=279&esrc=nwphotofaves3 On a side note, two men in forum I belong to told me that they could not vote in this contest because it is degrading and objectifying my daughter.

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The Princess has such an imagination.  I've said it before, I know.  She really does think she is going to marry a prince.  Not a great guy who treats her well and loves and adores her.  No, a REAL prince.  Today, we were playing card games and while I was shuffling, she was looking out the window.  She got real quiet and said "Mom, can I sing you a song?"   I said "Sure."   I wish I had a tape

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-90554870530102164732010-06-29T22:13:00.000-04:002010-06-29T22:13:08.452-04:00

The Princess did it.  She did it.  She took off those water wings and she trust herself and she SWAM....the entire length of the pool...and back again.  And again. And again. And again.  She was so proud of herself, and I was proud of her too. "Mom, I'm a fish but I want to be a shark like you."  I''m guessing she means a good swimmer.  I hope that is what she means. ;o)

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One of E's favorite shows is "Imagination Movers" on the Disney Channel.  If you haven't heard of it, it is the American version of The Wiggles--four guys who sing and dance, and in this case, solve problems for their customers who visit their warehouse.  The Princess often envisions herself marrying one of The Movers.  She gets all dressed up in her angel costume and tells me "I'm getting

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-63144974956718040122010-06-24T22:15:00.002-04:002010-06-24T22:25:57.430-04:00

Ever since going to the Clearwater Aquarium this spring during the Grandma Invasion, E has fallen in love with dolphins.  A few weeks ago we saw that Flipper (the version from the 1960's) was on a cable channel so she began watching the show everyday (well not anymore as of today but that is another post).  During the daytime she often sees the PillowPets commercial on tv.  Can you guess which

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-30442390768893513362010-06-19T11:40:00.002-04:002010-06-19T11:51:15.372-04:00

My husband has the first Toy Story on VHS.  The Princess watched a month or so ago and loved it (who doesn't???) so when she saw that Toy Story 3 was coming out soon, she asked if I would take her to see it.  I gave a common parental response...."We'll see." A week ago I bought tickets online for opening day.  I told her earlier this week and to say she was excited would be an understatement. 

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When the Big Brown Truck stops at our house, my daughter shouts out "Mom, the PPS man is here. Is there something for me?"  Each time I tell her "It's not PPS, its UPS." I guess in her mind it is the Princess Parcel Service! Do you think UPS would mind changing their name (and color)?

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-2929032953682725242010-05-22T23:25:00.001-04:002010-05-22T23:25:53.237-04:00

Sorry to be absent so long but there hasn't been much happening here other than swimming in the pool a few times a day to keep cool. The Princess is really into dolphins after visiting the Clearwater Aquarium back when her grandmas visited. Since that time, she plays on Winter the dolphins website and has discovered the old Flipper tv show, which we now watch M-F at 4:00pm. :o) Here she is

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Skies are blue, temps are in the 80's, so that can only mean one thing.....POOL TIME! Water temp is about 76-78 degrees.  We dipped our toes in, complained loudly how cold it was and then took the plunge.  We played a bit with our new Hot Potato Splash pool toy. Luckily for me, the phone range after a few minutes and I was rescued from the cold water.  I sat on the edge of the pool and talked

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-45472616530200831912010-03-29T16:54:00.000-04:002010-03-29T16:54:19.259-04:00

And we mean that in a good way.  E calls her big brother, "Brother."   Brother left Thursday morning and E misses him very much.  She had a good time when he was here, but the visit was too short.  She's already asking when is "brother" coming back.  Hopefully, sometime yet again this year. Here's a short video of E and her big brother playing Tag: This picture was taken the last night my son

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-24876562706924859892010-03-22T18:29:00.003-04:002010-03-22T18:32:14.362-04:00

The Princess has an older brother that lives out-of-state, and this week he is here visiting. It was a big surprise for E.  I had to keep it a secret all last week until Brother arrived on Sunday. She was sooooooo surprised, and happy, to see him. It has been over two years since the last time he came down to visit us. Brother has no idea how much happiness he has brought to his little

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-42756900949940102072010-03-15T23:02:00.001-04:002010-03-15T23:08:48.479-04:00

I'm not a hat lover or hat wearer.  I wore a baseball hat when I played softball because we had to, but other than that, I prefer no hat. E, on the other hand, has always liked wearing hats.  I never had a problem getting her to keep her hat on, nor sunglasses for that matter. While The Grandmas were here, we did a lot of shopping...I mean a lot!  At one store, E tried on hats with Grandma

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-49718398829657054792010-03-15T22:36:00.001-04:002010-03-15T23:09:24.993-04:00

We've had quite an extended break from preschool.  We started back up over the weekend, reviewing more of the letters we had covered last fall, and tomorrow, we will pick up where we left off.  I have slowly been accumulating some more preschool/kindergarten homeschooling resources to use for the rest of this year and for the fall when I homeschool E for kindergarten, including a few collections

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-38774412479436719382010-03-03T22:36:00.000-05:002010-03-03T22:36:33.583-05:00

The Princess is so excited because tomorrow not one, but TWO of her grandmothers will be arriving for a visit. One grandmother we haven't seen since we moved back to Florida from Seattle three years ago and the other we haven't seen in two years. E has been counting how many more "sleeps" until they get here. So cute!! Lots of pictures to follow over the next week or so.

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-50805925570589807902010-02-21T18:45:00.001-05:002010-02-21T18:47:17.405-05:00

Beautiful weather beckoned us outside today, so this afternoon, The Princess rode her bike over to our friend's house to play with her granddaughter, "B".  Even though there is a three year age difference, they play very well together and enjoy each other. We made body outlines on the driveway and colored them with chalk, then went inside and the girls played while I visited with my friend,

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-40299042475756310002010-02-10T17:29:00.000-05:002010-02-10T17:29:33.893-05:00

a Blogger Award for this blog.  I posted about it here on my other blog, since this blog is just about The Princess. Thanks so much to Erica at JOYous Jabberings for giving me this award.  It made my day. :o)

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-34720760378746662462010-02-09T18:45:00.000-05:002010-02-09T18:45:51.481-05:00

The Princess asked me to make some brownies.  I had gotten a new recipe in the mail with a catalogue that showed mint brownies with mint icing.  So I had Nick go get a few things at the store but didn't tell E so it would be a surprise. After her rest time, I told her to wash her hands and come in the kitchen.  I had all the cooking supplies out, plus a chair for her to stand on to help.  She

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-40485401138331060322010-02-04T22:10:00.000-05:002010-02-04T22:10:43.059-05:00

I've noticed over the last few weeks, a tendency for more drama from The Princess. Today was no exception. I was on my computer, when The Princess came up to me and asked me if she could play on Disney Online. I told her no and before I could say that she could play later, she scrunches up her nose, clenches her fist and says "You Are A Mean Mom Who Doesn't Want Me To Have Fun!" Now, I'm

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-12107612806602103142010-01-30T18:30:00.003-05:002010-01-30T18:36:01.436-05:00

Most of my family LOVE to shop.  My mom, MIL, sisters, SIL...shoppers.  Me, I did not inherit the love-of-shopping genes.  I don't enjoy crowds, especially in malls. I tend to get too hot in the stores, and don't like dealing with the usually grumpy clerks. Plus, all the indecision! I'd look around a store for an hour, pick up something I liked, put it back, find something else I liked, put it

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-64869732184631796582010-01-28T22:17:00.000-05:002010-01-28T22:17:36.506-05:00

E loves to play dress-up. One of her favorite outfits is her angel costume. The other day, in the space of two hours, she went from a Princess dressed as an Angel... to a Sleeping Angel with her Princess doll.... She has new Disney Princess sheets, pillowcases and comforter.  Pictures to come. :o)

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-6310343115430302162010-01-23T10:10:00.001-05:002010-01-23T10:10:56.423-05:00

Yesterday, we went to the store and bought a mattress and box spring for The Princess, and moved her out of her toddler bed into a full-size bed.  Just One More Sign that she is growing up.  It is all happening too fast. She wasn't quite ready to sleep in the bed all by herself last night, so I slept with her.  It's a comfy bed...some of the best sleep I've had in a while. E has been playing in

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-45760802533201168242010-01-20T16:06:00.002-05:002010-01-30T18:43:05.329-05:00

Sunny and beautiful here today so we put The Princess in the wagon and headed for the park.  We stopped along the way at the party store for some water and snacks, and crossed the street to the park. We were all hungry after the walk so we had our snack first  Look at me climb, Mom  Ta da!Peek-a-booWheeeeeeeee   Before we left, we stopped to say hi to JR the owl There is also a pond full of

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-10019897314510902542010-01-20T15:51:00.000-05:002010-01-20T15:51:31.756-05:00

The park closest to us has a pond that is full of turtles.  I'm not sure how it got so full.  I've heard stories that people just started dumping pet turtles into the pond.  Not sure if this is true or not, but whatever the reason, this pond is FULL!  There are a few deck areas where you can go sit and rest and watch the turtles or feed them.  There is a big sign right on the wall of the deck

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-72112368598281479672010-01-17T17:29:00.001-05:002010-01-17T17:30:25.202-05:00

My daughter is a hair twirler, usually the back, and usually when she is very, very tired.  She has been twirling her hair for several years, which is why I tend to keep her hair shorter.  When it's time to brush, the screaming and crying is kept to a minimum.   When she gets older and is able to take care of her own hair, she can decide how long it will be.  Until then, momma rules! Sorry, I

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-89415330460320370662010-01-08T20:11:00.000-05:002010-01-08T20:43:49.272-05:00

E was supposed to be getting ready for bed.  Suddenly, I hear a voice behind me saying "Mom, a little help please."  Turned around to see this: Darn kid is cute even with clothes stuck on top of her head! :o)

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-43381510026786533322010-01-06T17:36:00.000-05:002010-01-08T20:34:26.952-05:00

We took a break over the Christmas Holidays but it's back to our regular schedule.  We've started preschool up again.  The Letter J is the first letter we will learn this week.  Since E already knows all the letter sounds, we are just going to do two days a letter, then move onto the next letter (except for O and U...we will do three or four days on each of those).  Then it is on to letter

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-38215276939523784722009-12-29T08:05:00.002-05:002010-01-08T20:13:59.829-05:00

On Dec. 29, 2004, God gave Nick and I an incredible gift....a daughter. In the blink of an eye, she is turning five.  The Princess told me she doesn't want to get older because she doesn't want to leave me. She does, however, want to have a birthday party so she can have cake, ice cream and presents! LOL ♫ Happy Birthday to... you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Princess. Happy

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-24574433032787378002009-12-15T19:16:00.001-05:002010-01-08T20:32:20.309-05:00

We've had some unseasonably warm weather the last few days, so we took advantage of it and rode our bikes over to the beach.  Although sunny at our house, just a mile away at the beach it was foggy but that didn't stop E from having fun! Daddy forgot the bike locks so we had to bring our bikes onto the beach E stretching, getting ready to play "I'm going to dig to China and say hi to Kai

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-40302677326276923202009-12-11T20:29:00.008-05:002009-12-11T21:12:03.302-05:00

E has such an imagination.  She is in love with Prince Eric from Little Mermaid.  A while back, she told me she and Prince Eric were getting married and they had a baby.  Whenever you ask where he is, she says "He's in the bathroom" or "He's taking a walk."  Sounds like the guy was trying to escape if you ask me. This went on for a while.  So imagine my surprise when the other day she came to

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-26435208084898557372009-12-07T11:42:00.002-05:002010-01-08T20:28:35.226-05:00

Today is E's big brother B's sixth birthday.  Even though he is not here to celebrate with us, we still celebrate with cake and ice cream and have a balloon release.  E made Ben a birthday card this year.  She really loves her brother, even though she has never met him. E wishes B were here to go to the beach! I asked E if she could say anything to B, what would she say.  She said "I

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-24853621980807806102009-12-06T16:46:00.000-05:002010-01-08T20:15:35.369-05:00

E.  She made every possible silly face before she would let me take one of her really smiling.          She doesn't usually fall for the reverse psychology stuff anymore.  But, I told her "Do not to smile...no, DO NOT smile.  I told you NOT to smile, you're going to break my camera." Bingo...... Here's the money shot! OK, so I'm biased but I just LOVE that face!

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-80131992219406831282009-12-06T06:30:00.002-05:002010-01-08T20:16:51.645-05:00

Last night we had a little Christmas Decorating pizza party, complete with Thin Crust Pizza Hut pizza, bread and their Hershey Dunkers.   Delicious! After searching high and low for the legs for the stand of our Charlie Brown christmas tree, we got the tree setup and decorated.  One long strand of our tinsel was all tangled up and after spending eons 15 minutes trying to unravel it, I gave up,

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E's daddy got home late last night. She took a long nap yesterday so I let her stay up to say hi to daddy and talk to him for a bit.  She gave him his Welcome Home letter containing a picture she colored for him from her Handy Manny coloring book.  Lots of hugs and kisses were exchanged and then we had some snuggle time on the bed before E drifted off to sleep around 10:30pm.   I hoped E

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Tonight E's daddy comes home from WA.  He has been there to visit with family and attend his dad's memorial service and internment.  Although he has been gone for short periods of time before, this time when he left, E was inconsolable.  She cried and screamed and cried and did I mention scream?  I finally got her to calm down after an hour.  He left Tuesday afternoon and she has not cried since,

Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614736525930973125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741269.post-68997830362785351922009-12-03T19:47:00.003-05:002009-12-03T21:01:33.816-05:00

followed by " I love it. I Love It. I LOVE IT!" That's what E said when I showed her the new blog layout. The background/header is a shot of E in the pool....her favorite place to be next to the beach. We don't have solar heating in the pool so it will be a few more months before we get to use it again. Wait, what is that sound I hear? Oh, yes, our friends from the North are never jealous

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Nick is working today.  He pretty much works all holidays as his company is open 365 days a year.  This generally means we don't celebrate holidays with other people like most do.  Today, we packed a few things in the car and drove to a place we have not been to in quite a while.  It is a place we love very much, so we decided to go today before Nick had to work. We'll have our Thanksgiving

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E takes after her big brother...she LOVES to talk...and talk....and talk...and talk.  Morning, noon and night.  When my son was younger, my dad would say to him "J, stuff a sock in it!"  I have said  would never say that to E.  So, whether she needs it or not, whether she wants to sleep or not, she has rest time every day. Some days she sleeps, some days she sits on her bed and reads books.  I'm

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It would seem The Princess is getting a bit of a cold. Her daddy had one earlier this week, and now it is her turn. She rarely gets sick and when she does, it is usually mild and for a short duration. Hoping it is this time as well. She says her throat hurts. Last time, I gave her Children's Cold Calm, which worked great. I gave her some this morning but we ran out, so I tried giving her a/c

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There is a tree near our house that grows somewhat parallel to the ground before reach upward.  Kids have been using it as a climbing tree for years.  Our friend, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20+ years, said her kids climbed on it when they were little, and now her granddaughter climbs on it.  E has been asking to go climb on it for a long time, so today we took her there.  She took one

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 That's what E said when she opened the package from Grandma today. Once again, Grandma hit a home run. I didn't take pictures of all the stuff, but today's loot included an awesome Angel costume, including wings, that E just L O V E S, two "Where's Waldo"-type books (Little Mermaid and Wizard of Oz), some markers, some more jewelery (with E, you can never go wrong with Jewelry LOL), a few

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Nothing terribly exciting happening this week.  Here's a couple of photos of The Princess from the last few days. NO MORE PICTURES MOM! No more pictures?? Than I'll just wait until you are asleep! E & Daddy playing Uno The little card shark up close    E thought she'd try out her roller skates again. I'm not sure where her other knee pad went.   Here's a little video of E rollerskating

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I installed the Disquis Comment System on my blogs. Please let me know if you have any issues when trying to leave comments. If you do, there is a "kontactR me" button in my left column that you can use to send me a message. **You can use that button anytime...feel free :o)**

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went the little scissors. Guided by the hand of a little girl, the scissors were busy creating a work of art. "Oh, oh," thought the little girl, putting the scissors down. "Hi daddy!" "Hi, E," said the daddy, totally oblivious to what the little girl had been doing. "Phew, that was close" said the little girl as her daddy left the room. "Oh, no. Here comes mom!" "What is that? Is that hair on

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It's another unseasonably warm day here. It was 91° for a high yesterday and it is 85° right now. It still feels like summer. No, you didn't accidentally click on weather.com but it is really hot here...still. The Princess and her daddy braved the heat, though, and had some fun outside. "A Day In Our Life With The Princess" **captions mine, except for the first picture** "Mom, I'm NEVER

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This is the one and only picture of our entire family, courtesy of Free Flash Toys.  We're so lucky they captured us perfectly, well except for my husband has less hair, and um, I'm a bit heavier, and J parts his hair on the other side, and Jake and Luke are labs, so quite a bit bigger.  Otherwise, perfect!

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The Princess twirls her hair in her sleep/as she is falling asleep. These photos were taken right after she got up.

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Another package arrived today from my mom. Inside were some goodies from my mom's friends, Ron & Diane (who always find great stuff at garage sales) and lots more from my mom. Yes, it is still warm enough for E to wear to wear sleeveless shirts and shorts Great cool weather shirt A girl can never have too many Dora bags! Jolly The Walrus and the twin of a frog my mom sent earlier.  My mom

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The power company came to replace a pole by our house this afternoon and had to shut off the power to some of the houses on our block, including ours, so we headed outside to play for a bit. N got to come too since he works at home and with the power off, he couldn't use his computer. Any extra playtime with E is a bonus! Happy Happy Joy Joy I'm so excited, I could hug a tree! I'm happy

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I thought I'd post a few recent pictures of E that I played with in PhotoImpact X3. Using the Photo/Enhance/Vignette setting Different Vignette settings I always carried E in a sling.  She likes to carry her baby around in one too! PhotoImpact is a fun program.  It can do just about anything you can do in PhotoShop but for a fraction of the cost.  It is pretty reasonably priced at I

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in E's room today.  She loves Jesus and loves to sing songs to Him.  She is singing away to some of her VeggieTales CD's.  Singing "This Is The Day The Lord Has Made" along with Bob and Larry and the rest oft he VT gang: Singing part of "Here I Am To Worship" with Natalie Grant: It's so awesome to see my daughter worship God! It is my fervent prayer that she would love Jesus as much when she

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When I was growing up, Saturday mornings were reserved for "The Big Clean."  My mom did all the housework (except dishes) during the week, but on Saturdays, it fell on us slaves dutiful daughters to do "The Big Clean."  I have three sisters (and a brother who is the youngest and didn't have to partake in the Saturday cleaning ritual) and each Saturday my mom assigned us a room in the house. 

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As I've been blogging about, E is loving preschool...so much so, that when I tell her we are done for the day, she wants to do more!  This morning as we were sitting at the table, reviewing the short sound the letter E makes, she stops, folds her hands and says "God, thank you for my mom. Thank you that she gets to teach me things at preschool. Amen." Definitely a Warm Fuzzy moment. ☺☺☺

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There's a cool blog called I ♥ Faces that runs weekly photography contests.  This weeks theme is "Excited" and I definitely have a few pics of E where she looks excited...but you can only enter one. It will be a touch choice. This is my entry.  We were at the beach earlier this summer and E was so happy to be there.  Can you tell?

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Just a quiet Sunday for us.  Dogs are sleeping on the floor, E and I spent a good 90 minutes in the pool this afternoon and are now just hanging out.  E alternates between playing mommy to her dolly (who is suffering from a bleeding canker sore...the dolly, not E...who has quite the imagination) and reading books.  Gotta love Lazy Days.

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We made it to the store today to get what we needed for the brownies so E and I baked some this afternoon. She has this thing about not wanting slimy stuff on her hands. This from the same kid that will play in the mud/sand/dirt outside, but inside, forgidaboutit. When we baked cookies the other day, she got butter on her hands and was not happy. I calmly told her to just wipe her hands on

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We've been busy, enjoying the continued beautiful weather we are having.  Hard to believe that it is already mid-October and in less than three months, The Princess will be five years old! Here's what else we have been up to: Preschool Before we started doing preschool at home, we were trying to get  E  into the preschool at our church.  There was a waiting list, so we decided to try

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but that didn't stop The Princess from going swimming again today. I'm not sure how many more days we will have to go in the pool. Even though it was near 90° today, the sun is lower in the sky and doesn't clear the trees that now shade most of the pool, so the water doesn't warm up as much as it does during the summer. We are moving onto letter D in preschool. Some of the letters we are

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Not much happening here. We're still working on preschool stuff in the morning. E is really enjoying it, and so far, so am I. It's been warm enough to go in the pool still...well, the air is warm enough (it was around 90° today), but the water is a bit cool for me. The Princess, however, gets all in! I have a friend here who said her kids swam in December! Now, that is a too cold for me.

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The Princess received another package today from my mom.  What a treasure trove.  I think E now has her fall wardrobe (it stays fairly warm until December where we are so short sleeve shirts will still be wearable).  Plus, my mom's friends again sent a few garage sale gifts as well.   E was so thrilled and said "Wow, that's a lot of gifts.  I'm so lucky." Showing off Dora's Puppy (Perrito) and

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Preschool is going very well.   E picked up easily on  the letter B this week, so I decided to split the week into two parts (M-W  for Letter B) and started the letter C today (Th - S).  Since C has two sounds, I'll work on the hard sound /k/ this week and next week do the soft sound /s/ on M-W, then move onto the letter D for Th - S. We are having a few days of cooler weather which is very

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Preschool has been going very well...maybe a bit too well.  The Princess wants to have preschool every day, even on the weekends.  I ended up yesterday just doing a "review" with her for about 30 minutes just to satisfy her desire for school. I had to laugh because yesterday morning she was full of energy.  "Mom, lets do this."  "Mom, lets do that."  "Mom....."   I finally looked at her and said

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My mom likes to send E small packages every month or so with a few gifts in them. Today E received one of Grandma's packages and as usual, there were plenty of goodies. Lately, though, the goodies haven't all been from Grandma. My mom has friends who garage sale every Thursday and are always on the lookout for things to give to my mom to send down to E. Today's package included a few things

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Today was a first for The Princess. For a few weeks now, I have been trying to get E to take off her water wings and try to swim just a short distance to me to see if she could do it. Each time I asked her, she gave me a resounding "NO!" I kept telling her "trust me. I won't let anything happen to you." That was not enough to calm her fears. My being her mother was not enough to sway her.

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Here are a few pictures from this week.All ready for preschool!E LOVES coloringAnother favorite thing to do...PUZZLES!E working on an ABC Airplane. First, practice writing the alphabet. Then, color in the airplane. Preschool is more fun when Clarice the Reindeer attends!Next, cut out the airplane, the alphabet banner, tape it together and hang it up!

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We've been busy every morning this week with preschool. This week was a review of the alphabet. E, like many kids her age, mixes up lower case letters such as "b" and "d", "p" and "q". We worked on it this week and she has really improved. We were going to go with a "Letter of the Week" theme, where you introduce each letter and go over what sound it makes, but E surprised me today by telling

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The Princess is 4 1/2. Too young to go to school this year and too late for her to get into VPK at our church preschool. So, I followed a link someone posted to a website of a woman who has posted preschool and kindergarten curriculums, with weekly and daily schedules, as well as lots of other resources. I've been toying with the idea of home schooling The Princess pretty much since I was

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My husband and I still laughing at something The Princess said the other day about her dad. There are many reasons why E loves her dad. He gets right down on the floor and plays games with her, builds sand castles with her at the beach, is the guest at many of her "birthday parties", lets her decorate his hair/body with any number of barrettes, jewelery, snuggles with her as they watch tv, has

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The Princess LOVES to throw parties. Just about every day she has a party for someone: for her dad, for me, for her dolls, or for her stuffed animals. She loves to give lots of presents (toys from her room), and has food and cake and ice cream. Sometimes, she even dresses up in her princess gowns...today was one of those days: Today, E had blankets on the floor with our food all layed out.

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I used to play with Barbies when I was a kid. Now my daughter is getting into them. One of her favorites (due in part because her grandma sends her Barbie books) is the Barbie Thumbelina. We were at the grocery store today, no where near the toy isles, and there, sitting all alone on a top shelf, was Thumbelina. Poor, lonely Thumbelina. Just crying out for someone to take her home. Eagle

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What mom hasn't heard those words before? E told me today "Mom, you don't know anything and I know a lot! I know how to say lots of things and I know how to jump and hop and all kinds of stuff and you don't!" :o) She didn't say it in a mean way but more of a matter-of-fact way. I'll let her think she is right. Kids are supposed to realize in their 20's that maybe mom and dad really do know

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The Princess LOVES the water. Up until now, she has refused all attempts to learn to swim, even with water wings on (you know, those little inflatable bands that go around the kids' arms) instead using her orange floaty to float around the pool. I finally put my foot down and told her that if she wanted to continue to play in the pool, she must TRY every day to swim, starting with floating.

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That has been the schedule of our summer days. My sweet husband works two jobs so that I can stay home with our daughter, and enjoy this wonderful, laid back schedule with her. We we lucky enough to have a pool when I was a kid, and I remember how much fun we had playing in it with our neighborhood friends. I'm going to go back to work when The Princess goes to school (not until 2010) so until

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I really had good intentions to try and maintain this blog. Some days we are spending so much time in the pool and playing that I forget to post anything. And other days it is just that I find myself with little to say and quite a bit of frustration with my little girls behavior. Then something happens to send me a wake-up call. A lady I know only online is dealing with a serious health issue

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seems like for the last few weeks, The Princess has regressed in her night time behavior. Now she has pretty much always given me a hard time about going to bed, but we had gotten to the point that more times than not, bedtime had limited if no crying. Not lately. Oh, the drama! It happened around the time she turned 4 1/2. Coincidence? I don't know. What I do know is that by her bedtime,

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Everyone, I'm sure, has one thing or another that they are obsessed with to some degree. Me, I have to check the doors a few times at night to make sure they are locked, and I check E multiple times before I go to bed to make sure she is ok. E, well her obsession is that she HAS to, I mean HAS TO, tell me every single night "I'll tell you when I have to go potty, Mom" or she CANNOT GO TO SLEEP.

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My MIL (mother-in-law) sent E a treasure chest with three princess dress-up outfits. Dressing up as royalty is one of E's favorite things to do. Today, she is wearing her purple princess dress, outfitted in her tiara and jewels. She really is a girly, girl. Daddy is definitely going to need another job to keep this Princess in clothes and jewels. :o)

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E LOVES her daddy. She calls him her "playmate" and she is blessed to have a daddy who gets right down on the floor with her and plays with dolls and beads and puzzles and card games...pretty much anything E wants to do. They sure have a lot of fun together. So I thought I'd post some of my favorite photos of E and her Daddy.

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Like most kids, E loves to play with bubbles. So today we took a break from swimming to play bubbles in the front yard. It's the simple things, really.

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Whenever E is in the pool, she'll invariably say "This Is The Life." She LOVES the water, the outdoors, whether we are at the beach or riding our bikes or just in our pool, as long as she can feel the sun on her face. Which is part of the reason we ended up leaving Seattle to move back to Florida. We BOTH needed to feel that sun, every day. It may be hot this time of year. We may be

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The Princess USED to happily let me take her picture. For the last year or so, however, she has decided enough is enough and is not very keen on my taking any candid shots of her. Today was no exception.

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The Princess twirls her hair....a lot. As her hair gets longer, the amount of screaming when I brush is proportionate to the length of her hair. One day, I had enough. Out came the scissors and I chopped a good bit of it off. She cried, at first. She thinks getting your hair cut hurts, but once she realized it was painless, she decided she likes it. So do I. Less hair, less crying when

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I forgot all about this blog. I think I'll start blogging again, if for no other reason than for E to have some running account of her life when she grows up. Obviously a lot has changed in the last few years. The Princess is four years old now. We've told her she is not allowed to get any older but that idea does not sit well with her. "But Mom, I LOVE my birthdays! I love getting presents

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is grunting. Yep....she grunts...slowly at first...to let us know she's not happy. If we ignore that, she grunts faster...to let us know she's seriously displeased LOL What a Princess. She is doing so many things now. She seems to have found her hands and feet finally. She also seems to have noticed her toys as well. She was holding a rattle and shaking it yesterday. Not rocket science, I know,

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what a difference a week makes. The Princess is really starting to show more of her personality. She knows what she wants...and she wants it NOW! *Wonder where she gets that from ;o)* Laying down is no longer acceptable. She wants to be sitting up or standing up. She holds her head up really well now but it's still a bit wobbly. The biggest accomplishment, to her sleepless mommy, is that

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I love my daddy 

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Is that thing turned on?

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Today was The Princess' first Easter. We went to church, where The Princess decided to let Pastor Mike know that she was ready for church to end by giving several shrill cries. Pastor acknowledged the Princess, which made the congregation chuckle, then finished up his announcements. N had to work today, so we did not have anything special planned. It was a warm but cloudy afternoon so The

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