December 2012

I had a play date with Elliana and mom took us to a Fancy Nancy tea party at the library! I had such a good time!
 

I saw it with daddy, but it was so good that I wanted to see it with mommy too, so she took me to  Rise of the Guardians. It was just as good the second time around!

 

Today, mom made me some play date cards to give to parents of kids I wants to have a play date with. I'm so excited to hand them out to my friends tomorrow and have play dates! It doesn't hurt that the cards are soooo cute too!

 

When we got home today, we made rice crispy treats because I've been on a rice crispy treat kick lately. I didn't like them as much as the store bought ones though because they were "too sugary". Mom doesn't believe there is any such thing as too sugary.  

 

I had my first play date from the cards I handed out! Mom and I met with Ashley and her mom for ice cream. Yum! From there we went to grandma and grandpa's for St. Nicholas day tomorrow.

 

 

We had St. Nicholas Day, it was a lot of fun! I even got to have a play date Marlie. That made a good day even better! And she had a sleepover too!  

 

 

I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up and threw up until after 11:00 in morning :(. Then I slept most of the day.

 

When mom got me up this morning, she asked me how I felt and if I wanted to go to school. I said that I felt "all the way better" and wanted to go to school.

 

Mommy took me to my last dentist appointment. When we got home she got into bed because she's got the stomach flu. I had no mercy on her though. I made a mess over the living room making paper dolls. It looked like a tornado hit the living room. Then I proceeded to throw a few tantrums, cry about silly things that can only be attributed to being female, and screamed for mommy while she was throwing up. The next day mommy still didn't feel that well and gave me a talking to about how I should behave when someone is really sick. So when we got home, I got mommy a grocery bag to throw up in if she needed it. Very thoughtful of me :).

 

Clancy and Randi came over for dinner and we played on the Xbox kinect. We had so much fun!

 

When we got home from our day, we made candied almonds together. I'd never had them before and committed to trying one. I liked it a little bit, but I like chocolate chip cookies a lot.  

 

We stopped and got ice cream on our way home. When we got home, we watched How The Grinch Stole Christmas. When Cindy Lou asks the Grinch posing as Santa what the meaning of Christmas was and he says presents, I said, "It's about Christmas spirit and believing. Everyone knows that."

 

Mom, grammy, and grandpa went to my Christmas program this morning. When it was over, they I had a day of fun with grammy and grandpa. Then they took me to their house to spend the rest of the week there!
 

It's Christmas eve and mommy took me to Fawn's Fudge for ice cream. It was really fun to go there again and get to see all the people the help us when we are there :). I also got some new snow boots since it snowed for the first time this season yesterday.

 

We had a very good Christmas today, it was really fun getting to find out what name everyone had drawn for Christmas. Grammy had me, but I already figured that out when I saw box wrapped in princess wrapping paper in her closet. Mommy and I played some Kinect together and had fun. While mommy was doing something else, I was watching something when a commercial came on. I started calling for her and told her that she had to hurry to see something. When she went to see what it was it was a commercial for a stretch mark reducer. I was very disappointed when she told me that she'd used a product by the same brand when she was pregnant with me and that it didn't help. I was just trying to help. What good are products that don't do what they claim?  

 

On our way home today, we stopped at Walmart and so that I could spend the gift card that I got for Christmas. When we got home, mom unpacked me and then repacked me. We drove to meet daddy so that I can spend the rest of the year with him. The roads were really bad because of the snow and there were a lot of wrecks on the way there and back.  

November 2012

Mommy surprised me when she picked me up from daycare by taking me to Wreck-It Ralph. I really liked it and thought it was very funny. She said it was a thank you for being so brave with the move and starting a new school. I love my new teacher and am adjusting as well as can be expected to the move.
 

We went to grammy and grandpa's for the weekend and got ice cream on the way. What a great weekend, ice cream and grandpa!  

 

After mom picked me up from day care we went to the Fresh Beat Band concert! It was so awesome! I love the Fresh Beat Band!

 

I got to spend Thanksgiving with daddy :). When I got back, we decorated the Christmas tree I was on the phone with grammy and Parker started to cry because he got something taken away from him. I told grammy to give him his binky "for heaven sakes." We drew names for Christmas this year and I got grandpa. I asked if he had any needle nose pliers, and wanted to get him a pair, but mommy said that he had plenty of those. Apparently he has every tool one could ever need for anything.

 

After I got picked up from daycare, mom took me to do my Christmas shopping. I'm so excited to give my gifts to everyone!  

 

Mommy and I rented a movie and watched Arthur Christmas, it was really cute :).  

 

Mom picked me up from daycare early for my dentist appointment. While we were there, the dentist mentioned Oprah. Confused, I asked, "What's an Oprah?" Grammy stopped by to visit while she was in Boise doing some Christmas shopping! While she was here, I asked if I could have some butter and said that it was my favorite topping. If mommy doesn't keep an eye on me while cookie baking, I will eat butter all by itself. I fail to see the problem with that, it is delicious after all.

 

When mommy woke me up this morning, she said, "It's my birthday, good morning." I woke right up with a smile and said that I was going to make her comfortable today and do everything she asked of me. It's the least I could do today, it is her birthday after all :).  

October 2012

We visit aunt Reeree today, it's always nice to get to do that.
 

While we were eating dinner, I asked mom what the look on her face was for. She said that she was just reminiscing. I asked what that meant. When she told me the definition, I said, "You mean like across a second dimension?" Then when mom was trying to get me to brush my teeth, I said that I was "too sad and disappointed" to brush my teeth because I didn't get to do anything fun today.

 

After mom picked me up from school, she took me to Frankenwenie and to get a blizzard! The movie wasn't that great, but the blizzard was awesome as usual.

 

While I was eating my breakfast, mom told me to take a bigger bit. I said, "How come you think I was born to take this big of a bite?" She told me that it's because you I a big mouth. I replied, "Like mama?" After MDFD, we made Halloween decorations at my request. We had a lot of fun making them! When we were working on the decoration, I said that pink is Sandy's favorite color because, "she's a girl and she loves me." Mommy thought that was interesting logic, lol.

 

We went to Clancy's to surprise Randi for her birthday and had pizza and cobbler. On our way to Clancy's, grandpa and I were in the back horsing around. Mommy got after me for something I did to him. I simply told her that, "He got what he deserved." Well that may have been case, mommy stood by her word on the matter.  

 

Mommy and I picked out pumpkins to paint for our annual pumpkin painting tradition. I can't wait to paint them! Mom was getting after me for goofing around after she had put me to bed. So I told her that, I was too distracted by Cinderella's birthday. It seemed like the perfect excuse.

 

Mommy picked me up from school early and took me to my dentist appointment. I have five cavities that need filled! Here I was thinking that I'd been doing a great job brushing me teeth. Guess I better redouble my efforts. After my appointment, I had ballet.
 

 We painted pumpkins today! This year I made a witch and mommy made a gypsy. The gypsy was my idea :).  

Since daddy found out that he is getting laid off at work, mommy decided that she better get a job to make sure that I'm taken care of. She couldn't find anything nearby, so she had to start looking in Boise. She got offered a job that starts in a week. I'm sad to leave our house and my friends, but I understand the necessity of it. Mommy got our house rented out and found us a place in Boise. She's also got me enrolled in my new school. She's been packing all week.   

 

I got my first fillings at the dentist today. Mom says that I was amazing and did really well, very brave.

 

After mommy took me to school today, she packed up the rest of our things and moved it to our new place in Boise. Karlie picked me up from school so that grammy and grandpa could help  mommy move today.  

 

Mommy met with the principal of my new school and my new teacher. It turns out that my new principal grew up with my old principal, what a small world! Mommy picked me up from my last day at my old school and took me out for my last Mother Daughter Fawns Friday. They are going to miss seeing us there every Friday and we are going to miss seeing them every Friday. We are going to have to start a new tradition I guess. Maybe it will just have to be Mother Daughter Ice Cream Day?  

 

Mommy and I went to the apartment and started unpacking. To be helpful, I made mom a peanut butter and jam sandwich for lunch. Mommy thought that it was very sweet up me.

 

Mommy took me to my first day at my new school and started her new job today! When she told me that she was doing something for her boss, I told her "Don't let him boss you around." Someone got to look out for mom, it may as well be me.  

 

After mom picked me up from the babysitter, I threw up all night! I told mommy that I hate throwing up and she agreed completely!

 

It was raining today, but even so, I wanted to go to the park even. Once we got over there, I decided to come back when it was dry. Turns out mommy did know what she was talking about after all. Maybe someday I'll catch on to the fact that she knows stuff, but don't anyone go holding their breath for that to happen, lol.

 

Mom took Sadie me to visit the daycare that I'm going to start going to. She wanted me to be able to meet them before I started. On our way home, I said, "I'm perched." She asked me if I meant that I was thirsty and I said yes. So she let me know that it's parched, not perched. We went out and got some dinner with Randi and Clancy and then got ice cream for our Ice Cream Friday tradition formerly known as MDFF.

 

Grammy and grandpa came to Boise today. They took us and Randi to the temple open house. Grandpa gave me $100 to buy shoes! I love to buy shoes! Mommy says that I'm a typical girl. Love of shoes is in our female DNA :). Mommy took me shoe shopping and it was great! Our new place doesn't have a dish wash, so when we got home, we did dishes together. It was my first time washing dishes and it was quite the learning experience. Mom did the dishes the other day without me, and I was really disappointment because I wanted to help.

 

We went to our new ward today, Clancy and Randi went with us. Then we make chocolate chip cookies and played go fish. Clancy and Randi came over for dinner and visited for a little while.

 

I've really been wanting mom to dress up for Halloween. She decided the day of on her way home from work that she was going to do it. So she picked me up from daycare, got me ready, and got herself dressed up as a prom queen. I decided to be a witch this year, a cute nice witch. We went over to the ward Halloween party and then went trick or treating with the person that baby sat me last week. We had lot of fun! I kept asking everyone, isn't my mom the most beautiful prom queen? I said that I want to dress up as a prom queen next year. When I would come back from trick or treating at a house, I'd call out, "Prom queen." I also went up to a couple houses and said the whole trick or treat smell my feet thing. Mommy was not amused by this at all. We stopped by Randi and Clancy's on our way back for one last trick or treating stop.  

 

September 2012

While I was cleaning my mess up in the basement today, I said to mommy, "I don't need any of your advice." Mommy's sure that I must have heard that on one of my shows.

 

I was too sick to go to school today, so I took my first sick day and stayed home with mom. She let me rent a movie and we snuggle up on the couch together and watch it. Grammy stopped by and brought us both a flower! While mommy was helping me with my  homework, I saw a picture of a woman in a dress and said that what she was wearing was "inappropriate".

 

After we went to the library and out for MDFF, I wanted mom to watch me do something and said, "Watch the master at work."

 

In reference to mommy going on a date, I said to her to, "Just wear anything pretty because boys like that." At five I'm already the expert on what boys like. Mom is so lucky to have me around for my stellar advice on life!

 

After mom picked me up from school and helped get my homework done, we watched Parker for a little while. I love helping with Parker and still view him as a new born.

 

This morning, I got in to bed with mommy to snuggle for a few minutes. When I got out, I said, "I tooted in your bed and it made me happy." I love potty humor! Mommy was not amuse and can't believe that even potty humor could be genetic.

 

Mom and I were playing a game and when we won, I said, "Give me high five girl!" After school, we got my homework done and then, grammy picked me up for a sleepover!

While I was getting ready to brush my teeth this morning, mom was trying to pick out my constant rats next of hair. I told her that, "I can't do this properly with you picking my hair like that." Later when we went out to the library and out for MDFF, I got grammy a news paper because I, "know how much grammy loves to read the news paper." I'm so thoughtful sometimes! When we got in the car, in reference to the news paper, I asked "Do you perhaps have a rubber band I could use?" I thought it would be best to wrap it up proper like before I gave it to grammy :).

 

Grammy watched me for a few days while mommy watched Travis and Candice's kids. While she was gone, it's been really smoky lately because of the wild fires and it was making the sun look pink. I saw that and said, "Jesus is trying to impress everyone." One day while she was watching me, I came home from school and had only eaten a few fruit snacks for lunch. I was really hungry that day. Grammy told me that I needed to eat all of my sandwich. I told her to write me a note to remind me, which she did. The next day all of my sandwich was gone and grammy asked if the note worked. I told her, "Grammy I can't read."

 

I had such a fun day. Grandpa and mommy picked up my best friend Marlie and we went swimming and then out for ice cream!  

 

We went out to grammy and grandpa's to celebrate grandpa's birthday. Grammy was getting everyone pumpkin pie and asked me if I wanted a piece. I said, "Nope, I'm not interested." Just wanted to be straight with her and tell it like it is. When mom was getting me ready for bed, I said, "I love you more than I love potty talk." Now that is a lot of love!

 

Marlie came over this morning to have a play date with me! Mom took us to the library, out for MDFF, and then to see Hotel Transylvania! What a great day! During conversation with Marlie, I told her that Ryder (uncle James' dog), "is a big galoot."

 

I gave my first talk in primary today! Mom said that I did very well and much better than her first talk in primary by a land slid, whatever that means.  

August 2012

Mommy worked on uncle Clancy's wedding cake for most of the day for the big wedding tomorrow! We also went out to grammy's for a while. When we were there, I told Parker that someday when he has a girlfriend to be nice to her.

 

 

 

It's the big day for uncle Clancy! Mommy fixed my hair for the wedding and begged me not to mess it up. She put enough hair junk in it though that I don't think I could have messed it up if I tried. Everything went really well and mommy was so happy that the cake turned out great! I had so much fun wearing my dress and playing with Randi's niece. Randi looked like a beautiful princess!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While mom was cleaning up wedding stuff, I was telling her that she could reuse something for her wedding and Karlie's wedding. She told me that she wasn't getting married. Then I said, "You don't want to be an old maid do you?" and added as an afterthought "or a nun?"  This is what mommy gets for watching the Sound of Music with me and playing the card game Old Maid.

 

This morning, mommy told me that her stomach didn't feel well and I suggested that, "Maybe it's angry at you."We drove up to McCall to spend some time with Travis and Candice. When we got there, the kids and I played in the pool!

 

I got to play in the pool more with the kids before we went home today! On our way home I said to mom that something I did was an accident, but then admitted, "Well, I did it on purpose, but I'm sorry." Mommy's been trying to teach me to accept responsibility for my own actions, so I think this is a step in the right direction :).

On my way to meet up with daddy to spend the week with him, I told mom that when she gets not fat again to not eat cookies, cake, or chips. You know, just avoid the tree basic food groups, lol. We stopped and swapped vehicles with uncle Clancy on our way there since he borrowed mommy's car for his honeymoon.  

 

When we were at the library the other day, I checked out a kids craft book. So today, I did some crafts with mommy from it! It was good times! On our way to grammy's today, I said, "Grammy and grandpa are always up first. James and Karlie are lazy bones." I'm very observant ;). While we were there, I said to Parker, "likely story". Hmmm...where have I heard that one before?

 

When I was at grammy and grandpa's, grandpa was eating dinner. I said to him, "Grandpa if you'd like I could sit on your lap and eat ice cream." I wanted to have a sleepover there and when I was going to bed, I said to grandpa, "You can watch me fall asleep." It sounded like a fun thing to me, somehow no one else saw it that way. Oh well.

 

I told mommy that, "You're beautifuller than a jewel" and that I, "love you more than anything in the whole solar system". That is a lot of love!

 

We made my favorite chocolate chip cookies today! I cannot get enough of them!  

 

Mom took me to see Paranorman and though I'm the one that wanted to see it, I didn't really care for it. I thought it was a little too scary. After that we went swimming and while we were there, mom's phone, IPod, and camera got stolen. It ruined my whole day. On our way home I was trying to come up with reason why someone would do something like that. Oh to be young and innocent.

 

I went to kindergarten orientation today! I'm so excited to go back to school! I love to learn and to play with my friends, so I'm killing two birds with one stone (whatever that means). Mommy took me to the store so spend some of my money. While we were at the store, mom accidentally broke a mirror. I was very worried about it. When mom took it up to the check out and offered to pay for it, they said that they would just right it off. On our way out the door, I said, "Shoo they spared us".

I had my first day of kindergarten! Mom can't believe how fast I've grown up, and claims that last five years just disappeared. I called daddy to tell him how my first day of school was, and said that it was "so awesome!"

July 2012

 I got to spend the fourth of July with Daddy and I had so much fun playing with sparklers!

While mom was working out, I laid on her and said, "I could do this all day". Mommy agreed, it was so cozy.  

Mom took me to the aquarium in Boise. Then we painted pottery and painted something special for grammy that I just know she'll love. After that, we spent the rest of the day at Wahooz.

We took flowers to aunt Reeree for her birthday today.  Later in the day, everyone came over to celebrate her birthday with dinner and cheesecake. Later we went to the cemetery and released balloons like we do every year.  

We spent the day at Roaring Springs today and we had all kinds of fun! Last year when we went and all day today mom tried to get me to go on the big slides with her. I very stubbornly refused.  When mom finally talked me into it, I loved it so much that that's all I wanted to do the rest of the day.

Grammy went with us to the new Ice Age movie. I really liked it, especially while eating Milk Duds!   

When mom got out of the shower, I had a mess on the floor. Milo's hot dog toy was by the washing machine, the spool of string was by the dog's water. The string went into the kitchen and over a box and had a ring at the end of it. She cleaned it up and I got after her for it. I said that it was a trap that I set up for her. She asked me how the trap was supposed to work.  I said that she was supposed to trip over Milo's toy, follow the string to the box and slip on it, and then see the ring at the end and be distracted by it so that she wouldn't see that my food wasn't gone yet. Tonight after mommy put me to bed, I kept getting out of bed. When she told me to go get back in bed, I said, "I've been trying for 5 hours to get you to snuggle with me. Don't you want to snuggle?" Of course mommy wanted to snuggle with me, I just had to help her understand what I needed.  

My swimming lesson started today!  On my way to lessons, I used the word "Elegant", mom was very impressed by my vocabulary. Later in the day, we played some cards games.  After I won, I said, "You have done good mom" and then pinched her cheek.

A movie I was watching today got disrupted and when mommy put it back in the spot it was, I didn't think she had it in the right spot. I said, "I'll watch it correctly on another day." Then when she was going up the stairs, I said, "I simply love you mom."

I've made some very big improvements at my swimming lessons this week. I jumped off the diving board all by myself! I'm also putting my whole head under the water, which really freaked me out before and I wouldn't do it. We went out for MDFF and I dripped ice cream on my shirt.  When mom pointed it out, I noticed it was also in my hair and said, "You got to be kidding me." When we got home, we played cards, hide and seek and watched The Music Man together. I liked the movie so much that I asked if I could have it. While we were watching the movie, Milo got in my spot. I got after him for it, put my fists up and said, "Fight me if you dare."

Today mom made me a "good deed jar". Every time I do something good, I get to put a bean in my jar. Every time I do something I shouldn't, I lose a bean. When I get's to a certain amount of beans, I get rewards. I'm very excited about it! We'll see how it goes.

Before church, we were playing go fish. Mom asked me for a card and I said to the card, "You're going to another woman that loves you" and handed her the card.  On another day while we were playing cards, I said, "Maybe I'll have better luck next time I go fish."

After my swimming lessons, mom left the rest of the day up to me. We played cards, sat in the swing and read books, made chocolate chip cookies, and went to grammy's for the rest of the day.

I'm still loving my good deed jar and said this morning, "Do something mean and lose a bean." When faced with losing a bean, I requested a spanking instead. No luck though, it still cost me a bean.

After my swimming lessons, I got to watch Park's swimming lessons! After that mommy and I played cards, went to the library, and drew pictures together. Grammy stopped by to bring mommy a flower. While she was here, she asked me if I give mom a hug and a kiss everyday for being such a good mom and I said, "I don't get a bean for that."

I went to my last swimming lesson and for doing so well, I got a brownie blizzard and to go to the park. Later when we were home, I straightened out a paperclip and wanted to poke mom with it. She told me that I couldn't and then I said, "Can't I poke you gently?" Right after that, I heard mom joking that she was a loser and I said, "Where ever you go, I think you're a winner."

While mom was putting me to bed, she told me that I don't get a good deed bean for putting my pajamas on because she had to ask her too many times. Then I asked her where the nice girl inside of her was and said that I only want the nice girl inside her. She told me that the nice girl inside her asked me three times nicely to put my pajamas on and now the stern girl is out.

June 2012

I exercised with mommy today because, "We don't want to get chubby like Theodore and Eleanor." (from Alvin and the Chipmunks)

I made a list of things I wanted to do today and we had a lot of fun checking it off. We took a walk, played games, cut out shapes, painted, went to the park, and watched a movie. It was great fun!

I had such a fun day today. Mommy took me to the library, and then to the new Madagascar movie. I got signed up for swimming lessons and had a picnic at the park. Then we went to the circus with the rest of the family!

When mom asked this morning if I was done with my breakfast, I said, "I only have this much left and I can eat it before your very eyes."

When mom was dropped me off with daddy today, I asked him what we were going to do for Father's Day.  He said that he didn't know and I said, "Oh, I thought you were just going to watch sports all day." Mommy doesn't know where I come up with these things.

Today, I said to Milo, "Milo, stop, I'm trying to concentrate".

While deciding between chocolate milk and regular milk at breakfast today, I decided to go with regular milk because, "It probably has less calories".

Mom was getting me in the shower and I said, "Feast your eyes on this cute little bum bum." Later when she asked me where I got that from, I said from a preview of a movie coming out this weekend. Later in the day, I had a ballet performance for the fiddle festival. Mom said that I did a very good job!

On our way to grammy's today, I told mom that she was cuter than a bird. Then I said, "You and Parker are cuter than anything in the world".

After mom took me out for MDFF, we grammy for lunch and then went to Brave.

I got to go to the Fiddle Festival parade and carvival today! I made mommy go on the Gravatron with me over and over again, what  good sport.  

The moment I've been waiting for all year has finally arrived. I got to go the front of Primary and talk in the microphone at church today! I gave the scripture. After we got home, we left for our vacation in Salem Oregon. On our way there, I said, "This is fun driving in the middle of nowhere".

During our week long vacation we had an absolute blast! We went on a carousel ride, to the discovery museum for kids, and an indoor water park!

The next day, an event the library was having for kids, mini golfing, and played some arcade games!

My favorite day of the whole week, we spent at the Enchanted Forest theme park here, we both had a lot of fun. We got some ice cream while we were there. I offered mom some of mine and she said no thank you. Then I said, "Suite yourself, when you want some there won't be any". Then she tasted mine and said that is wasn't delectable.

The next day, while we were playing in the pool at our hotel, I was pretending that I didn't have a mom and that mommy was going to be my mom. I told her that she had to "earn the title" of my mom. According to me the way to do that is to feed me, clean me, dress me, fix my hair, take me fun places, etc... After we got ready for the day we went to some of the historical houses that are museums. After the second one, I requested that we not go to anymore houses. Some old houses were not nearly as entertaining as everything else we've done this week. Mom gave me the rest of the day to do whatever I wanted. I asked her to give me some options and when she did she said, "How about if I give you some options?" I said that I wanted to go to the movies and said that I wouldn't mind watching "Move It Move It III" again (aka Madagascar III). So that's what we did.

On our way home today, we stopped at a waterfall.  On our way back to the car, I fell and got my first real injury.  Mommy doesn't have a clue how I made it five years without anything more than minor scrapes and bruises.  I complained for hours on the way home about how much the cut on my knee hurt.  This injury business is not as cool as they make it look in the movies. When mommy and I got home from our vacation, we found out that Clancy and Randi got engaged this week and are getting married in August! The whole family really likes Randi, I'm excited for her to be my aunt!