Pumkin Party

Dear Caylee,
Last night we had a pumpkin carving party. Your friends Josh and Callan were here. You had such a great time. You had a great time digging into your pumpkin and stirring the seeds that we put into the bowl. You thought the slimy stuff was fun and you kept saying “ewwww dis-gustin” and “yucky.” You thought that was very funny.

We got to play hide and seek in the back yard with Josh and Callan too. You did not quite get it. You knew that people are suppose to count and run, but the hiding thing you didn’t quite get. You gave away the hiding spot of whoever it was that you were following because you would stand right out in the open and talk to them. You really just like the running part. You kept saying “ dis is awesome!!” You always have a great time playing with Josh and Callan.

You have been making a habit of getting up in the middle of the night and coming into our room. When you come into the room you bring your stuff with you, like you plan on staying the night. You bring your Minne doll, your Syndney doll, your “puppy” and your pink blanket that I made for you. “Puppy” is not really a puppy, it is really a very soft stuffed bear in a bunny costume. For some reason you call him puppy and you are insistent that that is his name… so we all go along with it. You like to take your little plastic Nemo toy and stuff it in puppy’s shirt so that you have them both. It’s really very cute.

Today we are going to go to Josh and Callan’s house to play. I know you will have a great time as usual!

Carly's Birthday Party

Dear Caylee,
This weekend you went to your first birthday party. Carly from your school had a princess party at Gymnastics Inc. There were lots of fun things to do. You got to jump on a trampoline, run and jump into a big pit of foam, and play on a really cool swing that you loved!

You were a little shy at first, you wanted me to play with you instead of playing with the other kids. You warmed up to the other kids after a little while. You didn’t really care about watching Carly open the gifts, or the ice cream and birthday cake but you really liked the cookie with pink icing and the princess bag you got to take home.

Mommy has put up lots of Halloween decorations for you this year. You love to look at the pumpkins, ghosts and funny witches. This year you understand a lot more. I know you will have a great time trick-or-treating.

You are talking so much now. You make up stories and pretend play with all of your toys. You love to play give direction and have us follow. Every since the Disney trip you are really into the princess thing. You like to put on your dress, spin around and tell us you are a princess.

This weekend we are having a pumpkin party. Our friends are coming over to carve and decorate pumpkins. I know you will have a great time because Josh and Callan will be here. You really like to play with them!

Disney Gang

Disney Trip

Dear Caylee,


We had such a great time on our Disney vacation! You were really a very good girl. We got there Thursday afternoon and after a little shopping we went to the Magic Kingdom. You like to call that Cinderella’s house. We had a chance to ride a few rides like the tea cups and the Cinderella’s carousel (which you called the animals) then your friends Josh and Callan came to meet us at the park. You always love to play with them so you were really happy to see them. That night we had some dinner and watched the parade together. You were very cute watching the parade. It was the first time that you had a chance to see all of the characters. You waved at them and said hello especially when Cinderella came by. You kept screaming her name trying to get her to wave at you. It was very cute.

Over the next week you got to do so many great things and had such a great time. You got to go trick or treating in the Magic Kingdom at “Mickey’s not so scary Halloween Party.” Actually you got to go THREE times, twice with Josh and Callan and once with just me and Mommy. You wore your Minnie dress to the first Halloween Party and got lots of Candy. It was great because it was a little cooler and there were no lines so you got to ride a lot of rides. There was a dance party at there too, you really wanted to go and dance with “chick-a dale” (Chip and Dale) you had a great time. Poor Chip and Dale though, you kept stalking them wanting them to hold you or talk to you while they were dancing. On the last Halloween Party while we were waiting in line to ride the astro orbiter there was a man in a very scary mask. You did not like him at all. You started screaming and wanted to get away as fast as you could. After I walked you away you started to calm down. You called him a “yucky man” and we told him to go away. You thought that was pretty funny. You laughed a lot at “Yucky Man” and kept telling him to go away. That night in your sleep you were whispering “go way Yucky Man.”.

There were a few other things that scared you too. Mostly it was the 3D movies. Mickey’s PhilharMagic, the Voyage of the little Mermaid (When Ursula came out) and especially A Bug’s Life! You really wanted out of that one! The theater got really dark and a big scary bug came out. You started saying “ I want to go home” then “excuse me momma, I want to go home!” it got increasingly louder until you were screeching EXCUSE ME MOMMA I WANT TO GO HOME!!” Mommy took you outside for the rest of the movie, it was just too scary for you.

I think you liked meeting the characters most of all. You always wanted to hug them, and you were very good at waiting your turn in line. You got to meet just about everyone. You loved meeting JoJo and Goliath and the little Einstein’s the best. You always showed the characters your shoes, you told most of them “ Nemo touched the butt” and “ My Mommy’s in the house” (we still don’t know why you said that) You got to have dinner with Mickey and his friends, Little Einstein’s and the Princesses too.

One of your favorite rides was the Safari ride at Animal Kingdom. You liked it because you got to see elephants, Giraffes and the hippopotamus (which you called the hippo-ta-potamus) You also got to see Finding Nemo the Musical there. You liked it because it was not scary and you LOVE the Nemo movie.

At the Magic Kingdom your favorites were the tea cups, the carousel, the cars, Dumbo, the Magic Carpets ,Goofy’s Barnstormer rollercoaster and you loved to see Cinderella’s house.

MGM was great because you got to see Playhouse Disney live on stage. We saw that one three times! There is a puppet show with JoJo and Pooh and some other cartoon that you did not know. On the second time you got picked from the audience to get up and show the crowd how to say hello to a gorilla. We were very surprised that you went up there, but you did! You made a great gorilla sound and the host Jamie gave you a Disney DVD as a prize. You really liked that! We also got to see Beauty and the Beast on stage. You liked seeing the Teacup and the Teapot.

Epcot was not your favorite, but you did get to meet lots of characters there and you got to ride the Nemo ride. You really liked to ride the Disney bus and the monorail too. You always wanted to be a big girl and sit in your own seat.

We had a great time and took lots of great pictures for you. You were such a good girl. We know that you were ready to go home though. A few days before we were suppose to go home you started asking about Bailey and Cinnamon, that is usually your way of saying that you want to go home. When we got home you were very happy to see them, you were petting and hugging them both. I think they were happy to see you too!

I hope that we can go again real soon. We just loved seeing you have such a great time.