Play time!

Dear Caylee,
We had such a great time playing with you tonight. You kept saying “c’mon guys eh-body do dis” (everybody do this) then you would show us what you wanted us to do. It was your own version of follow the leader. You had us jumping, falling down, clapping our hands and all sorts of things!

When I told you I was stuck you told me that you needed to check your (pretend) backpack to get me rope. I thought that was pretty smart for your age. You are doing a pretty good job using the potty now. You still have accidents if we forget to ask you if you need to go, but you always go when we ask and a few times you have actually reminded us!

This weekend Grandma, Grandpa and your cousin Catherine are coming to visit. I know you will have a great time visiting with them!

QT PIE!

First Movie

Dear Caylee,
This weekend you saw your first movie in a theatre. I took you to see Disney/ Pixar’s “Ratatouile.” It’s a movie about a little mouse that wants to be a chef. I’m not sure it will be a classic, but it was pretty cute.

When we walked into the theatre, the lights were already down and the previews had already started. When the screen came into view for you, you came to a dead stop and your mouth was wide open. You were staring at the screen and started to look a little scared. I chose a seat close to the exit to be safe and you sat in my lap. It took you a little while to get comfortable, but after a while you sat in your booster seat and enjoyed the rest of the movie, and the popcorn, and rasinets, and apple juice! We went shopping afterward and you made sure to tell everyone that you talked to that you went to the movie and that you ate “corn” (pop-corn.)

You are still surprising us with all of the things that you know and say. Yesterday you asked me to play with you in your toy room while we were playing with your little people you got a very excited look on your face and said “wana pyea ye-shus mom?” (wanna play delicious) You have a large bin of pretend food that you pulled out and dumped on the floor. As we were playing you started saying “I cuuk it por you” (cook it for you.) You would stand at your pretend kitchen and put things in the oven. Pretend play is big fun for you know.

You are also very fascinated with looking at yourself in the mirror. You are starting to care a little more what you wear. You are asking to wear dresses and nightgowns at night-time.

It’s been about a year now since I started this blog for you. I was hoping that I would be able to keep it up a little better than a scrap-book. As it turns out you have quite few entries over the past year. I am going to put them all into a book for you to have when you are a big girl. I know it won’t have your school art-work and drawings etc… but I hope one day you will enjoy reading it.

Our Dora look-alike in her Dora PJ's with her Dora doll watching Dora

Busy girl

Dear Caylee,
You have had a very busy few days. On Tuesday you got to leave school early to go swimming with Debbie. You started swimming at about 3:30. Later a few friends joined us there were lots of kids there for you to play with. You did stop for a little while to eat and jump on the trampoline, but for the most part you were in the pool until 8:30 at night. That’s an hour past your bedtime! You were very tired and went right to sleep… after a small fit.

Today is the 4th of July. We went to the beach with Debbie. You had a great time playing in the sand and the waves. You started getting pretty tired about noon. You walked up to me and said “mamma hode ju” (mamma hold you.) I held you in the beach chair and you slept and SNORED for the next hour. When you woke up it you were very sweet. You gave a big smile as you looked at me and said “hi mamma.” I love to hold you. You are getting so big I know I won’t be able to hold you like that too much longer.

After the beach we went to Debbie’s for more swimming! You played in the pool and had a great time. You are not afraid of the water at all. You like to put your head under the water and blow bubbles. You are so brave that it scares me sometime.

Tonight was all about Dora. You learned about Dora at school and we are starting to realize how much you like her. Tonight you wore your new Dora P.J.’s, played with your Dora doll and watched a Dora cartoon before bedtime.

You are getting pretty particular about going to bed lately. First you just wanted your blanket, but over the last few weeks you have been adding things to your list of things you want to have with you when you go to sleep. Tonight we are up to blanket, pink lantern light, Sydney doll, plastic Nemo fish, Dora and several small, stuffed Backyardigan dolls. There is not much room in your bed for anything else.

It’s back to school for you tomorrow. You will probably still be tired from your very busy days. You have been doing so good at school going to the potty. On Tuesday you had dry pants all day long!!

A family visit/ Potty Time

Dear Caylee,

It’s been a while so there is a lot to tell you. You are getting to be a such a big girl! Last week we had visitors from Louisiana. Sydney and Conner came to visit and later in the week Mimi and Paw-Paw came too!

I was out of town when Sydney and Conner got here, so Mommy took you to their hotel to play with them. You got to go to the beach and to the swimming pool. You had such a good time. Pam said that you liked the beach the best. They took you in the waves which you called the “Big Kahunas.” When Mommy picked you up at 3:30 you fell asleep in the car right away and slept until 5:00!!! They wore you out.

When Mimi and Paw- Paw got here we met everyone for Dinner and Sydney stayed the night with you in your bed from then on. We went to the beach the next day and had a great time! You heard Sydney and Conner calling their Kerry Dad, so you called him Dad too. When you hurt yourself you said “show dad” because you wanted him to kiss it. You called him dad for the rest of the trip! It was really cute.

The next you and Sydney got went to the “friends 2 B made” store and made dolls with each other. Your doll looks like Sydney and Sydney’s doll looks like you. You each made voice recordings to put in each others doll. In your doll Sydney recoded “ Caylee, Sydney loves you” and you recorded “nub you” (love you) on her doll. You really like your new doll and that night you and Sydney and your new dolls all slept together in your bed.

After Sydney and Conner left we started potty training. At first you were really afraid of going to “T T “ in the potty. You were not afraid to sit on it, or the flushing you were really afraid of the sound it made when you went! You screamed the first time, you sat there for a LONG time and tried SO hard to NOT go. When you finally did you were not happy. The next day you were better. Mimi offered you a sucker if you TT’ed on the potty, you concentrated real hard and eventually you got the sucker. It was a battle for the next few days, but you are getting better now.

This weekend we put up a sticker chart and you get a sticker each time you go on the potty. You really like putting up the stickers and you have had dry panties for two days (with the exception of when you are sleeping.) You have not poo-poo’ed on the potty just yet, you are still a little scared of that.

Most of the time you are a very good girl, but very recently you have learned to be a little “sassy.” Its not really what you are saying, but how you are saying it. We are working with you trying to teach you that its “not nice” to be sassy. I think you are starting to understand because you came home from school saying “fins saaaasee not nice” ( friends sassy) It has been a little better the last few days so I hope this will pass soon.

Today we are going swimming with your friends Callen and Josh. You will get to try out your new swimming vest. You are getting very brave with your water wings so we want to see how you will do with this. I know you will have a great time today!

Fun Weekend!

Dear Caylee,
You had a great Memorial Day weekend this year. On Saturday we went to North Carolina for Cade's birthday party. You had a really good time! You got to see lots of your family.There were balloons,which you loved! You made new friends, and you learned to swing on the big girl swing all by yourself! You were really excited about that.

The next morning you ate breakfast three times. (aunt Tiffiny bought donuts!!) After visiting with everyone for a while we left for home. You must have had a really great time and tired yourself out because you slept the whole 3 hour ride home. (You usually only sleep about half an hour.)

Today you got to visit Debbie in the morning, she brought you to Bob Evan's for a late breakfast. Later we went to visit your friends Josh and Callen. You stayed in the pool ALL DAY!! You love to be in the water. You had a great time going under the water. NO FEAR!!! Most of the time you had on floaties, but a few times we would take them off and let you try to swim. You did a much better job kicking your feet with your floaties on. When you figured out that you got to go under water without your floaties you decided that it was fun! You like to stand on the steps and go completely underwater and pop your head up at the last minute. I hope that you will learn to swim without your floaties soon!

Once again you wore yourself out!! You were so tired when we got home, but I know you had a great time!

Catching up

Dear Caylee,
It's been a few weeks since I have blogged for you so I thought I would catch you up. You have been having a great time playing with Josh and Callen on the weekends, you love to play and swim together. We told you that you did a great job swimming last weekend and you like to remind us frequently and say"great job swimmin' day." You are very proud.

Sunday Mommy let you skip your nap. You were playing with your friends from 1pm until 6:00. It was a big day of Swimming and jumping on the trampoline. When we got home you barely made it through bath time, you were asleep before I even got to put on your PJ's!! You were SO tired!!

You have not been doing such a great job of going to bed latley. Every night seems to be a bit of a power struggle. You get up over and over again and we keep putting you right back in bed. You are trying so hard! One night you pulled out all the stops and laid in bed crying "hep me, hep me, hep me" ( help me) It was really pitiful!!!

Your favorite book is "The Family Book." We read it every night, you especialy like to say "some pam-pees cwy-at, shhh!! an some pam-pees noy-see. awwwoo!!!" (some families are quite and some families are noisy)

This weekend we are going to a birthday party for your cousin Cade. I know you will have a great time playing with all your cousins and family!!

Swimming

Dear Caylee,
You are getting better and better in the water! Last weekend you figured out how to move in the water with your water wings on. You have known for a while how to spin around in a circle. Last weekend you were going after a toy that got away and when I told you to "run" you started moving your legs and you were SO excited to be able to move like you wanted to. You swam a lot that day.

Today you had a great day. We went to Debbie's to jump on the trampoline and swim. You were suppose to take a nap there, but you refused to fall asleep. Later you got to meet two new friends that are from Guatemala too. They are both 6 years old. You had a great time playing with them. You especially liked jumping on the trampoline with them. Tonight you went to bed an hour earlier than usual you were sooo tired!!

You still love to go to school. Every day you ask us if we had a good day at school with our friends, and you love to tell us about who gets in trouble in school. You are learning new songs and getting better and better at saying the pledge of allegiance.

Bound to happen

Dear Caylee,

Well, I guess it was bound to happen eventually. This weekend you threw your first public temper tantrum. We were at the mall playing in the arcade. When I told you it was time to go you started throwing a big fit, and when I put you in time out (which has always worked before) you threw an even bigger fit! You refused to sit down, arched your back, screaming and crying and you even pulled out a new trick, hitting! You stood in front of me swinging your arms while Mommy and I looked at each other in shock. We just were not quite sure what to do. So, we put you in your stroller, strapped you in and took you to the car. I hope this won't be a normal occurrence.

You have been talking a lot lately. Last week when I was putting you to bed you started saying something I could not quite make out, so I listened really close. You were saying the pledge of allegiance I could not understand you until you got to "one Na-chun uhh god in-bis-pu li-ty juss por awwww" (one nation...) You are too smart!!

You love to sing too. You are learning lots of new songs at school. You surprise us all the time. You can sing "baby bumble bee," "twinkle twinkle little star,"the jumping song," and you LOVE to sing ABC's!!

Tonight you talked for about 2 hours non stop. After a big day of playing on the trampoline and the pool at Debbie's, you had some dessert. I think that's what had you so wound up. You were really cute, talking and singing non-stop!