Dinosaurs and Winter Coats

The day got off to a really good start. Mom and dad where both here and dad checked the weather report and said that it would be a high of about 80 so I got to wear my pink skirt and pink striped shirt that I like so much.

I had my banana breakfast and dad and I went into school and all my friends were there and during the day I got to ride bikes around the yard and use little shovels to dig for dinosaur bones. I even got to make little Jell-O jigglers shaped like dinosaurs that I ate for my afternoon snack.

When dad showed up it was dark and we were playing red light/green light and when I said good bye to everyone dad told me I had to wear my jacket. But I didn't want to wear my jacket. And I let him know, that's for sure.

I don't really remember much past then but at some point I was in the car and we were driving and we had to take a little detour around the block because some car had crashed into a pole. And while the car accident wasn't fun, the little detour sure was fun. I'd never been down those streets before.

When we got home dad pointed out that I. and B.'s mom D. was there. And I was pretty excited about that. I like her a whole lot and I sure like I. and B. so I was pretty psyched to say hi. When we got up there, though, it was still a little weird to see mom and a friend sitting at the kitchen table talking so I got a little weirded out. But that only lasted a second and before i knew it I was sitting in my seat eating my dinner of meatless meatballs, veggies and applesauce and D. was sitting there right next to me.

After dinner dad had to clean up and mom was on the phone so D. even danced with me and spun me around and picked me up and everything. It was really fun.

I guess mom was on the phone with another friend because after a couple of minutes S. showed and them mom told me that she had to do. She kissed me good night, and she and D. and their new friend all left together and dad told me that it was daddy/daughter night and that he would be snuggling me. I usually prefer mom but dad'll do in a pinch. Fast forward through sitting on the potty, taking a bath, getting my jammies on and brushing my teeth and I'm one tired little girl.

I'm gonna sleep well tonight.

Time For Long Pants

The weather around these parts has gotten much, much cooler the past few days and I've found myself being dressed in long pants lately. I guess that's a good thing because according to one of my teachers the pants make me look a lot taller. I like trying to dress and undress myself but I seem to to run into a lot of problems and when mom and dad step in to help me it only drives home the point that I can't pull up my own pants and so I get kind of mad. But I'll get the hang of it sooner or later. I'm defiantly working on it at school when it's time to use the potty.

So things have been going pretty well. I like hugging and kissing my teachers and friends at school and mom's been home so things are pretty much back to normal.

Tonight, however, was a little out of the ordinary.

The day went off like usual, I had my banana breakfast, I kissed mom good bye and dad tool me in to school and I saw all my friends and we dug for dinosaurs and I ate my lunch and napped and then in the afternoon I went down the slide like a million times.

And like usual, near the end of the day we went out to the tree house and when we go out to the tree house at the end of the day I know that that's when dad's going to show up. So we were out there and I played with my friends and some other moms and dads showed up and I looked but my dad didn't show up which was weird. Before too long it was time to go back inside. At first I was a little worried but then I remembered that it was the late snack time so I went inside and sat down with my remaining friends and we had a snack of rice krispies cereal.

I got to chowing down and it was good because I got to drink the milk right from the bowl when I was done and when I looked up you know who was there? Dad!

He took me home and like five minutes after we got there guess who showed up - Mom!

It worked out really well.

I had a good dinner, mom took me upstairs and I used the potty (nothing came out but I did sit!) and then I got dressed and brushed my teeth and then dad took my picture and before I knew it I was pushing dad out the door.

Turned out to be a pretty good day.

The Shirt Worked

A while back I & B's mom gave me a shirt with a picture of some guy named Obama on it. I didn't know who he was, but the shirt was pink and I generally look good in pink. So I didn't have any objection to putting it on. They even took some pictures of me and my friends in our shirts.

Today, Mom got me up and I asked where Dad was. She said he had to go vote. It was only 7am, but my Dad wanted to make sure he got to vote before the lines got too long. They tell me that is unusual, but that this is a big election and lots of people that don't usually vote are gonna vote today. I like to say vote and I said it a bunch today. I don't really know what vote means, but it makes Mom and Dad pretty happy.

So tonight, everybody seemed pretty excited because this guy Obama got a lot of votes. I can't help but wonder if my shirt had anything to do with it.

Time To Choose!

So the weekend kind of came and went and it was rainy here so we did a lot of inside stuff; coloring, dancing, flying, going to the pet store to see the gerbils and fishes. You know, the usual. We did, however, make it to Venice Beach on Sunday morning which was pretty cool because I got to see all kind of interesting people and things. Mom and dad and me had lunch at the Sidewalk Cafe and you know that guy in the turban that roller blades around and plays Jimi Hendrix on the electric guitar? I totally saw him. He's actually pretty good. I wonder where he sleeps at night.

Anyway, today it was back to business and I was ready to go (I love the extra hour of sleep I'm getting now. Something about resetting the clocks.) The weather has really cooled down so I wore jeans to school and this neat-o new jacket I got as a gift from my friend L. When I put the hood up I look like some kind of crazy, animal embroidered druid.

Today at school I learned about dinosaurs and that was fun. I ate my lunch and I konked out pretty early and took a pretty good nap which made me all the more ready to paint and that was super fun.

Dad eventually showed up and we went home and I had a nice dinner of chili and then mom showed up and she gave me a bath and I brushed my teeth and then it was time for bed. But I just have to say one last thing:

Don't forget to vote tomorrow! I would if I could!

Trick or Treat

Sorry I skipped a day. Yesterday I was too buys hugging Mom to type. She came home early from Lost Wages because she missed me. And, well, I missed her too.

So, today was the real actual Halloween. It was more of a treat than a trick for me. First of all, I got to sleep in. Dad had an early meeting so he left the house before I got up and Mom came in around 8am to get me out of bed. It was cool having some time with Mom after not seeing her for a couple of days. She dressed me in my striped Halloween kitty shirt and my sparkly striped pants with pumpkin buttons. I looked very festive.

After a tasty breakfast of banana and Cheerios, Mom drove me to school. When we got there, I didn't really want to get out of the car. But Mom promised that it would be fun. So, I let her put my shoes on and she carried me to the door. Then I wanted to walk in on my own and carry my lunch box. I was excited about my lunch because it had chicken nuggets in it. Not the kind from that gross place with the arches, but the kind Dad got for me. Yum.

On our way to room 5 I stopped to wave to my friends in room 1 and R had on the same shirt as me! How cool is that? We walked down to room 5 and Mom signed me in and then walked me out to see my friends. I was having such a nice time with Mom that I didn't want her to leave. But D and J promised it would be OK, so I let her go. Before she left she told me that Dad was going to pick me up early so we could go see my friend L and go do something called trick or treat. Sounded good to me, so I was pretty excited.

Just as promised, Dad showed up around 4 and brought me home where Mom had made yummy chili and corn bread with sweet honey butter. I wanted to eat lots of bread. After dinner, we loaded up and went to Studio City to L & C's house. It was really neat. C loves holidays and she goes all out. There were colorful bags with faces cut out all along the driveway and a jack-o-lantern on the porch. L was dressed as a race car crew guy and C was dressed as a nurse. She looked pretty. After snacking on some more chicken nuggets and grapes, C gave me a glow in the dark necklace and we went outside. I wasn't sure what was happening, but L was doing it and he always does fun things, so I followed along. Now, here's the crazy part. Because it is Halloween, I could just walk up to someone's door and say "trick or treat" and they will hand me some candy. WHAT? This is the coolest day ever. Now, I am supposed to wear a costume, like my giraffe costume, but I didn't feel like it. But people didn't care. They gave me candy anyway. How cool is that.

After stopping at a few houses I was getting tired so Mom and Dad walked with me back to C's house and we said goodnight and went home. I got to play with my glow in the dark necklace the whole way home. It was so fun.

So, at the end of the day, I have to say, I LOVE HALLOWEEN.

Parade Route

So today was the big day. Today was going to be the day I dressed up as a giraffe and marched in my school parade. I was a little unsure of the whole thing but we got off to a pretty good start.

Dad got me up and dressed in my black tights that have little orange pumpkins at the ankles and I had a good breakfast of a banana and some milk and I even had a little tiny piece of waffle. When it was time to go dad asked me what I wanted to dress up as for the parade and I shouted, "Giraffe!" so he put my giraffe costume in a paper bag and wrote my name on it (I thought he was just coloring to have fun and I couldn't figure out why he wouldn't let me have my turn. But he convinced me that I would have plenty of time for coloring once I got to school.)

On the drive in we called mom to say good morning and then we listened to NPR and then we got to school. Dad dropped me off and said that he would be back in a little bit and before I knew it it was time to put on our costumes.

Now, mom and dad have been trying for weeks to get me to wear my giraffe costume at home and on two occasions I have. But for the most part, I wouldn't wear it. But when I saw all of my friends putting on their costumes I wanted to wear mine too. So I did.

Dad showed up and then we had our parade which was really just us walking around the climbing structure two times while the pre-school kids cheered and then we went over to the tree house area and had our snacks and then we could do whatever we wanted. I played with the play-doh for a little while and then I put stickers on a paper pumpkin (good thing mom wasn't there for that! She hates stickers!)

This is me heading back to the play-doh:


When it came time for dad to go I got pretty sad and I cried but my teacher J. was there and she helped me out and I was okay after a couple of minutes. Plus it was getting to be pretty hot and I was able to take off my costume. I liked it and all but I was starting to sweat.

The rest of the day went pretty much as usual and dad laid down with me at bed time to sing songs and look up at the stars and that was nice. It's a different routine but I'm still pretty tired at night and when it's time for bed it's time for bed.

Oh, and two other things; one, I got this scratch on my arm that no one seems to know how I got (and I'm not telling) and two, I bit a friend of mine today. It's not a big deal everyone keeps telling me but still. It's something that I did and I need to own up to it.

Giraffe!!!

That's what I'm going to be for Halloween tomorrow!

Mom bought me this pretty cool giraffe costume a while back and it's been downstairs in my little green chair since then and I've seen it and even tried in on a few times but I've always been a little wary of it for some reason. But tomorrow's the big at school and I have to wear a costume because everyone else will be so I think I'm getting pretty excited to be a giraffe. When dad told me to tell J. what I was going to be I yelled, "Giraffe!" so I think it's going to be fun.

Last year, when I was in Room 0/1, we went to the studio lot and did a little tour. I wasn't even walking then if you can believe it so I had to be pushed in a stroller the entire time. I was dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood for that party although I vaguely remember not wanting to wear the hood. But I was just a baby then.

This year we're going to stay at the school and have a little parade and eat a snack outside and all the parents are welcome. Dad told me that he might show up but I know that mom won't be there because she's in Las Vegas. Even dad night not show up because when he shows up I think it's time to go home and that might just be more upsetting than anything. But I am looking forward to the parade. That sounds like fun.

Overall, today was a pretty good day. I'm having trouble letting anyone clip my fingernails but I'm working on that but the morning and drive in was pretty good. I was a little sad at first but dad talked to me and then I realized I wanted my banana and milk and all was well.

At school we carved a pumpkin which technically turned it into a jack-o-lantern. It was a tiger! I had a good lunch of whole wheat pasta and chicken and some low fat cottage cheese and broccoli and grapes.

Did I mention I love grapes? I sure do. Man, I love grapes.

Dad came and got me and the evening went really well, I ate my dinner (with grapes for dessert!) and I took a bubble bath and dad put lotion on me and tickled me up around my neck like I like so much and then we called mom to say good night. She was pretty busy but I was in no rush so when dad hung up the phone I got really upset. I wanted to talk to mom so dad let me lie on the floor and cry for a minute before he came over and laid down next to me and asked me what I was going to be for Halloween tomorrow and I said, "Giraffe." And we got to talking about that and then we talked about our trip to Disneyland and how much fun we had and how Goofy played peek-a-boo with me and how that made me laugh and dad promised to take me there again some day.

And so there we were. Dad and me, lying on the floor of my bedroom in the dark, looking up at the stars, talking about the good times we've had.

I think I'll get a good night sleep after all.