Memorial Day - Queens of the Gravel Hill

We went to Gram and Papi's little house.  It was too cold to swim in the pool.  But we did some other fun stuff.  We rode on the golf cart.  I like my hair blowing in the wind.  Gram drives fast.  We played on the playground.  And we made some s'mores!  When you make S'mores you need Gram's crackers and marshmallows and some chocolate.  Then you put it on a stick and put it in the fire.  Daddy and Steven and Kevin put the sticks in the fire.  It's not for kids.

Riley and me also played on the rock hill (in front of Papi's new camper).  We felt really tall standing up there.  We stayed there two nights.  One night we slept in the camper.  One night we slept in the house.  We didn't sleep on the boat though.

Mother's Day Art

When we went to Gram's house we drew pictures for Mommy.  Do you like my color picture? I drew a picture of the woods with people's houses we don't know.  I gave the picture to Mommy for Mother's Day.  She liked it.

Life With Julian

So we still have my baby brother, Julian Joseph (that is what I call him to people). I like to give him and kisses and settle him down when he is crying.

When you have a baby you don't have to go to work.  So I stay at home with Mommy and Julian.  But we don't stay home much.  We go to the doctor and Gram's house and we go to pick up Riley at school. I like playing on the playground at her school.  When we pick up Riley we have a full seat in Mommy's car.

I like to tell people how Mommy feeds the baby.  I say "Do you know how my Mommy feeds our baby?" and point to where she does it.  I said that to a man at Chick-Fil-A but Mommy didn't like it. But that is how he eats. When Julian gets bigger I'll show him how to eat chicken nuggets, bananas and Lucky Charms.

Gymnast In Training

When I go to SIGS and do swimming and gymnastics.  I like it because I get to eat snacks while Riley is swimming.  And I get to color or play LeapPad.  Here are some pictures of me doing gymnastics.  I was wearing my smiley faces shirt.

I am good at flipping around the bar.  

My teacher is Miss Chris.  She helps me with my flips.

At the end of gymnastics you get to jump on the trampoline and jump in the cheese pit.  I like to climb up on the mats and dive in the cheese pit like it is the pool.

Puzzled

I really like doing puzzles.  I get out a puzzle every day.  Sometimes I do the puzzles two, three, four times.  Mommy says that I am really good at putting the puzzles together (anything 24 pieces or less and she knocks it out pretty fast) .  I like doing it to see what the pictures are.  

Riley had a puzzle with three parts.  She did one part and wanted us to finish when  she went to school.  I did the other two parts.  Mommy just had to help me with a couple pieces.

I surprised Riley when she came home. I covered it with a blanket.  She was excited.

Things I Say

3 year olds say some funny things.  I am 3.  Here are some things that I have been saying.

"I am a big girl now because I don't suck on the toothpaste anymore."

Mommy and Daddy always try to get me to eat food like them.  My new way to say no is to tell them "I don't eat every food that you eat."  

I like to tell jokes too.

"Knock, knock."  

Who is there? 

"Bananas!"  

Bananas who?  

"Do you have bananas on your head?"

"Knock, knock."
Who is there?
"Dinosaurs"
Dinosaurs who?
"Watch out!  You have a big dinosaur on your head!"

My knock, knock jokes always have something on your head because that is funny.  

Baby Brother

Mommy finally got that baby out of her tummy!  I thought it was going to live in her tummy forever.  But he came out and he was a boy.  I used to say it was a boy and then I changed it to a girl.  But when Daddy asked me when I saw him I said it was a boy.  His name is Baby Julian.  He is little and cute.  

 I love holding him.  I love kissing him.  I have a hard time keeping my hands off of him.

The baby and Mommy lived at the hospital.  I liked going there to look for the babies in the window.  But most of the time they weren't there.  Daddy said they were with their Mommy and they were in the window at night.  But at night I was sleeping so I didn't see them too much.  My favorite part of the hospital is pushing buttons for the elevator though.  Grandma made me and Riley take turns so we wouldn't fight.

Now Julian lives with us at home.  I am going to be a good big sister for him.  He cried when Mommy gave him a bath and I said "Don't worry your big sister is right here."  I like taking care of him.  I like to put his paci back in his mouth. And I control the swing when he is in there. When he gets dressed or gets his diaper changed and bring my stool so I can see.  I'm learning too.  When I hold my dolls I make sure I support the head.  See I already know how to take care of babies.