On Jumping and Scooters

Today after General Conference (which was EXCELLENT), we went over to our local, under construction park. Ms A loves to JUMP, so she was more than willing to test her jumping skills all over the soon-to-be water feature. She caught some good air and had a grand time jumping from all sorts of (safe) heights and places.

We have a friend who heard Ms. A talking about how much she loves scooters, so our friend gave Ms. A an extra one that she had been given. (Thanks J and P. Ms A has been in heaven ever since.) She talks about and tries to show everyone her new scooter. One of her favorite things to do is to ride it over to the park. She loves trying out the new paths as they are finished.

Going SCUBA DIVING

Ms A enjoyed a wonderful curriculum by Mother Goose Time last year. We didn't finish up before Preschool started, so when she came down with an ear infection, we talked about scuba diving and the animals you'd see. When I mentioned daddy had something cool upstairs that had to do with swimming in the ocean her eyes lit up. I ran upstairs and grabbed Reed's scuba diving bag. We tried them on her and talked about why she would need each item.

She was delighted!

(for those wondering, no a giant seastar didn't expire in our home, we were playing a music game where you had to jump in the seastar when the music stopped)

Ms. A and her new "Little Pony"

For those of you out there that don't know our little one very well, Ms A has a deep love for My Little Ponies. She has quite a collection. A couple of months ago, she lost her favorite Pegasus, StarSong. When Ms. A started Preschool, my mom sent her a package. (It was also because she has given all her other grandchildren a Build-A-Bear.) Ms A was tickled to receive a package and even more excited when she saw what was inside - a TALKING STARSONG! Her favorite part was when StarSong sang her version of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

She giggled, laughed, hugged, "fed" StarSong and smiled for days. Thanks MOM!!

First Day of Preschool

Ms. A had her first day of Preschool last week. She was so EXCITED to meet new friends. So excited that she didn't want to wait for me to take her picture. :) I finally coaxed her to a couple of poses.
She went right in and had no problems when mommy left. I was a little sad, but grateful she loves her new school.

As I was driving home, I was hit with the overwhelming thought that I had left my little angel with COMPLETE STRANGERS!!! I couldn't believe it. I have since recovered and both of us are doing wonderfully with her in preschool.

Have fun my little one!

Sad Goodbyes

Ms A has a favorite toy, her Cinderella Polly Pocket. She takes her everywhere, including bath time. Yesterday, tragedy hit: Cinderella got broken and she couldn't be repaired. My little one was inconsolable for quite some time. I hugged her and whispered sweet, comforting words, but nothing could stop my tenderhearted, little one from crying. Suddenly, I had an idea to build a new home for Cinderella to live in and Ms A started to calm down. She lovingly added butterflies, flowers, hearts and glitter to Cinderella's home. She drew rainbows and hearts. She gave her tons of hugs and whispered loving words and kisses. We talked about how Jesus would take care of Cinderella and make her all better because that is what HE does because of HIS LOVE for us. Gently she laid Cinderella on the two hearts. We closed the box and said our final farewells. Goodbye Cinderella!
Thank you for being Ms A's special friend.

Good Sportmanship?!?

We were playing a little game of Old Maid this evening when Ms A drew the WITCH!!! (Just a little background: She Hates/is Scared of the witch. The story of Dora and the Snow Princess made a HUGE impression on our little one.) Tears and screams immediately ensued. Reed quickly grabbed the camera while I tried to calm her down.

Here are a few shots of the during we just chose the witch card from mommy.

(notice the HUGE TEARS. She's been doing that since the day she was born.)

and after, she wanted a picture of the Princess Dora cards.

I convinced Ms A to let daddy draw the last card from her hand, even though the game was over. You should have seen the gloating. I think we need to find out how to teach our four year old to win/loose gracefully and cheerfully. Any ideas?!?