Happy Birthday Sweet

This is our friend's birthday (Sweet in English), in Taiwan Happy birthday Sweet. This is just a little message for her:

Our entire family misses you Sweet. It is your day Sweet, so let loose and act as if you are 18 years old again! Happy Birthday Sweet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANICE

It's Janice's birthday today and I just finished a real cake and an electronic cake. Here is the electronic one for you Janice. I love you.

Right as Rain

Danika went to preschool today. She was feeling great yesterday afternoon, after not going to preschool that morning. She wanted her duckie blacket arround her shoulders, in a cape, soshe can play "Super Red Danika". Then after about a few houres of having her blanket around her, she wanted to become "Princess Danika" and changed dresses a few times before Aislyn came home. At preschool today, her class went for fairly long walk before parents picked them up. The children wore their backpacks the entire walk (surprisingly without complaining to the teacher or her helpers) which tired them out that they just wanted to go home and not linger on the school's playground.

This afternon, Danika helped wash the kitchen cupboards, stools, and other things needing cleaning. For a 3 and a half year old, she did a fantastic job too! Now, after I'm finished this blog post, Danika and I will clean the livingroom then the diningroom, hopefully before Janice comes home.

Speaking of Janice, (and because she hardly looks at this blog), I want to send Janice a message, if she reads it on the morrow;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE!

Also, I want to send a happy birthday to my mother-in-law: Eleanor:

Happy Birthday Eleanor. I hope you are having a great day.

Hockey Star Aislyn

Aislyn, whilst at her school’s BBQ family picnic, she lost one of her bottom teeth. (unfortunately, Danika and I were at home. Danika is sick. :-( ). Shortly after coming home, settling in a bit, Janice pulled the VERY loose upper tooth. Two teeth in one day! And AFTER school pictures, earlier today.

Poor Little Girl

    It’s clear, clear as puke, as to why Danika was in a snuggly mood all afternoon today. At a quarter to four this afternoon, she started tossing her cookies. First she had a nap in our bed. I thought it was just because she was tired from being active and learning lots at school. But Noooo! She awoke, still tired and snuggly, so I snuggled her in the couch and watched Blue’s Clues then snuggled her back in bed. She didn’t sleep but we talked and had gentle plays. Then we came back out to the living room and snuggled in front of the computer. We weren’t there 5 minutes when her tummy exploded all over the both of us! Needless to say, the bath called. I tossed a few myself too. We’ve both been coughing and sneezing, the past few days, but it hasn’t been that bad at all, till 3:45 this evening that is. I’ll have a bath after she goes to sleep for the “night”.

    Aislyn said she had an awesome day at school. She had school pictures, thus was dressed very nicely. Her hair is in ponytails and looks very sweet, especially with her missing front tooth. We had plans, as a family, to go to Aislyn’s school BBQ, but for Danika and I, that won’t be. I hope Janice and Aislyn will have fun.

Danika The Sleeping Beauty

She looks so much like Janice in this picture!
What a beautiful little (oops! I mean Big) girl!

    Danika came home from Pre-K (Preschool), so tired, she needed a nap. When I picked her up, she was having so much fun with her friends, on the school's playground, but when she ran up to me, all she wanted, was be carried and cuddled.

 

    She loves school so much ( about as much as she loves to dance btw) that whenever she wakes up in a bad mood, all we need to do is mention she has school and her attitude instantly changes! She can be very tired, sick or any number of feelings that can make a person grouchy, but as soon as the words "you have school today" exits our mouths, the  light from a thousand  suns enters her big, beautiful green eyes!

Pam n' Aislyn @ Dinobouncers

It's hard to see, because of the net, but That's Pam (a classmate of Aislyn's) and Aislyn sliding down a blowup slide at Dinobouncers. They all had a blast at Dinobouncers. That was, until it was almost time go go. Then they started to become tired and cranky. Good thing we were going to leave soon anyway.

The food sold there, was healthy and at a decent price too. Yes, they did have junkfood, but they also had a lot of good, healthy foods too.

The biggest complaint was the fans were too loud. we had to almost yell to be heard over the fans, children playing and the music. Overall, I'd have to give Dinobouncers a 7/10 It would have been a 9/10 if it dhaden't been for the noisy fans.

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Danika in the construction sight @ Dinobouncers

Danika is just reaching the bottom of a slide in the blowup construction sight at Dinobouncers. The girls (Danika, Aislyn and a classmate of Aislyn's - Pam) all had a blast at Dinobouncers. That was, until it was almost time go go. Then they started to become tired and cranky. Good thing we were going to leave soon anyway.

The food sold there, was healthy and at a decent price too. Yes, they did have junkfood, but they also had a lot of good, healthy foods too.

The biggest complaint was the fans were too loud. we had to almost yell to be heard over the fans, children playing and the music. Overall, I'd have to give Dinobouncers a 7/10 It would have been a 9/10 if it dhaden't been for the noisy fans.

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First Circle Time

    Danika was so, so, so, looking forward to her first day at school! Since Aislyn first started going, she thought she should be going too! Now's her chance! After breakfast, we put her hair into a ponytail and she dressed herself in her favorite colour - purple! (That was after we reminded her, that her teacher recommended no dresses, as they tended to get dirty awfully fast).

    Janice and I drove Danika to school after Aislyn caught her bus. We let her play in the playground for a few minutes then went inside for her very first morning of Pre-K. She was one of the first ones inside the classroom after taking her outside shoes off. We fond her locker, put her inside shoes on and she knew just what do do! She went and sat down in the empty area, soon joined by her fellow classmates. They needed to empty their backpacks and give the tissue boxes to the teacher then put their coats and backpacks into their lockers.

    Janice and I stayed for a few minutes longer then left. I have to admit that my eyes were a bit misty, walking out to the van. (darn allergies anyway!)

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Pleaded as punch

Danika has waited for a year and a half for this day! It couldn't come soon enough for her!
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