The Chronicles of Isabel

2010-04-13T20:14:00.002-05:00

Today was my (slightly off) Major League debut!!!!
First, I hit the ball.

My Helper is Victoria. She runs with me to the bases!!

And then she chases me while I run back to home from first!

Grass is fun to lay down in. I don't know why more MLB stars don't lay down in it!!!

In general, while I can understand why there is no crying in baseball, I just don't understand why there is so much WAITING!!!!!!

March Coffee Creek!!

2010-03-25T21:04:00.005-05:00

Ok, OK... so the pictures pretty much look the same every time I go to Coffee Creek. But you can't really blame my "nonny" for posting them every time--just LOOK at how cute and happy I am! Today I rode Opie. I am his favorite!!

He LOVES it when I pat him like this! It means "thanks for letting me ride you today and thanks for being the most wonderful animal on earth!!!"

What time is it??

2010-03-25T20:53:00.001-05:00

It is almost Easter. That means it it time for BEAUTIFUL dresses!!!!

Story Time

2009-12-17T22:33:00.004-06:00

And then I had to tell my momma a REALLY FUN story!!

Cookies!!!

2009-12-17T22:20:00.002-06:00

It was a busy day today. First we went horseback riding and when I got home I had to decorate Christmas cookie for my friends at school. Tomorrow we are having a Christmas party and I am supplying the cookies!! Mom helped with the baking, but I did ALL the decorating!!!

First just a little dot to get started....

December Coffee Creek Day!!!

2009-12-17T21:58:00.002-06:00

It is that time again! Horse Riding Time!!! MY FAVORITE Time!!!

My mom clearly doesn't know how to focus the camera, but it is important to note that I brushed Opie all by myself without anyone helping me!!

Every Day should be Coffee Creek Day!!

I am also quite the singer....

2009-12-09T16:26:00.004-06:00

Just a couple pics of me for my more adoring fans (you know who you are!!!) :)

Did I mention that I love to dance!!!

2009-12-07T21:22:00.004-06:00

Being from Oklahoma I am a natural fan of Carrie Underwood and just HAD to watch her special tonight!

Homework

2009-12-07T21:15:00.005-06:00

Tonight I had homework. I had to decorate my stocking. I put on cotton balls and pictures of all the stuff I love! Horses, Bass-e-ball, Soccer ball, and Backyardigans!!!

I hope I get a good grade! ...and a horse for Christmas.

(Do you think Smokie will fit in the sleigh?)

Thanksgiving with Kristin & Al

2009-12-07T20:30:00.008-06:00

This Thanksgiving my Aunt Kristin and Uncle Albert came to visit me! We had lots of fun and ate lots of Turkey. Here are some fun pictures.

I really really like my Aunt Kristin!!

And she likes me, too!

Oh...and Al is kinda cool, too! :) (Sorry, Al)

For Thanksgiving, My Grandpa bought a new tractor. I spent some time showing him how to drive it and helping him with some yard work! He needs a lot of help some times!!

He has just about got it!

...now that Grandpa is all squared away, I will go play chase with Kevin. He LOVES playing chase!!

I am SOOOOOO tall.

But I don't like having my hair brushed. Mom is mean!

But Kevin is still my best friend/Uncle!

It was a good Thanksgiving!!!

Hoop Dreams

2009-10-23T20:19:00.004-05:00

I got a basketball hoop for my birthday!!! WNBA here I come!!

For some reason, Daddy wants me to stand really far away from the hoop, though. I think it works better my way. See...

Or....if all else fails....

DONKEY BASKETBALL!!

Me and Opie

2009-10-23T19:53:00.000-05:00

It is that time again!! Coffee Creek!!

You always have to groom your horse before you ride him. Opie likes it when I brush him. I like it, too!

Then, you go ridin'!! Say "Walk On" and off you go!!

I always love to go to Coffee Creek!

4th Birthday Take 2

2009-10-19T23:42:00.004-05:00

So today is my birthday!!! Finally I am FOUR and there are going to be some changes around here. I can run faster, jump higher, figure out LOTS of STUFF with my big brain, and....lots of other four year old stuff!! Four is gonna be great!! Hmm....let's see. How do 4 year olds start out their days??
I think I will start with a book....
And then I gotta do my work with Tara (mom calls her an OT, I just think she likes to play with a lot of the same toys that I do).

And then it is time for BIRTHDAY SQUEEZES with Uncle Kevin!!

And then every big girl needs to spend a little quality upside-down time...

And then it is off to Incredible Pizza with my mom, dad and Kevin....

I rode horses...

...and sea horses....

and then I had to groom the horse and check his bridle, just like I do with Smokey and Opie.

Then I just had to run!! Look, Kevin likes to run, too.

Then I went for a little train ride! All 4 year olds ride the trains! It is the peak of cool!

And then...PIZZA!!!

AND SPAGHETTI!!!

AND EVEN ICE CREAM!!!

Overall, being 4 is pretty fun! Let's see how the rest of the year goes. I am pretty sure that most days will be just like today, though. Right, Mom??

What to do...what to do...

2009-10-12T18:37:00.005-05:00

So, due to inexcusable laziness, the blog is now about six months behind. So...I could continue looking at is as the daunting job of sorting through hundreds of pictures, uploading and captioning them catching up for lost time which would inevitably intimidate me into continuing to procrastinate, OR.....
I could just pick up now and pretend there isn't a seven month gap in the blog. Yes...that sounds much nicer. Here we go.
We have had a pretty hectic summer. Isabel has new therapists, a new school class, a lot of new words and skills, a few more inches, a few new friends, a new housemate/uncle whom she firmly believes was placed on this earth to be her own personal jungle gym, and loads of pictures and memories that I wish I had time to share. And from time to time, I may pop a few in here and there but for now....we move on!!!
Here are just a few pics from her school trip to the Zoo in September!

Contributed by Isabel's Mom

4th Birthday Take 1

2009-10-12T12:20:00.003-05:00

I know it has been ages since my mom has posted all my adventures, and I am sorry that she is sometimes a slacker. She has been busy having loads of fun with me, though. We went swimming and horseriding, and loads of fun stuff. We even went on vacation to Arkansas!!

But now I am (almost) 4 and it is high time she get crackin'. So that is what I told her to do. :)

Here I am having my birthday a little early, cuz my Grandma & Grandpa Hatch are here to visit me. I hope you enjoy the video. My momma and Daddy think it is hilarious. I don't know what is so funny, though....

Enjoy!!

Driving and Apples!!

2009-03-15T21:01:00.002-05:00

I love to drive!! ...and my new favorite toy is an apple!! enough said!!

Actually not enough said. My mom thinks it is fairly noteworthy that I have been carrying this apple around for about three days! I don't know what is so funny about that. Look how cool it is. I mean, seriously, it is green and round and pretty!! I don't know why she makes such a big deal out of everything. She is SOOO uncool!!

Working on my masterpiece...

2009-03-15T20:56:00.002-05:00

My and my Daddy sat down on Saturday morning to start work on my MASTERPIECE!! We just know that it will be great!

It is very important and serious work!!!

And also CRAZY FUN!!!!

At the park with my friends

2009-03-15T20:46:00.004-05:00

So after many weeks of trying my mom and my friends Shelby's mom were FINALLY able to arrange a playdate. The last few months have been crazy 'cuz I have been sick and my momma has been sick and Shelby and her momma and brother have been sick, too!!! So it has been hard to find a time when we could all get together, but finally they got their acts together and we all had fun at the park. My friend Jaden and her mom came too, but my mom didn't get any good pictures of them. Silly momma!!!

My momma is just crazy for picture of my going down the slide. She says she likes my funny sweet face when I feel the RUSH of WIND on my face!!!
And do love the ways it feels!!! I also love to CLIMB!!! I am going to climb mountains someday!! Here is my climbing with Shelby and her baby brother, Charlie!

What can I say? I love love love to climb!

Just a few more...

2009-02-25T22:44:00.002-06:00

for my Daddy! I know he will love them!

Small victories...

2009-02-25T22:36:00.002-06:00

Accepting that braided hair is not a bloggable event for most people, we must take a moment to remember that I am not most people. So when I held still and let my teacher touch my head long enough to braid my hair, my momma flipped her lid and made me hold still for pictures!! Well...she actually brided me with chicken mcnuggets to get me to hold still, but why split hairs?

Spring is in the Air

2009-02-25T22:13:00.004-06:00

Spring is finally here. That means a lot of things. 1. I get pretty new spring dresses! 2. Mom seems to always have kleenex around and cries a lot! 3. (when Mom can brave going outside despite her histomine-haze) IT IS PARK TIME!!! The weather this week has been in the low 70's and me and my momma are LOVIN' it. We have been playing outside and going to the park everyday!! Of course, with the spring comes all of Momma's allergies, but she managed to put down her kleenex and open her swollen-pollen-filled eyes long enough to take a few pictures of me having fun!!

First we had a lovely picnic in the shade!
What is the "meaning of life," you ask. Well...It has something to do with taking the time to stop and explore, smell, and giggle outrageously at each and every french fry!!...and every wood chip...

And then run your heart out just to feel the breeze on your face and the sun on your back!!

And from the balcony of the Casa Rosada: "Don't cry for me Argentina"

Yusef is FOUR!!

2009-02-25T19:50:00.003-06:00

My friend Yusef turned four this month, and he threw a really awesome party with balloons, bubbles, pizza, and a trampoline!!! ALL my favorite things!!!

Here he is with his mom cutting the cake!
As many of you know cake isn't currently one of my 5 foods, so I really didn't care about this part. So I ran around with balloons!!!!!!!!

Here is everybody playing together. They all put their hands on their heads and jumped around just because some guy named Simon told them to. I don't know Simon. And I don't think I should have to do what he says!
But we all got prizes anyway! My kind of party!

And there was dancing....

And we all had a GREAT time!! Happy Birthday, Yusef!!! You can have another party next week if you want to!!

More HORSES!!!

2009-02-24T19:56:00.004-06:00

I got to go to Coffee Creek AGAIN!! This time I rode a BEAUTIFUL white horse named Cloud!! He is so big it is like riding on a cloud.

And I think he is actually a Unicorn incognito!

I do love to ride the horses, but sometimes they make me stop and do jobs!! So, I make a Mr. Carrot Man! and I put all its parts in the right place!

...if it had those parts

....I guess...
See!

There are more pics of me and my friends riding horses at

MsAmandas3yearolds.blogspot.com

if you are interested.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2009-02-24T19:43:00.003-06:00

Here's a few pics of me enjoying Valentines day! Hope your's was full of love!!

My Gramma brought me lots of presents for Valentines, and I really love them!! But my Daddy is my real Valentine!!
And he always will be..... Plus, He gives me shades!!

and this shirt! I don't know why everyone laughs and says it speaks the truth!! I don't get it!!

One more OT...

2009-02-24T19:27:00.005-06:00

Yea...I know....long time, no blog. Don't blame me. I have been having fun, partying, being cute (in other words - MY end of the bargain - taking care of business) all month. It is my momma who has fallen behind. Talk to her!!

Anywho...I have a new OT gym. I still go to Sensational Kids to see Miss Kari, but now I also go to the Spectrum Center to work with Ms. Marla and Ms. Dianna. Ms. Marla thinks she is going to get me to eat carrots! She is WRONG so far!!! But I have fun with Ms. Dianna.

But nothing beats the Trapeze at Sensational Kids!! I am a daredevil!!

But overall, I am doing really really well!! My momma is very proud of the work that I have been doing both in the gym and at the work table!!!

My new best friend, Smokey

2009-01-15T15:54:00.003-06:00

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! You guys, it turns out that big time school girls like me, that go to school all five days, get to go once a month to the most amazing place on earth!!! It is called Coffee Creek Therapeutic Horsebackriding Center!!! I had so much fun!!!

Meet my new friend, Smokey!!

Before you can ride him, you have to groom him and give him a comforting little pat on his soft fur!!

And then it is off you go!!! Queue the William Tell Overture! I shall now ride like the wind!!!

Or maybe I shall ride very slowly in a circle, stopping at various intervals to do activities with toys to improve my fine motor skills! But make no mistake, I let everyone know that I do not approve of stopping!!!

There is my nice teacher Ms. Amanda. She is smiling now...just wait until she tries to make me get off this horse!! He he he!

Anyone remember...

2009-01-15T15:48:00.003-06:00

that ever present little drop of drool??....

Well, My mom still thinks it is cute!!!

Late Christmas Pics

2009-01-01T21:10:00.007-06:00

We have been very very busy lately. We have been spending time with my cousins and going to the park and jumpzone and riding trikes with my cousins and opening presents. I LOVE Christmas Break! No School! No OT! Only fun, fun, and Fun! It has been so much fun that I have not had time to blog!!!
But..I have to share these pics and tell you all about my new horse. A couple of months ago, my momma noticed that I love love LOVE Horsies!! Everywhere I go that has horsies I have to ride them and pet them, because I love them. So she found a used spring horse at a consignment sale a couple of months ago and bought it for me, but she saved it for Christmas. In the meantime, my Gramma Dunn took it to her house when it was faded and old and kinda sad looking, and when she brought it back it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!! She even painted a twinkle in her eye and put her name, Lili, on the saddle!!
And now I can pat her!
and ride her! And tell my Gramma all about how much I love Lili! And we did other stuff on Christmas Eve, too. It wasn't ALL about horse ridin'. We decorated the tree...while I sat on my horse...

... and I got other presents like this pretty cape and gloves...while I sat on my horse, of course.

OK, maybe it was all about ridin' my horse! :) but there is always time to climb on Daddy!!! :)

It was a very good Christmas Eve!! And the next day...I got to see all my cousins, even Natalie who I had never met before!! More pics of that to come....

Christmas Eve Ridin...

2008-12-25T20:21:00.003-06:00

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve with Gramma and Grampa. Daddy cooked Christmas dinner complete with homemade Sourdough bread, and fun was had by all. There are many many pictures to share (and they will be when there is time to go through them...all 250 of them), but for now....

EARLY Christmas Presents!!

2008-12-25T19:52:00.008-06:00

I know that I am not posting this until Christmas is almost over, but I actually got my first Christmas present this year a few weeks ago and me and mom have been having fun and working hard taking care of it!

It's FISH!! I have itty bitty neon tetra, pretty yellow & red guppies, and Red velvet swordtails!! There is also an algae eater and a couple ghost shrimp in there, but the mainly stay hidden in the log so I don't concern myself with them! Me and my mommy feed them twice a day and we like to sit and watch them swim & eat!

Note from the parent: Fish tanks: not as low maintenance as you might think as far as pets go! It isn't just "filler up and dump them in!" No one told me that Nitrates and Nitrites and Ammonia levels and Ph levels were about to start taking up half my life.... No one told me!!

December updates!!

2008-12-25T19:45:00.003-06:00

Well, I am a big time school girl now, so lookin' cool is what its about!!

And apparently all the "cool kids" like to make Thanksgiving hats and wear them upside down and to the side!!....Yeah, I am down!

What happened to November??

2008-12-11T01:25:00.004-06:00

OK, so November passed in a blur!! I have been so busy with school and OT and hangin' out with my friends at Mother's Day Out, and my mom was busy with her school, so we haven't had time to blog much. But we promise to be better in December!! I am very excited about the holidays! All my cousins from Arizona are coming and there is going to be a BIG Dunn Christmas party, so there should be lots of bloggable fun to be had!!! Also, over Thanksgiving I discovered the best thing about being a big time school girl - BREAKS! and Christmas break is coming, YEAH!

As for November, I did learn a few really important things. First....my future is so bright...

We also did lots of trike riding!!! (and now that it is cold, I am REALLY missing shorts weather!)

And I did so well at OT and school!! This is me learning to shoot at rocket launcher (This place is AWESOME!)

Well, bye for now...but there will be lots more to come. WE promise!

My Trike!

2008-10-31T15:47:00.002-05:00

Sorry it has been a while since I have blogged! I have been so very busy the last couple of weeks! Boy, being 3 is hard work! I have been going to school and OT and Mother's Day Out and running and running all the time!! But I had to make time to blog today because I have the most exciting news. AMBUCS, a charity organization who works to provide therapy equipment to people who need it at little or no cost, has presented me with my very own AmTryke!!! It is a special chain-driven hand &foot pedalled tricycle. It helps me integrate my senses because it provides great proprioceptive (muscular) input for my arms and legs simultaneously as well as vestibular input from the motion itself!!! It will help my attention span, my body awareness, and motor planning, as well as enable us to start doing listening therapy (because when I am riding I don't even mind wearing the headphones!! :) ), which stimulates the parts of the brain that control language! Me, my moma, and Daddy are very excited!!

Bye now...I gotta go RIDE!!!

Zoy Zoy Zoy!!

2008-10-31T15:31:00.004-05:00

Zoy Zoy Zoy.....

Zee Zee Zee ...

My [turtle's] on my head...

So I'll Dance around with Glee!!!"

- Zablo & Zuniqua from "Ranch Hands from Outer Space."

My first day of school!!

2008-10-22T18:19:00.002-05:00

Monday was my first day of school! I was a very good girl! I sat in the circle for circle time and I sat at the table with the other children to do my work. I did not cry when Mommy and Daddy left me. My mom is so proud of me!

This is me and my teacher, Ms. Amanda!

The day has arrived!!

2008-10-19T21:15:00.010-05:00

I'm THREE!!!!
I am finally three years old!!! We celebrated by going to the Zoo with my mom and dad and Gramma and Grampa!!! We saw birds and animals, and I got to ride the carousel as many times as I wanted (which was a lot!). We also played on the playground and ate sandwiches and cake! My peeps took lots of pictures (as usual), so here are a few of the highlights!
I rode the train all by myself!! 'Cuz, I am a big girl.
And we rode the carousel many many times!! I rode a dolphin, an elephant, an ostrich...I rode lots of animals!
And I showed Pablo around the Zoo, too! And soon...it was time to hit the playground...

Me and my Daddy looked at birds together...
and I pet a giant tortoise! (he isn't real, but I like him anyway!)
and then I rode the carousel a few more times!!

And then....I was pooped!
Sometimes even big-three-year-old girls need a nap!
Overall, it was a wonderful day. And the agenda for tomorrow, oh you know...big girl stuff. SCHOOL!!

My Last Day of Being Two!

2008-10-18T23:15:00.001-05:00

So my last day of being two has arrived!! This is a very big deal! I am no longer a toddler! Gone will be the days of toddling and trivial pasttimes! I am on to far more serious matters, like preschool. This must be a day of reflection, to smile as we remember year that has past and to prepare ourselves to the journey that will be....THREE!
Or....we could use the time to see if I can balance on this car like a pommelhorse!!! Yeah...that sounds WAY better!

Goodbye my sweet two year old baby girl!! I have loved every moment with you in your maybe-not-so-terrible-twos. And I can't wait to get up in the morning and say Hello to my three-year-old daughter.

My new OT

2008-10-15T21:15:00.004-05:00

Today was my first day at Sensational kids and I wanted to share of few pics. I had a lot of fun! I have an OT buddy and her name is Misty. She will have her OT time in the same gym as me at the same time as me, and maybe someday we will play together (at least, that is what the grown ups want). My mom is just giddy about the gym and the therapists!!
Here is me and Misty climbing out of the giant pit of foam bits!! Why doesn't everybody's house have a giant pit o' foam??

Here I am swinging (the OTs give my mom a line about how the swinging provide vestibular input and that I am working my muscles to balance myself - really it is just loads of fun!).
There is Misty again!! and I am climbing over the big beany mats!That's Lorraine, my OT. She plays in the pit o' foam with us. She's silly. I like her when she isn't making me wear headphones for my listening therapy!

! ! ! DADDY'S HOME ! ! !

2008-10-15T20:54:00.004-05:00

Oh, you guys, my Daddy was gone for so very long. Momma said he had to go to Texas to help people whose houses blew apart, but all I know is that he was gone for a very long time and I missed him very very much!!! I was so very happy to see him when he got home!! Gotta go, I gotta go climb on him and get tickled!! Bye bye!

New important skills

2008-10-11T21:34:00.003-05:00

As many of you know, for a (almost) three year old, each day is filled with new adventures and milestones. Today was an important one for me!! You see, sometimes when you go down slides, you drop your ball. This is a terrible thing. You must never ever drop your ball. Because you never know what might happen if you do...someone else might take it!!! But, I have solved this problem and achieved a very important feat: Surrendering neither the ball, nor the slide for even a minute!!
Check it out -

Runnin' with bubbles....big bubbles

2008-10-11T20:59:00.006-05:00

Yesterday, my momma and I went to Grampa & Gramma's house. I love to go there because everything is BIG (like Texas)! There is a big yard for me to run and run and run around in, and Grampa makes the biggest bubbles I have ever seen!!

And I love this tree!! My mom is not quite sure why I love it so much, but I like to touch it and hug it!! And when I am running it is always Home Base!

Lemme go, Gramma, I gotta run!!!

We had a lot of fun!! See ya soon!!

Havin' fun at the park..

2008-10-06T20:44:00.005-05:00

Me and mom love the Park. There is lots of fun stuff to do!! We go there A LOT these days, 'cuz my Daddy is in Houston (something about bacon...I am not sure what that is about, but I miss him a lot). So we go to the park in the evening and play until the buggies start eatin' us!!!

Sensational Kids...like me!

2008-10-06T20:36:00.002-05:00

On Saturday, Momma and I went to a NEW Occupational Therapy clinic called Sensational Kids! They have lots of cool toys there and the OT is really nice. I am really excited about it!! I hope to learn lots of new stuff. Also...notice how cute I look on the horsey...hint, hint, hint, Daddy! You know my birthday is coming up!! :)

Ridin' Piggies

2008-09-28T23:10:00.001-05:00

Not much to say here...just that piggies are good for ridin'!!!

Helpin' Gramma

2008-09-28T23:03:00.004-05:00

My Gramma and Grampa went on vacation to Phoenix to see all my cousins and they were gone for more than a week!! I was so very happy to see them when they got back!

But Gramma sometimes gets confused and she leaves her glasses on a string around her neck. That isn't where glasses go, Gramma!!! So I had to help her keep them on her face!

I was happy that they came home so they can come and visit me often!!! ....and hopefully now Gramma will remember where her glasses go!!

I miss you, Daddy!

2008-09-28T22:42:00.002-05:00

Why my mommy doesn't wear stilettos

2008-09-28T22:30:00.002-05:00

The Great State Fair of Oklahoma from a slightly different perspective...

2008-09-28T21:27:00.008-05:00

"I love a fair, it's so much fun. There's something there for everyone!!"

So I've heard a lot about the fair over the (many) years, and this year we finally went. Very exciting...what to do first?? I think we should eat! Everyone loves fair food! My favorite fair food: PB and Apple butter sandwich!!! .....What?? that's the great fair food that everyone talks about, right?

Next, the livestock!!! Look at the bitty chickies!!!

Chickies are great and all, but what I really liked was the cages!! When you bang on them, they make pretty music!! I didn't really notice what was INSIDE the cages...ask my mom, she might know.

One thing I noticed about the fair is that for a place with so my hype, there is a shocking lack of slides. But I did make do with this giant ball! It isn't perfect, but when life gives you lemons....find a big ball and pretend it is a slide!!! Just make sure your Daddy is there to help you!

I tested all the portable rooms for stomp acoustics. This one was the best.
The Sandbox!! I was not so sure about this at first. It feels icky in my hands...
But Daddy made me put my hands in it and after a while it wasn't so bad!!!

They had carosels!!! Yeah!! I rode a yellow horse. If you pet your horse, she will go faster!!!

And it turns out they even sell BEAUTIFUL dresses at the fair!!! So we bought me a beautiful pink dress and went home and did the "cell phone Flamenco"!!

It involves a lot of running top speed around the house!!!

So that was my very first day at the Great State Fair!! lookin' forward to next year. Maybe then I will notice the animals!!

Momma, the slacker

2008-09-28T21:02:00.002-05:00

OK...so it has been a few weeks since my mom has uploaded my blogs. I just want it known, for the record, that I have been doing my part! I have been having fun and being cute just like I am supposed to. It is all momma's fault!!

So, please disregard the dates on the next few blogs!!

Thank you for your patience with her,
Isabel

Do I need to say it??

2008-09-11T16:49:00.002-05:00

I LOVE TO JUMP!!!

And yes...I have hair like the great Gene Wilder!!! ....the candy man can....

My new pet!! (and best friend)

2008-09-11T16:40:00.004-05:00

On the Backyardigans, Uniqua and Tyrone (pretending to be atlantians) got to race dolphins!! And then for Labor Day weekend my Grandma and Grandpa Hatch came to visit and brought me a dolphin of my very own. My daddy says it used to belong to him when he was a little boy; but I don't believe him...I never remember him being little!! But anyway, my dolphin is a good pet and I pet him and love him and race him all over the room!!!

And I give him kisses, too!! It makes momma and daddy jealous!! tee hee :)

Friends...

2008-09-04T15:52:00.003-05:00

A few days ago we went to the park with my friends!!! We all had a lot of fun and then we went out to lunch together!! Here are a few pics...

This is Charlie and I playing the piano!! We played pretty songs.

This is Shelby climbing the great big rock wall!!!

She made it all the way to the top!!!
Doing stuff with friends is all well and good, but I had to take a slide break!! :)
And this is Jayden and me swinging!! (Give us a break! We have autism; we can't be expected to look the same direction at the same time!!!)

A little Longfellow...

2008-08-30T15:38:00.002-05:00

There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And when she was good
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

....my Mom made me put this here....I don't know what she is talking about!

For Gramma Dunn

2008-08-20T23:03:00.003-05:00

Look, I held still and let Mommy put in my hair up!!

Aren't I pretty with my little curly pony tail?!?! :)

A NEW Park!!

2008-08-20T22:33:00.006-05:00

Hello again!
OK...now I have been to a few parks in my day, but nothing could measure up to the Route 66 Park. My parents must have been crazy to wait so long to bring me here. It was so much fun!! There were swings and SO many of my favorite favorite things...SLIDES!!! I want to go back again tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after!!

My Daddy taught me to climb the rock wall! Maybe I will be a mountain climber...Hey Grampa, wanna climb mountains with me??

Weee.....
WHOA....So fast!! This is my favorite slide. Most slides I can slow myself down with my feet or hands, but the way this one is shaped you can't do that. You just FLY down the slide...

And Swinging is a solid bet for extreme fun!! I love to run around the park and climb and explore and slide, but if I happen to even catch a glimpse of a swing....it is all over. I must swing. There is just no fighting it!!

That's all for now. I am hoping that soon I can take some of my friends and go back to this park!! Because as you can see I had a lot of fun.

In the Backyard...

2008-08-14T00:01:00.005-05:00

I am Gandalf the white with brown polka dots; here is my staff.

And I run like the wind....

And sometimes I take a little break to play on the slide...

MORE JumpZone

2008-08-13T23:31:00.003-05:00

OK...so I blog about JumpZone a lot, but the simple fact of the matter is this: it is without question or argument the BEST PLACE ON EARTH!!! So whether it makes for Gold medal blogging (can you tell Mom has had the Olympics on a lot?) or not....here goes!!

We went to JumpZone again Monday night for the Autism Support Group Family Fun Night, and I had so much fun. I learned to go all the way through the Wacky World Maze all by myself, and there were tunnels and climbing walls and SLIDES (which are, of course, the best part)!! And I was the Champion of the Wacky World!!! And my mom took more than 100 pics in an hour; she has completely lost her marbles cause she is so proud of me!!

Take a look....

Fancy dresses and Fancy Hotels

2008-08-07T22:32:00.006-05:00

Well, it has been a few days since my last post, so I thought I would catch up. It has been a pretty good few days. I went to visit Gramma and Grampa in a fancy hotel for their 40th anniversary, and I must say that I looked VERY pretty doing so!! :) I hung out at home and colored with Mom and Gramma. We had a good time!

So...here are a few pictures of my adventures the last few days!!

Look....Gramma can color, too!!! I am so proud of her!! And mostly, she stayed in the lines and everything! :)

JumpZone!!

2008-08-03T21:25:00.008-05:00

About a week ago, my mom and I went to JumpZone! For those of you who have not heard, JumpZone is ONE of the BEST PLACES ON EARTH!! It is just a big room filled with Moon bounces where you can jump and climb all day long!!! And I did...

But I am a big girl now, and after much contemplation, I decided it was time for the BIG kid moon bounce....

Then a bunch of other kids started coming up behind me just as I realized it was time to turn around and go back down (the so-called "up" ramp), and they caused a HUGE traffic jam. Mom had to send a JZ employee in after me. I don't know why everyone else was going the wrong way!!!

But overall, we had fun fun fun!! See ya later...Is

The ups and downs of SWIMMING!

2008-08-01T23:58:00.000-05:00

In May we all went to Florida to see my Grandma & Grandpa H., and I swam everyday!! I swam in a lazy river and I am swam in a wave pool!! I pretty much swam anywhere I could!!! And when we got back my other Gramma & Grampa had a pool at their house and Mama and Daddy took me swimming there, too!! But something happened, something that I choose not to clarify for Mommy, and I got scared. And for almost 2 months and refused to go ANYWHERE NEAR a pool! I was scared; I would run away saying "ah NO." It was very sad for my Mommy and Daddy, who kept trying to tell me that I shouldn't be afraid of the water. BUT NOW I AM BACK!! I am the bravest of the brave. My mommy is so extremely proud of me. It took me a little while to forget to be scared, but I just held on to my mommy for a while. Now I am not scared anymore!!! I love the water!!! I love to SPLASH! I love to KICK!! I love to climb out and jump back in (as long as Dad or Mom is there to catch me)!!! Just watch me!!

I have a cute little friend that carries me around, too!!

My mom put an absurd amount of sunscreen on my face. They say shes a little neurotic, but I don't know what that word means!

I love to JUMP!!!

I love to SPLASH!!!

So, much to everyone's delight I am a SWIMMER AGAIN!!!!

Bye for now...Is

All about Is

2008-07-31T19:26:00.000-05:00

OK, I am almost 3 years old, for now, since I haven't decided if I want to talk or not, my mom is going to do most of the talking...or blogging, I am not very techno savvy! I prefer to learn the more important things like what different surfaces sounds like when you knock on 'em, and what might happen if I JUMP JUMP JUMPed all day and all night (so far, my mom always makes me quit and do boring stuff like eat or sleep). My mom and I started this blog to share my day to day activities with all my fans, like Grammas and Grampas, Aunts and Uncles, etc...you know who you are!!! :) So, right now I am not feeling so good, but tomorrow the adventures begin....
Talk to you soon!!

Hello

2008-07-30T21:46:00.001-05:00

Ok, just got this thing set up, will post pictures as soon as we have another five minutes to spare.