Not even Five and I can Tie!

The other day we went to the mall to get new shoes for kindergarten. Mommy and Daddy couldn't decide if I should get shoes that I would have to tie. If they had known I was an expert at shoe tying, then it would have been a no brainer. They decided to buy the shoes with lace. After one tutorial session with Daddy in the evening, I was tying both of my shoes on my own by the following afternoon! Oh yeah, I'm great!

Aloha Pennsylvania! Aloha!

This summer trip's theme was Aloha! Everything was beachy Hawaiian! Decorated with leis and grass skirts we enjoyed some fun days at Grammie and Gramps' house! Thankfully, the weather wasn't hot and tropical like it is in North Carolina, so we were able to enjoy lots of outdoor activities! Up at the house, we had ice cream and movie night, made cupcakes, visited the library where I assembled a 100 piece puzzle, visited the East Branch Dam where we tried to fill the lake with rocks, walked over to Pfaff's market for treats, and went to our favorite park! At the park, I did the entire length of the monkey bars all by myself! I will keep having to practice that when I get home! It was fun at Grammie and Gramps' house and the fun continued at camp!
Luckily we had one full day without rain (except for a few drops at the end) so we could enjoy every second outside at camp. We played baseball, hula-hooped (which I worked hard to get a hang of), decorated stones, drove the side-by-side, had a picnic, fed carrots to my favorite horses, and hit a pinata that Grammie and Gramps made with lots of goodies in it. Adam and I had to hit it quite a few times to break it open, and Daddy took the last swing to get everything out of it! While Daddy and Mommy were out in the side-by-side they spotted some elk so they took us up the road where we saw some big elk!! We topped off our day at camp by releasing balloons (sky lanterns) into the sky! That was my favorite part! This trip was so much fun, I will have a hard time saying, "Aloha" when it's time to leave!

Father's Day In PA

 After weeks and weeks of asking and counting the days, we finally left for our trip to visit Grammie and Gramps! Little did I know the adventure was going to start before we even got to their house!! Along the car trip, we stopped and met Grammie and Gramps at an amusement park. It had all kinds of fun rides that Adam and I could go on whenever we wanted! They were all so much fun! In particular I liked the ride that I got to go on with Grammie and Mommie! We went up really high and it kept dropping us down! What fun! We enjoyed dinner at the park followed by a ride on a train, then it was time to head up to Grammie and Gramps house! I had a great trip up, I can't wait to see what is in store for the rest of our visit!

Happy Father's Day 2015

The Magic of Swimming

I don't think Mommy and Daddy believe it, or thought it would happen, but I LOVE the water!!! I started my swim lessons this week and I go every day. That has helped me to understand how awesome swimming is! My instructor, Anna, has done a great job working with me during my lessons to teach me how to swim on my own. By Thursday, Mommy witnessed me doing just that. I walk deep enough in the pool to just where my head is coming out of the water, then kick my legs and scoop my hands for a couple of seconds! I think that counts as swimming!! Then, after watching other kids and lots of coaxing from Mommy, I figured out that jumping into the water is great fun too!! Along with Adam, and my friends if they are at the pool with me, we jump into the water over and over and over again. I love going to our pool too because I see all of my friends there and we can swim together. I swim with Molly, Maddie, and the other Cora. Luckily, the day that Cora came to swim with me she helped me get past my fear of the spray playground. I love that now too! I can't wait to continue my swim lessons and getting better at swimming! Mommy tells me that I get to go everyday this week too!
This weekend we traveled to Carolina Beach for our first beach day of the year! I have never enjoyed the beach so much! I loved jumping over the waves and playing in the sand. This time I actually went into the water with Mommy or Daddy. They would help me navigate the waves and float in the water! I spent a good part of our beach trip in the water - I could not get enough of it! When it was time to leave to get dinner, I wasn't ready to go. We enjoyed a great dinner, and I passed out in the car soon after starting the drive home. All the jumping, running and swimming at the beach makes for an exhausting, excellent day!!!

Triple Delightful Weekend

I witnessed history this weekend! Mommy and Daddy let me watch horses racing and they explained to me that this particular race was very important. There was a horse named American Pharaoh that we were cheering on and the horse won the race. And by winning this race, the horse had won the Triple Crown of horse racing. I didn't really grasp what was happening, but I really enjoyed watching the horses and asking lots and lots of questions about what I was seeing. So that was the first of the three triple delights.

The second delight was after dinner, Mommy assembled all the ingredients needed to make s'mores! I had my first s'more and it was delicious. We were going to make our s'mores over the grill, but it ran out of gas so we went inside and melted our marshmallows over the stove. It worked just fine because I inhaled my s'more!
The last delight of the weekend was seeing baby duckies! On Saturday morning Daddy took me for a walk to the pond where we carefully waited and watched while a Mommy duck and her 10 ducklings swam around the pond and eventually came really close to us. I went back to see the ducks again with Adam and Mommy on Sunday and I showed them how to be quiet to get the duckies to come near us and they did!
I start swim lessons this week and I can't wait! I'll be swimming fast like those little duckies before I know it! And, by the way, Daddy lifted the training wheels on my bike last weekend and we were working this weekend on getting used to the bike tipping more. After a while, I started to get the hang of it! Before I know it I'll be swimming like a pro and biking on two wheels. It will just take lots and lots of practice!

Eating carrot harvested from our garden!