the end of a big week...

well, it's the end of my first week of kindergarten! i made it! these are some pictures of my afternoon playtime. i enjoyed playing "school" with my olivia-the-pig characters. i also played outside some days. i drew lots of school-chalk pictures. i even rode my bike around our driveway a few times. mommy was wearing flip-flops when she was helping me. she says i am too fast -- she'll only wear tennis shoes from now on! the last picture is of me practicing my hand-raising skills. and there's no picture for this, but.... daddy said we could do anything i wanted when he picked me up from school on friday afternoon. i told him i wanted to have monkeys come through the house, juggling some fruit. i thought it was a great idea...

my first day of kindergarten...

kindergarten has officially begun! check out my big-girl backpack! my teacher told us that "kiddie" bags would be too small. we'll see how far i actually carry this one! here i am putting away my lunch box. then i sat at the table & did play-doh with new friends. you can see me waiting patiently in the carpool line. i said i did not enjoy school. but when i came home, the first thing i did was to draw pictures of my teachers. then i played school with my new bus & olivia characters. since arriving home, i have also been reciting rules of the classroom & talking about hallway behavior. i call this day a SuCCeSS!!!

hodge podge of play...

here are some random playtimes from the past week. i received gift cards & money from a few people for my birthday, so i was excited to get to choose my own gift! i chose this play-doh cake making set. they look delicious, right? lately, i have been reading a kai-lan book about having a sleep-over. so i let my shaggy dolphin & magic unicorn have a sleep-over in our kitchen. i even read a bedtime story to them. this afternoon we did chalk colors. we drew a a bowling alley (we actually went bowling this morning!) & we also drew kai-lan's house. mommy encouraged me to ride my "car" from the bowling alley to the house to go to the sleep-over. and yes, yes... i know i am not wearing my helmet. but we are still warming up to the bike & i only rode about 20 feet. in the driveway. where it is FLAT. more progress to come soon...

happy birthday to me!!!

my 5th birthday celebration was last sunday! many of my family & friends came to share in my exciting & special day. the party was dolphin-themed. but it was a challenge to find enough things to decorate entirely with dolphins. mommy made some flags & a table covering from some dolphin fabric. we also used various sea creatures in the decorations. at first, i just requested a dolphin cake. then i wanted a dolphin-riding-a-train cake. then i changed my mind & asked for a dolphin-going-grocery-shopping cake. my daddy made this grocery buggy from cardstock & we used one of my toy dolphins to go grocery shopping. mommy asked me, "what do dolphins shop for? fish in the ocean?" i responded (very matter-of factly): "no, they shop for GRoCerieS in wal-mart!" so that is what this dolphin is doing... my big gift from mommy & daddy was this hello-kitty bike! i am interested in the bike, but not exactly EXCITED to ride it. however, i DO enjoy my fishy helmet. this is the same helmet i wore when we went skiing. that afternoon, several of us rode/walked to the lake to feed fish. i rode the bike by MySeLF for about 30 seconds -- pushing the pedals & and steering all on my own. i grew tired, but for a first time, i think i did pretty well. what a GReaT day!!!