it takes heart to be a hero...

hi heart heroes! today i made some AWESOME jump rope for heart pictures today.one of them is ninja star and she is doing a "hi-ya" in this picture. jump rope for heart is programmed by the american heart association. i made some paper friends like ms cool, splatter quacky, martia n. mutley, and even ninja star! my friends are getting ready for an assembly. some of them were taking pictures. they said "1, 2, 3!" before they took the picture. first picture, ninja star came. she remembers that 2 friends were sitting side-by side in baby carriages! the second picture, ms cool came and she said "hey, hey, HEY! what's going on, everybody?" dr bow wow and spy duck need to get back to work, but they will see us all later. here are some more friends i want to show you first, we have sock duck! right by martia n. mutley, you will see ski dude! and another picture of splatter quacky, too. then, we have soccer pup and capt'n bark!and scribbles ninja duck! we have super pup, right next to ms cool. meet glow duck! we have to leave in about 5 minutes, ok? 5 minutes! or we are gonna be LATE! goodbye! remember, we are life saving! ms cool still doesn't understand what's going on.

a heart full of love...

yesterday after church, several of us stayed to work on a service project. our minister had sewn all these heart-shaped pillows & we put the stuffing inside them. the pillows are going to be donated to local hospital patients who have had surgeries in their chest & abdominal areas (open-heart surgery, hernia surgery). people can use these pillows to make their seat belts fit more comfortably. we brought some of the pillows home with us so mommy can help to sew the holes closed. i LOVE these pillows! i think we will make a similar one for me to keep!

researching rosa parks...

this past week i had to do my first research project for school. each student chose a different famous american person to research -- and i chose rosa parks! i had to make a rosa parks on a paper sack & also write facts on six notecards. then i had to make a presentation in class on friday! i did awesome!

there's more to publix than just the free cookie...

everyone who goes to publix knows about the awesome free cookies they give out to children! so going to publix is always a pleasure to me! but our publix also has a really fun blood pressure station. each time i go to publix with mommy, i ask that we visit the higi station to check her blood pressure, pulse & weight. i am not allowed to put my arm in the blood pressure cuff because it is not made for children. but i enjoy typing in mommy's user-ID and password so that i can have her results emailed to her. i LoVE the higi!!

a sweet valentine...

one day when i stayed with grammy recently, we made these delicious valentine's cookies! YuM!!!

the love of lego bricks...

it is no secret that i love lego bricks. (*not legoS!) but after our big vacation i am even more interested in lego creations. i built this "ariel's undersea palace" and "heartlake cupcake cafe" (each consists of about 500 pieces, ages 6-12) in about 7 or 8 hours altogether. sometimes mommy wishes i'd go slower to spread out the fun! but once i start, i just can't stop! but we also enjoy making up our own sets...here is an ice cream shop that mommy & i built together. i love that i can put about 15 ice cream treats in this parlor!

scooting around...

mommy caught these photos last weekend when we had a moment of warm weather. i always say that i don't want to ride my bike or my scooter, but then i don't want to stop! so mommy set up a sneaky-outdoor-scavenger-hunt with my some of my lego toys. and if you're wondering about me riding into the tree branches... i do that on purpose. a LOT.

see you real soon...

we began saying our "goodbyes" on saturday morning. i loved this pillow in our room that had "sweet dreams" in several different island translations. and daddy surprised me with this stuffed "angel" plushy that i had been admiring in the resort gift shop. we had breakfast at the ohana restaurant in the hotel. our characters were mickey, lilo, stitch & pluto! pluto DefiNiTeLy acted like a dog! and i was quite intrigued by the texture of his whiskers! after our breakfast, we said goodbye to judy & craig too... then i just HAD to ride the monorail ONE more time! what a magical adventure! i can't wait to go back again!