A Pirate Most Of The Time

First Ballet of 2011

Busy, Busy Playing

5 Year Check Up

Anna had her very last childhood annual doctor's exam. Her next check up will not be until she is 7 and her next immunization will not be until middle school ... such a strange concepts for me. Anna had a great check up today. She is currently weighing in at 35.5 lbs (30%), is 41'1/2" (40%) tall, and has a 100/84 blood pressure. She was able to do all of the large motor skills, almost all (the drawing of the star was a stumper) in fine motor skills, has perfect vision, and is hearing at 100% in the right ear and 60% in the left ear. The hearing loss is not a large enough problem to correct with hearing aids; however, she will still need to be evaluated for speech issues as issues may arise in the future. She had three immunization and was ready to go back to school for the afternoon.

Five Times Around The Sun

Anna had a birthday celebration today at school. She circled a large paper sun five times. Each time she circled the sun the kids sang a little song to her about the earth go around the sun and now you are ... and at each age I showed a picture of Anna at that age. The kids were really sweet and asked questions about what Anna was like and liked to do at that age. One her fifth lap they sang happy birthday and asked Anna what she did for her birthday. The girls in the class thought this was really funny. Since the girls in her class were at her birthday party and they did a little reenactment of Anna's party for the boys and the teachers ... mostly screaming and talking about a big pink cake.





Sam really wanted to be a pre-school kid. He tried to blend into the circle time and I had to drag him out of the class screaming that "I a big bot tooo!!!" .. Sam is going to be super excited next fall when he finally get to go to school.

Five

Today Anna turned five years old. She had her party yesterday and requested that today was the day to go shopping for a pink bicycle. Charles took her to several stores to look at all the choices and she came home with her favorite and a matching helmet. She did a few laps around the block, played a little with Sam, and ate her favorite dinner of pizza while watching a Strawberry Shortcake movie. She told us that being five is great!

The Pink Party

Anna had her 5th birthday party on Saturday. She requested a pink party and asked all of her guests to wear pink. We had our babysitter paint the kids faces, a scavenger hunt, and a magician. Nana made Anna a special new dress and shrug. Sam also had a new shirt made by Nana to wear to the party. Anna was so happy with the party and really excited to celebrate it with her friends. It was a wonderful day!