Gigi knocked my socks off tonight!

Even though I know she's brilliant she still continues to impress me! Tonight for her bed time story she chose a story book she's never read before, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. She got her broom out of her stuffed animal "ball pit" and read it to him and me cover to cover!!!  There were a few words here and there that she needed my help with but for the most part she read the entire book by herself!  I was so impressed hearing her read sentences like, "the water knocked Mickey off his chair."  When did she learn the word knocked?  She didn't even hesitate!  Oh and to really knock me over every time the word water appeared she immediately replaced it with agua!  LOL!  She loves learning Spanish. She'll probably be reading in Spanish this time next year!  I wouldn't be surprised. LOL!

Gigi and our Candyland castle!

It's a Candyland kind is a day!

A stuffed animal "ball pit"!!!

We did a little experiment tonight...we put all of Gigi's stuffed animals (well, most of them!) in her ball pit.  Yes, we first removed the balls!  Gigi thought it was a great idea. It looked like a lot of fun when she jumped in!  It's much quieter than the balls & I suspect a whole lot softer!  It will be nice to have one spot for all her friends to live. We'll see how long it lasts.  The best is that she calls it her stuffed animal ball pit. She's so cute!

I love my sweet baby girl!!!!

Hola!

Gigi is taking her first Spanish lesson tonight. She seems to be doing well, listening and repeating what the teacher is saying. One day soon my daughter will so much smarter than me and I'm so ok with that!!!!  I love that I can sit and watch her.  As usual, I wish I could be in there, learning with her!!!

So sweet!!!

I'm organizing a life-size game of Candyland at work where the people move around the giant game board.  Gigi helped me make candy decorations.  These are a few of them.

It's a Disney's Hollywood Studios Kind is a Day!!!!

So glad to have a visit from Aunt Jen, Katie, Ryan, Ryleigh, & Bryce!  We have great weather for a fun family day at Disney!

Yum!

Gigi asked for and ate (a few bites anyway) ice cream at Sweet Tomatoes!  The biggest surprise was the chocolate sprinkles on top. She never chooses chocolate!!!  Then again chocolate sprinkles do not taste anything like chocolate!!!

Yay!!! So excited to be back in ballet class!!!

Sagan, Gigi, & Miss KJ!!!

So excited for ballet class!!!

Happy Sweet 16 Liliana!!!

Gigi met a little girl, Vanessa, & they are best friends already!  The party is so fancy & beautiful!!! Having a wonderful evening!!!

Having so much fun at My Gym!

Yay!!! So excited to be back in ballet class!!!

Sagan, Gigi, & Miss KJ!!!

So excited for ballet class!!!

So much sweeter with Gigi!!!

So much sweeter with Gigi!!!

Happy 20th Anniversary Mommy & Daddy!

20 years & everything's still coming up roses!!!

A little fun before school

We were supposed to go grocery shopping last night but we had to deal with an ant attack in our bedroom instead. They were the big scary ones too!  Since we didn't have anything in the house I took Gigi to Chic Fil-A for breakfast. She loves it there not because of the food but because there's a slide!!!

Gigi was so excited about today...

Gigi & Daddy dropped me off at work and then headed to Universal Studios for a fun play date together!  Wish I could be there because I know they are having a great time!!!

Leap Pad!!!

My New Year Resolution!

Gigi has more stuffed animals, toys, & books than a 3 year old could ever hope for!  We've run out of room for them so I've decided that my 2012 resolution should be to not buy her any of these things until next Christmas. Of course anything already purchased would be grandfathered in!  LOL!

She loves looking at books in any store we're in & today while at Target I ended up buying her another reader. I can't help it!  I figured it was ok since it was still 2011!  The one she picked was Meet the Muppets. It's based on the new Muppet movie & it's a level 3 book. She read a couple of pages to me tonight at bed time & it got me thinking about how much she has learned and grown this past year!  This time last year she was just mastering her letters, color words, & possibly just getting started on sight words.  I remember reading her bed time stories every night and now a year later she's not only reading me the bed time stories but tonight she read from a level three book!  What will I be saying about her a year from now? I can't even imagine!  It has truly been a tremendous year for Gigi & she's even able to draw simple pictures now & can write her name clearly!  That's about all she can write but she's working on it!  We got her a Leap Pad for Christmas & she has fun practicing her handwriting and of course reading & playing too!

Well, the ball dropped, it's late, and tomorrow we're going to Aunt Jen's so I must get some sleep.  Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!!!