In the car on the way to school, you were being silly with rhyming words and cracking yourself up. I loved the mischievous grin on your face and I was glad I captured it!
After school, you & Ms. Sandy did a Koala Crate and you made a parrot & a firefly that glows in the dark. You hung out with Daddy while I went to dinner for work. I called you on FaceTime when I left work on my way there & Daddy was just getting home.
You guys played and had a great night. You lined up all your stuffies on the bar and wrote their names on each piece of paper. Unfortunately, you wouldn’t go to bed for him. He sent me a picture of you staring out the window looking for me. I was already on my way home. When I got home, you ran to the hallway to give me huge hugs and I took you right back to bed. We snuggled but you were fired up so it took a while for you to fall asleep so you were up later than you should have been.
This morning, we got up and headed to the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa. We haven’t been for a couple of years so I thought it would be something fun & different to do. When you first woke up you were a little slow motion, but once you realized we were going to the zoo you ran to get ready!!!
When we walked in the first thing you saw was the carousel, which made you super happy. We rode it three times in a row, even getting off once before riding so we could be the first ones on in the next group so you could pick the the cheetah. It took some convincing, but after that we walked around to see what else we could find. We stopped for a little bit of lunch on a bench watching monkeys, checked out the giraffes and rode the safari truck out to see the African animals. We made pennies with zoo animals on them and you couldn’t wait to put them in your new change purse.
It was getting warm so we headed over to the splash pad, where you immediately made friends. You found a tiny little girl and you guys were walking around arm in arm. You brought her over to me and said “Mom this is my new friend!” I asked you “What’s her name?” You said “I don’t know. I asked her but I forgot.” You came back a few minutes later and said “her name is Bianca. Bianca Rose. Isn’t that a pretty name?” You immediately offered her snacks & told her “my Mom always packs the best snacks.” She asked her Mom if it was ok. We ended up spending the rest of the day with them. When the rollercoaster reopened, we changed out of your swimsuit and you guys rode all the rides together then played on the playground. You shared more snacks too. We closed the park down together. We exchanged phone numbers and we planned to meet up at LegoLand in two weeks!!!
On the way home you immediately passed out in the car. I was hoping against hope that you would make it to the house, but I knew you wouldn’t. It was a long fun day and you played soooooo hard. When we got home (around 6p) I put you in bed, but you got right back up which was good. We ate dinner and you went to bed sooner than I expected with your late nap. It was an awesome day together. I love having these extra times with you.
You had a blast at your sleepover at Chrissy’s. She let you stay up as late as you wanted and you slept in this morning. She took you & Olivia to church. You called me on Facetime on the way. After church, you guys came home and I made mac and cheese for lunch. Olivia napped and the three of us did some crafts. I thought you should nap, so I invited you to come sit on the couch and watch a movie with me. You were watching the movie for two minutes, then turned to look at me, climbed up in my lap, laid your head on my shoulder and immediately started snoring!
While you slept, I ran to the butcher shop and Chrissy went home when I got back. I finally had to wake you up around 5p because I knew you would have trouble sleeping tonight. You woke up pretty happy and then I gave you your valentine’s gift. You were so excited to see the coin purse, headbands, nail stickers, bracelets & socks!!!
Daddy traveled back from Ohio today. He arrived at dinner time. You excitedly met him at the garage door and walked him into the dining room to show him the beautiful table that you set for us. We had a lovely dinner of filet and crab legs and then hung out pretty late since you napped so late. Tomorrow is President’s Day and I took the day off to hang out with you, so if we sleep in, its ok!!!
This morning, we tried to call Daddy but after his flight got delayed so late so we didn’t get to talk to him. Your school Valentine’s party was today so you chose your heart dress, Valentine’s socks, pink shoes and red glitter hair bows. I am so sad that we couldn’t attend because of Covid. I hate missing all these things since this is your last year at Discovery Days, but I’m glad they are still doing them and you get to have so much fun.
Ms. Sandy brought you to my office to surprise me with a flower bouquet for me and 2 dozen roses to hand out to everyone at the office. You were so cute and everyone thought you were absolutely adorable as you wished each person Happy Valentine’s Day and handed them their flower. I left about a half hour later to pick you up at home for a dinner date – just the two of us. We went to Da Ru Ma & you were fantastic.
Daddy left today to go visit his mom in Ohio. While you were wrong breakfast you gave him some pages that you colored and told him to give them to your mom. Helped him get his luggage to car. Waves by. Lots of kisses
Daddy had to leave early today for work & you even though you woke up at 7:15a you were still too late to see him before he left so we sent him a picture from bed! You ran and got yourself dressed…finally in something you haven’t worn yet. I feel like half your closet you haven’t worn because you want to wear the same dresses all the time! You brushed your teeth and we did your hair and you had plenty of time to color before school. You made On the way to school you brought your coloring book & markers & colored the whole way there & I had to wait in the parking lot for 10 minutes so you could finish!
I got this message in the Sandbox App today:
This morning Giovanna used her visual discrimination and fine motor skills to identify and find the letters of her name to lace and hang up in the room. Later she chose to go to the sensory tray to exercise her phonological awareness by finding rhyming picture pairs! Great job, Miss G!
At the end of the work day, I was feeling a scratchy throat coming on and just not feeling great. When I got home, I made dinner & we started on your camping themed Koala Crate with Ms. Sandy a little before she left. We built the fire pit and it also came with felt smores. Daddy came home so you showed him what we did & then we ate dinner.
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Around 7p I really started to fade. You told me “Mom, go rest!” You took me into my room, told me to lay down, then gave me a 30 second foot massage! You left and made Daddy lay on the floor so you could rub his feet too!! When I came to check on you you told me again “Mom, go rest!” You came back to my room, rubbed my back with lotion and told me “you better have closed eyes!” You brought in your light from the fire pit craft project and set it on my nightstand. Then you told me “I gave you candle light you should be asleep. Here, I will give you a little kiss! Now close your eyes and go to sleep!” You actually did relax me and I fell asleep around 8p. Daddy took you to bed & you read books. When he asked if you were going to snuggle with him you said “no, Mommy only.” You asked him if you could go snuggle with me & he said yes, just don’t wake her up. You came in my room and we snuggled for a while. You kept fidgeting and talking and I kept asking you to be still and quiet since I didn’t feel good. You ended up leaving my room around 9:30p and going back out to the living room. You asked Daddy to go snuggle with you in your room. You were out in 5 minutes!
You came to my room around 5am and told me that you took your night pants off in your room before you came. You snuggled up next to me, wrapped your arms around me and drifted right back off to sleep. I had to wake you up this morning at 8am. You slept 12 hours!!!!
You went & got yourself dressed. When I reminded you that Ms. Sandy is coming back today and would be picking you up from school, you ran back to your room & insisted on putting on the dress she got you for Christmas. “I have to wear my butterfly dress because Ms. Sandy will love it!” I told you that dress doesn’t have butterflies on it and you said, “well, that’s what I call it!” You ate your breakfast in the car and colored a picture for her as well.
You were so excited when she picked you up from school. You couldn’t wait to show her how well you ride your big girl bike & you got to snuggle on the couch watching Ferdinand! As soon as I walked in the door, you ran out to my car to get your highlighters. You were waiting so patiently for me to get home because you wanted to show them to Sandy!
When Daddy & I got home it was time for more coloring lessons. We had to make Valentine’s cards for everyone. You were so excited about coloring that you didn’t even want to eat dinner!!! We took Harry for a walk & to get the mail. We got home around 8p and headed right to your room. You didn’t fall asleep until 9:30p because you were wiggle worming!
You didn’t wake up until 8:15am. You shot straight up and wanted to go play in your toy room. You still had ice cream on your face from last night!!! After we played, you jumped in the shower with me and we got ready to go to Katrina’s for Valentine’s Day photos.
You had a hard boiled egg & mozzarella balls before we left, then had two That’s It bars & a banana in the car. When we got to Katrina’s you learned that Chrissy brought donuts so that’s all you were trying to do was earn a bunch of donuts lol! You had so much fun playing with Kingston & Olivia. Katrina was cracking up because you took each cue and posed on point, especially when you turned around with the kisses sign and she said ok now, give me kiss lips!!! When we finished, you were climbing trees and shooting rockets with Kingston. I had trouble getting you to get in the car, so I gave you one final “my car is leaving, please get in!” You decided to keep playing instead, so I started my car and turned around in Katrina’s driveway. Of course, that got your attention and you finally came to the car, opened the door and gave me what for lol. You told me “you can’t leave without me! That empties my bucket!” I told you that it emptied my bucket that I had to ask you so many times to get in my car and you weren’t listening.
We called Daddy from the car to see what he was up to & decided to meet him for lunch at Anna’s deli. Of course after your breakfast plus three donuts you weren’t hungry for lunch!
We went home to cook and prepare for our small Superbowl party. You helped me grind meat for the chili & then gave Daddy & I another coloring lesson with your new highlighters. You changed into your Steelers jersey even though they weren’t playing.
Ash, Grandma Noot & Chrissy came over to watch the game. You were giving each of them lessons about coloring as well. We played outside for a little bit and you were a little grumpy & emotional. I didn’t expect you to be tired after the good night’s sleep you had, but I told you let’s go read books and do Lingos. You ran up to Daddy, gave him a hug and kiss & said it’s time for my nap! You hugged everyone else and waltzed down the hall to your bedroom. You climbed in bed, snuggled, did 2 Lingos and fell asleep by 8:15p with a house full. That has never happened in 4.5 years!
