What a great summer we had! It wasn’t as busy as last year, just because we have a baby around this year that needed to be home for naps and things like that. But we have had a great time visiting the zoo, the pool, the splash pad, and even going on a little vacation to Kansas City! August was an especially big month for you. You turned FOUR, you got SAVED, and you started SCHOOL. Wow!
June 3 - You called sunscreen “sunscream.”
June 9 - You were talking to Daddy about Ariani and said, “Daddy, I loved when she got born that time!”
June 14 - You have an invisible friend named Macy. She stayed with us ALL summer long.
Here is a picture of you at Bell's Kiddie Park in West Tulsa. It wasn't very big or fun, but you did enjoy the three rides they had.
June 16 - You love to entertain your baby sister!
June 18 - Our first swim of the summer!
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June 22 - You still call Quik Trip “Quip Trip.” I love that! Also, after church we were planning to take Jordan home so she said to you, “Penny, can you drive me to my house?” And you said, “I can’t because I’m too little! But my mommy can.”
June 23 - Jordan and Tatum came for a sleepover and you played Old Maid together. You kept them up until after 2:00 in the morning! Yikes! You don't know how to stop talking when they are around. :)
June 26 - We have lots of conversations about Jesus and Satan right now. You call hell “Hale” and Satan “Sitan.” (You pronounce it SIGH-tan.) Today you also said your very first bad word - although you had no idea it was a bad word and thought you had made it up for something else.
June 30 - You said, “Florida is kind of like a museum, but it’s not a museum.”
July 2 - Tonight was our Independence Day celebration at church. You were talking about fireworks and said, “They feel good on my eyebrows.” Um… okay.
Grandpa took this photo of you with Grams & Tatum at church. Cute!
July 3 - We were going on vacation, which you called “they-cation.” Our vacation was just a two-day trip to Kansas City where we stayed at a place called CoCo Key Resort. It was an indoor water park and was so fun! Of course, you are not very adventurous at all when it comes to the water, so you pretty much just stayed in the smallest kid pool. You didn’t even like the slide because it made your eyes get wet! While we were there we also went to the Kansas City Zoo which was huge and very fun!
July 9 - Pictures with the cousins taken by Uncle Jacob!
July 10 - I cannot get over how beautiful you are. (Even with that crazy hair!)
July 22 - Great Grandma Dorothy (or "Great Dorothy," as you called her) came to visit!
July 27 - I straightened your hair for church and it made you look SO very old! And gorgeous! You got lots of compliments on it.
July 28 - Play day with Jenna!
July 30 - These are three of your "babies." They are Emma, Daphne, and Issa.
August 1 - Grandpa and Nana took you on a special trip for your birthday! They took you and Jase to Dallas overnight and took you to the American Girl store to buy you a Bitty Baby. What an extravagant and fun surprise! (These photos were, of course, all taken by your Grandpa.)
August 3 - With your new Bitty Baby, "Zarina." And you even have matching pajamas with her!
August 4 - Happy 4th birthday sweet girl! I can't believe you are four years old already!
Mommy and Daddy gave you Doc McStuffins pajamas, a Frozen blanket, a tutu, and some other things I have already forgotten. Grams & Pops gave you a jewelry making kit and a scooter!
August 5 - Your current obsession is the latest Tinkerbell movie, The Pirate Fairy. You even named your new doll Zarina after the main character.
August 9 - You had a princess birthday party! Your friends were able to get their hair fixed, have their picture taken, decorate princess wands and cupcakes, and even have their nails painted! It was a crazy and wild party with LOTS of friends! Here are the gifts you received:
Jordan & Tatum - Elsa dress
Zuri - a coloring set and a boa
Natalie & Savannah - a Target gift card
Kayla - a Frozen bag with a jewelry making kit
Addison & Zoey - a Sofia the First ballerina dress
Jenna - a princess fan and mirror, and outfit with accessories, nail polish
Eva - a Sofia the First doll
Sophie & Katie - candy, bracelet, lip gloss, stickers, and coloring book
August 10 - Grandpa was setting up for the church directory photos and took this picture of you. I love it!
August 14 - You got SAVED today! I am so happy to know that you now have Jesus in your heart.
August 17 - Today you got BAPTIZED! You asked me about it right after you got saved a few days earlier and you wanted to do it right away because you wanted to obey Jesus. You asked me if Jordan had been baptized before and when I told you she hadn’t you asked me to ask her to do it with you. And so she did! And so did Alex and Tatum! It was a very special night to watch the four of you all being baptized together.
August 19 - You met your very first school teacher today! Her name is Mrs. Henley and she is very nice. You were a bit shy, but did great!
August 20 - You had your ECAT assessment today with your teacher before starting school in a few days. You scored a 57/60 - great job! I am proud that you were able to answer her questions and didn’t clam up. You were super nervous to go into the classroom without me, especially since there weren’t any other kids there. But your teacher said that as soon as she got started you opened up and did great!
August 26 - Today was your first day of school! I can’t believe you are in preschool! You go to school in the mornings from 7:45 until 10:45 and you did GREAT today! You were pretty emotional this evening and for several evenings afterwards. But I think that was mostly because you were so tired. You have never been an early riser, so getting up at 6:45 has been new for you. And you still haven’t been sleeping during your naptime. So that just makes for a weepy girl! But I have been surprised at how well you have gotten up and out of bed quickly for school since any other time you have had a hard time getting up earlier than 8:00.
All in all, it has been a great summer! I can't wait to see what autumn has in store for us! I sure love you sweet girl! I'm so thankful I get to be your mommy!
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