A NANA MOMENT….

Lisa March 22, 2011 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yes it is true, Nana had another one of her “nana moments”.   I have to say… it’s wierd… she says that “there are times when (she) is just so sad that her daughter cannot be here” – just like there are times when she is “so sad that I am in Texas and she misses seeing me”… well today was one of those “Nana moment” days…   Nana… was all teary because she wished mommy and daddy could be with me at my first class… so she brought the beast… and decided she would GET A BAZILLION PHOTOS AND BORE EVERYONE WITH MY EVERY STEP…. but all the while knowing that mommy and daddy will love seeing me… so here we go….

I HAD MY VERY FIRST BALLET CLASS… YES IT IS TRUE… and I was sooooo happy.   Now keep in mind that I am not a fan of being out of Nana’s sight… and at first I was a little unsure… but once the music started I was part of the class and having a blast.

The little girl in yellow… well she was having fun with me… kinda like I was her personal little ballerina… you’ll notice in many of my pics…. she is a little “close”.   I didn’t mind though… I just loved being there.

I did all the things I was taught… I listened to the directions, and I had so much fun.

After we played with scarves… we then got bean bags… and danced with bean bags…

We balanced them on our heads, and shook them up to the music.

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN….

I was the smallest in the class but I kept up with all the kids.  They are all my age or a little bit older… but not much.

We all had to use our inside voices… and we all stretched and pointed our toes… our teacher is named MISS WENDY and she had a girl from her teenage class help out too.  

We really got to do a lot of things.   Thank you Mommy and Daddy for letting me dance… I love it.

We then became princesses and a prince…. and we walked accross a bridge to get to a castle tea party… watch me… I do it too!

Yep is is my new friend… she is really enjoying me in class… I like the attention….

Look Mom and Dad…

I DID IT!

I AM SO AWESOME!

After we went over the bridge, everyone had a turn, we all met in the corner for a tea party.

It was so fun…

I sat down with all the kids and drank tea with them.  (It was pretend tea but I am an expert at this so I fit right in)

We learned twirling and hopping, pointing our toes and all kinds of dance steps.

We danced to Ariel from the Little Mermaid and it was so wonderful that I did not want it to end.

Here is more of ME being awesome…

What do you think?

I think I did great… and Miss Wendy was so proud of me…

Nana was all teary… and smiling and taking a bazillion photos…

yeah… a Nana moment for sure…

Nana says she couldn’t capture my smile when I finished my walk… cause I was facing the group but it was HUGE!

At the end of the class Miss Wendy let all the other parents and Nana’s in to watch us perform to the Disney music.

I am telling you this was an awesome time here in the Mitten State.

I go every week… and I am sure Nana will take more photos for you to see me progress…

but to be honest…

I am quite the ballerina already.

I have the stuff that ballerina’s are made of..

I like pink…

I like music….

I like when everyone looks at my moves…

I like listening to Miss Wendy…  I feel soooooo BIG!

Nana has more pics for you and daddy… but for now… this is me… saying…THANK YOU SO MUCH MOMMY AND DADDY… I LOVED THIS… AND I AM HAVING A FUN TIME.   As always, I am your Little Miss Adorable, Little Miss Dancer…

GUILLIANNA!

Finally some photos for you….

Lisa March 19, 2011 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Finally Nana has the her computer working.   I have been photo ready… but … well we will just say…. sometimes Nana is a slacker.   In her defense though… you will have to remember she never ever missed a day of posting when you were in the land of sand!   Now she gave her camera to Aunt Arrianna… and her settings for downloading photos all changed.   I am a lot busier now than I was as a baby… so she cannot fix this in the daytime… no way!   If we sit at the computer… its to go on Sprout on Line or Nick Jr.   That is the only reason I will sit still… I love playing the computer games that these two preschool channels have on line.   None the less… I have had a very busy time… and here are some pics so you can see what I have been up to…

Now I know most folks… go down a slide… me… I am more the climbing type… and is it fun…

that is not to say I don’t love going down too… either way… as long as I am in motion… I am happy!

I think the hardest thing I have to do everday is decide what to do next?   I am always reading, drawing playing …. running… jumping, climbing… and it is true…. Nana comes too!   Under tables… in closets… often I get every one at camp to hide with me… only trouble then… there is no one to find us… but we laugh anyway.   And usually one of the dogs is hot on our trail. 

I find places to hide and spy at the same time…. Peek a boo!

Here I am hiding with Aunt Al, and oh my,  look who found me…  I can’t believe it…. we sometimes play hide n seek with flashlights… and look what I found.. my shadow!  

I having a blast… I promise… with all the attention I get around here… well… who wouldn’t.

Come on Nana… let’s hide again… and we can re arrainge the pantry at the same time… YAY!

What do you mean child saftey lock?

I am sure that I will have no problem adjusting this…

Look… I can reach…

Look I can open it….

Look …. there is a lot of stuff in there I can reposition….

And don’t you worry Nana when you need that box of pasta I will remember right where I put it…

No problem…

I love the pantry…. great location for fun and all kinds of things to play with…

who needs toys!

It is true… SPRING IS SPROUTING… THE WHITE COLD STUFF HAS MELTED IN THE MITTEN STATE!

I have seen feet of snow fall here… and now it seems the Mitten State may be in for warmer days!  I am ready.

 Okay.. so don’t freak out mom, but yes it is true I am wearing my glasses like Nana puts her reading glasses on her head…

yep…

hang with her and something is bound to rub off I guess…

but don’t worry… this is the only habit I will pick up here… I am busy teaching them all of my little tricks and training all the other campers to be like me…

Aunt Arri is already learning… she is great at playing and leaving things behind for Aunt Mikayla to pick up…

Aunt Mikayla is a hard one to crack though… she always picks up her toys…

And Aunt Alyx… well she loves running around with me in the basement… and I keep her in line too….

Trust me I am the driving force here… influencing all the campers JUST RIGHT!

So did you know Nana makes us eat veggies?    Yep its true… now I like the baby trees, and yes even the orange carrots… but Nana… zuchinni?  REALLY?   Not for me man… not for me…  Cookie please?

All in all…. Mom and Dad, I am lovin’ life…. I have a blast hangin with my fellow campers and they are truly having a blast with me… can you see it in my face?

Here I am thinking…. what to do next…?  It is sure to be exciting… involve laughing and running and well the usual EVERYONE PLAYING WITH ME… I especially love follow the leader… and EVERYONE INCLUDING THE DOGS FOLLOW ME AROUND THE HOUSE…. SO FUN!   Or maybe mom, I can play with the baby blanket GREAT GRANDMA SALLY MADE FOR YOUR BABIES… I use it to put my baby elephant to sleep…. Camp Nana has lots of things from when mommy was small …. it is so fun to play with them.

There is so much for me to tell you…. I hope looking at my pictures makes you smile…. I know I am smiling all the time… and Nana and Poppy are loving my little visit to the Mitten State.   I will see you soon, and hope your always remember I am as always your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE,  and oh soooo busy….

Guillianna!

Finally recovering… and back at “work”.

Lisa March 11, 2011 0Comments

 (OKAY… SO WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH PHOTO UPLOADS… STILL………….. SORRY….) 

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am so happy to report…. I am feeling like my old self again…. I kicked the fever in the butt!  I have “passed” the flu… and will be happy to never see it return…

I am back at work… being adorable, being a princess and running camp in the manner in which it should be…

Yes it is true, I have shared my little “bug” with camp… but hey… I share everything.

I have dance class on Monday, and missed last Monday… so I am hoping to be able to go this week.   Nana is entertaining me while I have been under the weather…. we get to read a lot… I definately have favorites…. I did get extra tubby time when my fever was high and that was a total treat…. I have been coloring a lot of pictures and I am a real fan of SPROUT ON LINE.COM  They have so many games to play and I got to dress Chicka and all kinds of fun activities.   I had great fun vaccuming with Nana today.   There are hair bunnies under the furniture here from Mr. Griffy that would send tumble weeds running for the hills… I love helping.    I set the table here (which may account for the speed with which the other campers had become ill) and I love cooking with Nana!   I am quite the chef.   (Uncle Nick may have to share his Chef jackets with me soon).   I have been acetominephen free for two days!   This is great news since I really do not care for any of the flavors this stuff comes in.    Tomorrow is Saturday and I can hardly wait to play hide-n-seek with everyone… it is also another personal favorite of mine.   Rest assured… I am having a blast.    Until tomorrow, I am as always, your Little Miss Adorable, your sweet girl…

Guillianna!

So it has been a few days…

Lisa March 8, 2011 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Its been a few days but with good cause… between Nana having to get all the components back in order for my website… and the simple fact that Camp Nana has evolved this past week into a “Sick Bay”  well… it’s been tough to even get a photo shoot in…  I was having a “flu” bug… and I thought I would like everyone to share because that is what I do… it’s just how I roll… ya know… and well all my fellow campers were cool with it… so far… I shared with Nana, Aunt Arri, Aunt Al, Aunk KiKi and now… Poppy is skating on thin ice… Uncle Nick has escaped for now… and Nana has disinfected every square inch of camp so maybe he will luck out…. Mr. Griffy, Liberty and Justice are uneffected…. and Nana says thats a good thing… since she is not a fan of cleaning up after sick doggies…. she say’s she doesn’t mind taking care of sick princesses one single bit.   I am ready to go now though… as a matter of fact… I was so hungry this morning… that when I woke up I wanted PANCAKES…. YEP PANCAKES  AND I TOLD NANA AND POPPY…. ” Morning… Gugubee Hungry… ”   Nana said “What, do you want juice?”  I said No, Pancakes!  IT WAS 2:30AM.   Well… I hadn’t been too hungry these past days, and when a princess has to eat…. a princess has to eat… Nana has little mini pancakes that I love… they are about the size of a half dollar.. and they heat up in the microwave… so… pancakes at 2:30am is not really a big deal… and being that she was happy I wanted to eat…. we sat up in my favorite “black chair” and she rocked me… 

THE BEST NEWS OF ALL IS MY FEVER FINALLY BROKE!   I AM FINALLY FEELING BETTER WITH ONLY THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE COLD LEFT BEHIND!

All the campers too… on the mend… so soon we will have more photo ops!

Love Always, Little Miss Adorable….Guillianna