Time for us to say goodbye… again.

Lisa April 16, 2011 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am getting ready to come home…. Nana has a bazillion photos of me at my dance classes.. me at the zoo me hanging with the campers… and she promises to put up pictures…. soon.   Here is a quick peek of me last Monday!   I was at my last class… Miss Wendy was so nice… for now though Nana has to pack up my stuff and we are off in a few hours to see you.   Until then here is my smiling face to keep you … but in a few hours you will see the real deal!  As always…

 Little Miss Adorable, your sweet Guillianna!

Saying good bye is sooooooooooo not easy…KNOWING GUILLIANNA IS BACK WITH MOMMY AND DADDY IS A JOY!  She will be home in a few hours… and the rest of us… will have some photos to enjoy until she comes again.

Another week of “SPECIAL’s”?

Lisa March 28, 2011 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

I wrote you the other day about my “special”.   And now I am writing you about Uncle Nick’s “special”.   I went to see him have a “special” day.  As a matter of fact it was a special week… first my Great Grandma had a birthday… and then you daddy you had a birthday… but with Great Grandma in Florida and Daddy at work… I haven’t photos to share… just lots of love in my heart… the photos I do have… since I am hangin’ at camp these days… would be with Uncle Nick.   Don’t you worry though  I CELEBRATED ALL THOSE SPECIALS… ONE THING I DEFINITELY AM IS GOOD AT ‘CELEBRATING’ Guillianna style.

Yeah, I stole it… I stole his cap… he is just lucky I didn’t steal the gown too…

Uncle Nick graduated this weekend with his 2nd college degree.   Personally I think I look amazing!

Uncle Nick and Aunt KiKi take time out to pose for the “beast”.  As did..

Uncle Nick and Aunt Alyx….and …

Uncle Nick and Aunt Arrianna… Uncle Nick was a busy guy with the beast snapping photos left and right..

 Uncle Nick and Miss K!    And what kind of photographer would Nana be if she missed…

Poppy and Uncle Nick who always look awesome together too…  but not that I am partial… there is one photo that I feel takes the cake…

Yep you guessed it…. this happens to be the best shot of Uncle Nick yet don’t you agree…?   I was so impressed with the ceremony… that I figured I had better get moving on my own education.   So I got my reading glasses… and hit the books….

I am not sure if I am metriculating… or if this is my SOPHIA LOREN POSE…

 This studying is serious stuff though …

I decided that I needed a little nourishment for better comprhension of my studies… so… I had some cereal as a “midnight” okay… late evening snack… but cereal is my Uncle Nicks fav… so in honor of him I at some scrumptious and mind enlightening delishisness….  thanks Uncle Nick for sharing your special with us all and I am told all those who love you were there too… where exactly I am not too sure about… but Nana says… everyone who loves Uncle Nick was right there with him “in heart” what ever that means Nana… she can be a little much sometimes (ask any of the campers) …… and I am sure Mom and Dad loved seeing me in your cap… it will prepare them for what lies ahead… Until next time Mom and Dad…  I send you love and WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY WISHES TO MY DADDY… I am sure you’ll get plenty of birthday kisses soon I blew them out the back door ALL THE WAY TO YOU… and as always, I am, your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE…

Guillianna!

What is a”special”?

Lisa March 23, 2011 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad…

Things here are excellent.  One minor exception however.   SNOW yes… more of the wonderful white stuff that these Mitten State dwellers seem to be pretty used to.   See, for me… while it seems I was noticing that the white stuff had disappeared.   AND YES, I was looking forward to warmer days… and hoping for a trip to the park…hmmm, maybe not this visit…. it’s just a little to “wintery” around here.   The good news… IF SPRING SHOULD ARRIVE…I am ready for it…  yep, we had a few nice days and Poppy brought me a “special”.   Yep yep yep… I helped him put together my new and wonderful WAGON.   All the campers hoped that since the snow had melted we would be able to go out and take walks… so we worked, and worked and worked… (seemingly FOREVER) on building my new “special”.  

I am telling you this project was big.. I worked and worked with Poppy and Aunt Alyx to create a masterpiece.

From smaller pieces to huge pieces… and pieces I have no idea what to do with… we worked and worked.

My ‘special’ is coming along…. and I can hardly wait… but I don’t mind… not one bit because Poppy lets me help.

I CALL IT THE “GUILLIANNA SPECIAL” AND BOY IS IT MAGNIFICENT…. Look what we made mom and dad…

So after our project was complete there was only one thing to do… PUT ON OUR MITTEN STATE WEAR… AND GO FOR A WALK.

and a few other winter clothing articles… ( okay so it wasn’t that cold but you know NANA mom always said she was OP.    No that does not stand for obsessive something… it stands for OVER PROTECTIVE)

Aunt Arri says I am a human burrito!   But Nana says… I was “warm”.

Baby Elephant and I had a great walk…. and yes mom and dad.. while Nana did not pull out the old bike helmets, I do in fact have a seat belt on as does baby Elephant.  Note the COOLER, attached.  Hmmm, maybe today it would be considered a warmer…. it’s insulated.   My juice stayed plenty cool in my cup holder, so… I think I will just use this for toy storage until a warmer day.

So when Nana went to put up these fantabulous photos… she was checking the web site as she always does as my “WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR”.   One thing she does, is keep an eye on who is keeping an eye on me… she almost didn’t get the pictures up… she was taken back…. (another Nana moment of sorts I guess) then Nana remembered something… she said today’s LOVE LETTER WOULD BE ABOUT MY ‘SPECIAL’   Not really being cute or funny though… she calls it “special” because it is so incredibly special.  Not because it’s an awesome ride (which it totally is) … nope… but because putting it together with Poppy and Aunt Alyx was ‘special’.   Because walking with the campers is “special”.  Do you want to know what Nana saw when she was working on my web page? It was visits from JAPAN.   Nana says, when someone logs onto my site, she knows where they are logging on from and what page they looked at.   THIS DAY   today, there were visitors on my site IN JAPAN!  Visitors who LOGGED on to specifically a date in my love letters.  The date the visited was THURSDAY APRIL 1RST 2010.   Why?   NOT TO SEE LITTLE MISS ADORABLE… AND WHILE HARD TO BELIEVE , I know – IT IS TRUE THEY WERE NOT SEACHING FOR CUTE BABY PHOTOS AND LOVE LETTERS… NO SOMETHING MORE….You see… often people find my site because they enter a phrase that matches something I have written to you and daddy.   ON APRIL 1rst 2010 I TITLED MY LOVE LETTER to you and daddy in the land of sand as… ‘FINDING OUR STRENGTH’.   Today someone in Japan found me… because they were looking on the internet and had typed…”finding our strength“.    Nana, then and there had yet another reminder… that it is the moments like building my ‘special’… the moments you see in my face when I smile… that we all live for that make LIVING ‘SPECIAL’.   It is in those SPECIAL moments that we all find our strength.  It is those moments that define our lives as “special”.  So here I am mom and dad… and these photos are what Nana says will give us all strength… it’s something to do with innocence… with love…. with pure moments of happiness and joy… that take us all to someplace “special”.   While families all over the world suffer hardships… I HAD A JOB TODAY… as do we all every day….TO LEARN WHAT TRULY SPECIAL IS….  SO WE NEVER FORGET HOW LUCKY WE ALL REALLY ARE AND WE REMEMBER TO HOLD ON TO, AND TRULY ENJOY THE SIMPLE “SPECIALS” LIFE HAS TO OFFER.

Until next time, Mom and Dad… I am doing great… I am feeling very ‘special’… and I am truly happy.  I hope you have a great day… and as always, I am your Little Miss Adorable, your sweet girl…

Guillianna!

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!