Cake Time

Meredith loves horses.
Now she's trying to talk Grandpa into getting one since he has a farm, apparently, that means he should have a horse.

Sounds logical.

It never worked for Peggi though.

She tried for years to get a horse.

White horses are her favorite.

Blowing out the candles.

(Couldn't fit Camden in the other picture.)

Flamingo News

Meredith named her big blue flamingo that she won at Six Flags.

And, amazingly, the name does not contain the words "blue," "flamingo," "princess," or "rainbow."

His name is "Kenny."

Cursive

In second grade, you learn how to write in cursive. Meredith loves this.

Artwork Wednesday

January 2011

"Friendship" with the SpongeBob Gang

(They are jellyfishing.)

March 2011

"Merpeople"

(That's a flying fish in the middle."

8 is Gr8!

Eight years ago today, John and I headed to the hospital to have our sweet baby girl. I was induced early in the morning and, silly me, assumed I would have a baby in just a few minutes. Instead I sat laid around all stinkin' day. She decided not to show up until after 5pm. They had to call the doctor in from the gym. (He had gone for a workout since she was taking her sweet time.) (He showed up in his workout clothes and sweat band - I need to see if I have a picture of him like that.) But - it was worth the wait. And now my sweet little chubby-cheeked baby has grown into a girl. Not a little girl anymore but a full-fledged girl. You will have to excuse the background of these pictures - we brought her downstairs to the store to give her the presents and the back of the store is chaotic now. This is the only thing she specifically asked for

. . . a WebKinz kangaroo.

Grandma splurged for Taylor Swift tickets.

(concert on May 28)

Daddy got a special hug because . . .

He bought her a new guitar.

Showoff.

This one is supposed to be easier to play since it's electric.

John and I decided to start making the kids' birthdays a little more special so we got a helium container and blew up balloons for her to wake up to in the morning and we're going to let them pick out a restaurant to eat at on their birthday.

Meredith picked "Golden Corral" - the primary reason was because the birthday girl got to stand on a chair while the staff sang a birthday song to her. She really, really wanted to stand on the chair!

Artwork Wednesday - Megamind Edition

We watched "Megamind" last weekend.

Totally awesome movie, by the way!

This is Megamind & Minion.

M's Reading

So ~ in the second grade, they have reading lists. In class, they read books like "Cake Girl." Which is actually a very good book, by the way. I checked it out of the library to read to Stephanie. At home, Meredith reads books like "How Oliver Olson Changed the World" and other chapter books. (I know they're crappy pictures, bear with me - this is just to illustrate a point.) This is the text on a average page in "Cake Girl."

This is the text on a regular page of "Oliver Olson."

This is a note from Meredith's teacher.