New Friends: Logan & Molly

Logan is 2.5 and Alanna is 3.5, but they had a total blast together.  They Mickey Mouse as a common interest, so they bonded quickly.  Oh, and Penny.  Penny is Logan's dog.

Logan's parents invited us over for dinner and to play Rock Band.  Cie-J and I used to spend hours playing this game before we had Alanna.  Turns out, the kids ended up playing and doing a great job!  Molly is 10.5 months old and sang and slobbered all over the microphone.  Logan did great on the guitar and Alanna LOVED the drums! (We had it on no fail.  That means they could play and play and never fail)

Fun night.

Funny:

A couple of nights ago, we were praying before bed and Alanna said "Jesus please help me to keep my voice in my throat sometimes so I won't say mean things to my friends."  (She had told a friend earlier that day, that if she came to our house that our dog would bite her.)

Preschool:

While I was working the last 8 weeks, Alanna got to attend a private preschool.  She walked right in there like she'd been going forever and her teacher says she didn't skip a beat.  I didn't expect anything less.

This is Mrs. Coffey. 

When we first met her, I was a little worried.  She's fairly stern and runs a tight ship.  She has been fantastic and we will miss her dearly.  Alanna had become a teacher's pet - always wanting to help her.

 Alanna asked me to get a picture of her when she found out that she was done with preschool. (I just covered for a girl on maternity leave.)  She asked me to make a book of her preschool teacher and friends so that she could look at them and remember them with her tears of joy.  Isn't that the sweetest thing?

I asked her how she knew about tears of joy, and she said that her daddy told her about them when he was reading the Bible to her.  Mary had tears of joy when she found out that Jesus was no longer in the tomb.

Awww. <3  This is one of those stories that I want to remember forever. 

My Owie, Your Owie:

Alanna got to pick one thing from Dollar Tree.  Instead of a toy or glow stick or stickers or a book, she chose bandaids.  I guess in some way she still got stickers. =) Haha.  She was thrilled!

Now all of her "friends" have owies. She makes up her own owies so that she can have a bandaid.  Yesterday at MOPS, she insisted that she needed a bandaid for her finger.  While playing outside, she fell and scraped her elbow.  She immediately took the bandaid off her finger and put it on her elbow.  In the car she said, "Mom, good thing I had that bandaid!!"   

Monkey Monday:

Better Late Than Never: Easter

 When Alanna woke up Sunday morning, she ran to find her Easter basket.  Of course the dog was there to help out.  She got some new Tinkerbell silverware...

 Two 'My Little Ponies' - Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy.  Ponies are her new thing.  She obsessed with their sparkly hair...

 And Madagascar 3!  She loves this movie and calls it "Dah Dah Dah Dah Circus".  She asked if she could hurry and watch it before we had to take it back to the gas station. (Redbox)  When I told her she could keep it and watch it and NOT have to take it back to the gas station, she stood up and jumped and said "thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!"

 

 And it came with a clown wig!  HAHA!!!!

She says "Look at my afro!"

(the movie says this) 

Three Little Things:

 Alanna and Shyne in matching pink headbands.  

They were so happy.

 Alanna could paint for hours.  This paper with the paint already on it is GENIUS!  Just add water.

We saw a HUGE python yawn at the Nature Center and it was amazing.  It literally could swallow a child whole.  Thi s snake ismake-you-pee-your-pants big.  It's poop alone was the size of a chihuahua!  You're welcome for that visual. =D

Thank God for glass.

Monkey Monday: