Mother's Day, 2008.
Cetta, Tyler, Nana, Mommy, Me, Blake and Grandma went out for a walk after we had brunch at our house. It was a beautiful day for our Mothers and Grandmothers.
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Here I am sitting with Dakota on her porch on a beautiful Spring day. She's Mommy's best friend's daughter and has known me all my life. Dakota goes to school and knows how to read and write. I'll learn that when I go to school, too.
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You look funny! Maybe it's because I'm upside down, hanging from a bar at my gym. Ya, think?
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Whenever I'm watching a scary DVD I need to reassure myself that everything's really OK. That's when I need my "passy" to comfort me. I'll stop relying on it someday. Just not yet, Mommy.
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I know. I'm three years old now and I shouldn't need my "passy" but, when I'm winding down after a stressful day and kind of zoning out in front of the TV, I find it helps me relax. Like a cigarette, sort of. But, of course, I don't smoke!
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Oh, excuse me. I'm brushing my teeth before I go to bed. Mommy and Daddy have beautiful white teeth and they tell me if I brush mine I will have nice teeth when I am as old as they are too. That's what I want.
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Brian's driving the fire truck and I'm navigating. At least that's what we're playing at here at the beach before the crowds get here this summer. We have lots of fun together.
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Whee! I love to swing. Especially here at the beach in the off season when there's no crowds. It's like I have my own personal playground with a few close friends here to play with. Whee!
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Whee! See, I can swirl like a ballerina! This is a new outfit Mommy bought me for summer. I just had to try it on and see how it fits and swirls. I'll grow into it.
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I'm getting out my pajamas so Papa can read me a bed-time story that Nana bought for me. I went to see it with Nana in a play, too. It's called "Goodnight Moon." It's very, very good.
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Here I am at Junior Gym on the balance beam. As you can see, my brother, Blake, is trying to get on while I'm trying to walk past. Not good! How will I ever make the Olympics if he's going to constantly interrupt my practices?
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I'm dumbfounded. I could have sworn the Easter Bunny already came! I had nothing to do with this. If he came back, it had nothing to do with anything I've done. Honest!
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I love to sing, and I do a lot, but when people are around I need to sort of blank them out and just think of my singing. I'm not really ignoring them, just concentrating on my songs.
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Uh, huh! I baked and decorated this Easter Bunny cake myself in cooking class! Honestly, I did! Amazing what you can do once you reach the age of three!
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Here I am ready to do something fun to Papa. I just know I'll enjoy it.
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This picture goes way back to when I was only two! Nana took my picture riding in The Cat in the Hat's car at the mall. Now that I'm three I'm not sure I would even fit in the car any more!
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Awww! Grandma just opened her birthday present from Blake and me and told me she loved it and us. I love birthdays and how they make me feel.
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Blake and I can have fun doing almost anything. Doing nothing. Just horsing around before going to bed or just after getting up. We make a good team, don't you think?
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Aw, Mom! I wanted my hair in pony tails for any pictures! Now I don't look like Cindy Lou Who!
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Here I am with all my party guests helping me open another gift for my third birthday. I'm really glad today is not my birthday. I'd only be able to have a party every four years!
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I think I'd better instruct Blake on the proper positioning of riders on sleds like this. He seems to have all the comforts of home and I feel sort of like an airbag!
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Seems like we just about find ourselves free of snow and then, "Swoosh," we get a whole bunch more.
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At my birthday party we also had a limbo dance contest. Here I am with my older cousin Abby as we danced under the pole. I think I had a little bit of an advantage.

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Here I am trying to think of a really, really good wish to make at my birthday party. As you can see, it was a fun event and lots of friends and relatives were able to make it. We should definitely have more birthday parties!
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Wow, did I have fun at my Third Birthday Party! Lots of people came. We had snacks, fruit and of course Birthday Cake and made our own ice cream Sundaes! I got lots of beautiful presents and we had a limbo contest, too. I liked this party so much, maybe I'll ask Mommy and Daddy if I can have another Third Birthday Party soon.
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