Summer is Here

Playing soccer at my Tiny Tykes sports class. I have on the pink top!

My last day of pre-school for this year. Next year I will go two days a week.

My best friend Tyler and I walking at the zoo. You can see lots of pictures of us at our "Mommy and Me" zoo class below. We did crafts, met real animals that we could touch and took several tours around the zoo.

A lot of things have ended for me recently. School ended – I was only going a day a week but I loved learning and playing with my friends. The class I was taking at the Atlanta Zoo also ended. I really enjoyed watching and learning about the different animals. My Tiny Tikes class ended. This was a sports oriented class where I learned how to play basketball, soccer, and t-ball. I am not really sure how to describe my performance in Tiny Tikes but the word “dominant” keeps popping in my head. The gym I attended for gymnastics also ended but it did so a little prematurely as the gym went out of business. I am still working on my claim for the bankruptcy court.

This weekend Daddy purchased me my first set of golf clubs. They are plastic clubs but they come in different colors which I think is appealing to most pros. On Sunday Daddy and I played golf in the backyard. Monty wanted to fetch and eat the balls but Daddy showed me that the clubs are good for more than just clubbing the balls so Monty didn’t pose too much of a problem for us. Daddy’s swing has deteriorated over the years to the point that Charles Barkley’s swing might be prettier but for now Daddy is my only teacher. We had lots of fun and someday Daddy and I will play together for real.

Are we human or are we dancer?

Grammy helped me blow bubbles and played soccer with me. I love soccer.

Daddy digs and I rake. I am also checking the consistency of the soil.

Mother's Day at Grandma Senkiewicz's house. I am sitting with Great Grandma Sophie and Aunt Lori is helping me with my food.

I love to dance and have been watching Dancing With The Stars with Mommy and Daddy. During each song, I dance around just like the competitors. Mommy and Daddy usually clap for me when I am done....at least I think Daddy is clapping for me.

Grammy came to visit the last couple of weekends which was very nice. I always have fun playing with Grammy. It wasn't all fun though. One of the weekends Grammy was here Daddy and I did a lot of yard work. I have my own rake and shovel and I helped Daddy move dirt to more or less the area Daddy wanted it. As we go through the yard Daddy teaches me the finer points of landscaping - I am studying this stuff so I know it - things like chinch bugs and manganese. Alot of people don't even know what that is.

Mother's Day was this past Sunday and we spent the afternoon with Grandma and Poppy and also Aunt Lori. I bought Mommy a present and gave her some flowers and a balloon too. I think she liked it very much.

We Have Liftoff!

A couple of days ago I had a bit of a dilemma. I didn’t want to say anything to Mommy so I waited until she left the room and I walked up to Daddy who was busy watching hockey. “Daddy, is Mommy getting bigger?” I asked. “Yes, she is” Daddy replied matter of factly as he then turned his attention back to the game. After a couple of minutes of silence I asked Daddy “why?” to which he replied “Mommy is eating more….oh, and she is pregnant”.

Pregnant huh. I didn’t know what that meant so I went to my playroom and tried to learn about pregnancy on television. My usual standby, CNBC, wasn’t terribly helpful so I started changing the channel to find the channel that would teach me about pregnancy. Of the channels I turned to: ESPN, Disney, USA, NBC, LOGO, and A&E, not a single one talked about pregnancy. As it turns out, we don’t get the channels that teach one about pregnancy.

During the intermission to the game Daddy picked me up and sat me on his lap and Mommy came and sat next to him. They explained that when two people love and care for each other very much or when two people who don’t care about each other at all have too many drinks on a Saturday night, sometimes they give each other a special hug and pregnancy occurs. Mommy and Daddy assured me that they love each other very much and they both told me that all of this means that I am going to be a big sister.

While I am very excited that I am going to be a big sister, I am still not sure if I understood their explanation. I wonder if they had sex?