An American Girl

On Tuesday, Lily had her 5 year appointment. She is in the 80th percentile for height - 44 inches - and 70th percentile for weight. Her hearing and vision were great. She avoided shots and only had to get the flu mist.

Lily and Jack spent the night at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's on Tuesday night while Mom and Dad went to see U2. On Thursday, Jack was home sick with Mom with just the sniffles, he still has a runny nose but is essentially recovered. On Friday, Lily and Jack had gymnastics - Lily loves every moment, while Jack gets a little tired after about a 1/2 hour but still has fun. Lily then went to school while Jack accompanied Mom to the office for a quick visit.

The weekend was pretty low key, with a visit to Mom's friend's house on Saturday. Lily and Jack had a great time hanging with the other kids - Jake, Katie, and Connor. Lily and Katie even watched Beauty and the Beast, although she found it a little scary.

On Sunday, we ran errands and the kids played inside and outside, and were happy the Redskins managed to win.

On Monday, Grandma Gail came to spend a few hours with Jack, and Lily had a good day at school. She started ballet today and also had her first day of a special music class just for the 5 year olds (pre-K) at her school - she learned about the guitar. She will have a special class on different subjects for a half hour to an hour each day for most of the school year - tomorrow is science. Lily came home to find that her American Girl Doll - Julie - had arrived, a birthday present courtesy of Aunt Donna and Uncle Stephen - she was very excited and has proceeded to change her clothes several times and read books to her tonight.

Lily and Jack want to send out a special welcome to Baby Girl Sowmya who was born on Wednesday to friends Purnima and Selvan - hopefully Sowmya will be making a blog appearance at some point in the future.


Working together on an Aqua-Doodle project.


Jack eating a quesadilla and hanging with the grown ups.


Jack working on some construction with friend Sarah.


Lily & Katie taking in Beauty and the Beast with Lauren and Jen.


Lily and Julie posing for pictures.


Lily, Julie and Jack with Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin.


Lily discussing Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin and the new addition to the family.