Happy Halloween

Tonight was the big night. Julianna got all dolled up as Dorothy and we went trick-or-treating with the neighborhood kids. She did almost the entire neighborhood. As they rounded the street towards the house, Jason was getting geared up to go another round when the kids announced that they were tired and ready to go home. It had been almost an hour and a half of trick-or-treating- which is more than enough candy for our little missy. Grammie and Grandpa Bob came over to see Dorothy and to help pass out candy while we trick-or-treated as a family. What a fun and memorable night!

Proud Parents

Tonight when I picked up Goose from dance the owner of the dance studio pulled me aside. She asked if Goose had ever taken before and I told her that this was her second year. The instructor was amazed and asked how we felt about moving her up to a more advanced class. Jason and I had been thinking that she needed a little more of a challenge, but were worried that maybe that was just us being "proud parents". Guess we were right. Next week she will start taking an hour long gymnastics class and then an hour and a half dance class. The owner of the studio said that she was a natural!

Julianna had a great weekend with her Papa and Nanny. They went shopping, colored, played at the playground- pretty much did anything that the princess wanted. She is having a hard time adjusting to real life now! Here are just a couple really cute pictures from this weekend.

Teacher Conference

We have had a busy week this week. Tuesday morning Jason went to a parent conference with Julianna's teacher, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson said that Julianna was a sweetheart. She said that she is doing a great job in school learning her numbers and letters. Mrs. Johnson also said that sometimes throughout the school day she will feel a little body standing beside her and it will be Julianna standing beside her wanting a hug. How could she not be the teacher's pet?
Oh, and just so everyone knows- when Julianna turns 5 years old, she won't be scared of "nothing". Not lions, tigers or bears- not even lightening! (that lightning thing is a big one).

Great Grandmas

We had a really fun weekend with lots of visits with grandmas. Friday evening we went to dinner with Grammie, Grandma Campbell, Grandmother Leete and Uncle Scot. Julianna said that three grandmas was not that many- coming from a girl that got 5 new ones this summer! I think that the highlight of her evening was making her own ice cream sundae! Julianna didn't have too much to say to Uncle Scot, but after finishing her ice cream the shyness started to wear off. Funny how we are so much more sociable after a little sugar. After dinner Grammie took Goose out and bought her a new dress with ballerinas on it that Julianna picked out herself.
Saturday Julianna spent the night with Grandma Fran. They made snicker doodles and watched The Wizard of Oz movie two times. Goosie said that she wished that Dorothy was real so that she could meet her. We went to the grocery store this evening and serenaded everyone around with the "lullaby league" song.

Sweetness

Hi all! Julianna and I had a fun afternoon together. I picked her up from school and she wanted to go to her favorite store, Target, to buy a toy (imagine that). Instead I talked her into going home and making brownies. The one thing that she loves more than a new Barbie is chocolate. We had fun licking the bowl- as you can see. We just got a little chocolate on the new "convertible" (aka reversible) dress that Grammie got her. Oh, and tonight Julianna volunteered to say the grace at dinner (never before). She prayed for Jesus to tell Papa and Nanny that she loves them and she also prayed for all of the sick people in the hospital. She is so thoughtful. What sweetness!!!

Dancing Queen

Last night Julianna had dance/gymnastics class. She really looks forward to it every week. She takes the class with her friend Emma, although both are too shy to speak to each other, they still
seem to enjoy seeing each other. Before dance we went for dinner at Quiznos. As any mom knows, any quick place that serves a free dessert and toy with the purchase of some semi-healthy food (Sun Chips are healthy, right?) is a thumbs-up. We took a couple quick pics of Goose posing before class.

We're New at This

Okay, here we go...I am a new blogger, but we really want to keep family up-to-date with how everything is going in the life of our ever changing Goose. She is doing really well in school- everyone tells us that she is "so well behaved". She brings home a smiley face everyday and has never had to turn her card to yellow- we are very proud.

We had a really fun/chilly weekend in Ohio. Julianna spent a lot of time hanging out with her Nanny, Papa, Aunt TT, and cousin Dawson (who she enjoys bossing around). It was Dawson's 3rd birthday, so we enjoyed the awesome (and very Martha) dinosaur party that Tara planned. It is always hard to leave Ohio and her family, but in only two weeks Nanny will be visiting and getting in some quality time with Goosie. She is already counting down the days.