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WHAT??

For height ... yes, expected.
For weight ... is that a typo??

Nope that is what Julia's stats were at her 4 year old well child check yesterday.
Ironically she doesn't weigh 40 pounds yet. That means she is still sitting in the same car seat. That's fine, gives us more time to find a booster seat (thought we'd found 1 on Craig's List, but it was gone quickly!).

Julia always has been tall & lean. Hopefully she will continue to be healthy despite her random eating style & mad crazy fast metabolism.

Oh, well, that's Julia! : )

Nutcracker ballet

Julia's birthday present from Grandma Bonnie was a treat for 3 generations.
The ballet for child, mother, grandmother was a date after church & lunch at Sitar Indian restaurant & was lots of fun! All dressed up in dresses & tights (2 of 3 of us were wearing tights!). : )

After intermission where we hung out in the lobby & watched people at the fountain, we returned to our seats.  I didn't hear this comment at the time, but my mom told me later that Julia, looking quite puzzled, said "what are we doing back here?" Priceless! So Julia. She thought the performance was over & I can understand it. It could have ended at that point & worked for me.

Another funny comment was about a male dancer's attire.
"He's wearing tights ... and you can see his _______ (accurately named male anatomy)." Such frank honesty!

Overall maybe this will become a family tradition though there was lots of Julia saying "what's going to happen next?" : )

funny julia comments

There are SO many funny statements Julia makes.
Many start with "Parents ..." or "My husband ..."
Really! Seriously! : )

These are some recent ones!

12/14/12 her annual birthday date with Uncle Mike
They were at the mall.
"Mike - you look cute in that shirt."
To a mannequin, holding his hand - "I like him."


12/13/12 after Family Math Night at my school

Talking about 1 of the teachers who she knows as Becca - "she is so nice."

While playing cards with Pre-k students - "Alright give me all your jacks."

Not sure of the date, happens quite often lately
To Mommy & Daddy when responding to Jacqueline's gibberish with nonsense words
"Don't do that, talk to her, she's learning."
Disclaimer: we used to say that to Julia when she cries or talks like a baby instead of a big girl in front of Jacqueline ... ahh, the student becomes the teacher.

HILARIOUS! : )

12-12-12

JSS is 11 months old yesterday
Cool numbers!

If you didn't know it, I'm a numbers geek.
Like JSS' birthdate is 1-11-12.
1-2-3 if you add those numbers individually or if you add the 1 + 11 that = 12 same as the year or 1 + the other 1's = 3 which equals the 1+2 in 12 which also is 3.

I've probably already written about it, but I like finding fun associations with numbers.

4 year old Julia

4 glorious years with Julia

We had another fun family birthday at home again this year.
No other friends, no big organized fiesta at an expensive play place or fancy decorated cake. We enjoyed attending those parties as well as some at the child's home - a good variety of experiences.

Julia's request was to make cupcakes together this year, not the typical applesauce cake. She is getting older & of course has her opinions. She wanted chocolate, but I said no so we had lemon. They were yummy! Julia also wanted pizza which we ordered from Castrillo's.

Next year I'm thinking we might reserve the meeting room at the Y - it's affordable& convenient & good parking.

She'll be 5 & we can invite 5 friends. That means about 20 people though because of parents ... surely I can handle that. : )