No Christmas Card Picture This Week

We took the kids to see Santa today. A friend told me that he would be at Longwood Estates until 2 pm. She told me this at 12 pm at the dance studio. Megan's class is done at 1 pm. On the way home I called daddy and asked if he could get Thomas up from his nap early and get his Christmas outfit on him ... cause we were going to get our Christmas pictures taken!!! They were both ready when we got home and I only had to strip Megan of her leotard, leave the tights on, and throw on Megan's Christmas dress and black shoes and we were ready to go!!!

Unfortunately, when we got there we realized that we had one coat between the four of us and it was a bit chillier then we thought. But hey, we can work around this! Two kids can fit into daddy's big warm leather jacket!

We arrived at 1:48 and we got in line immediately. These picture were taken while we were waiting in line to see Santa. This is the best of the dozen or so we took and they didn't make the cut for the Christmas cards.

At 1:53, 5 minutes after waiting in lines freezing our hinies off, this nice lady comes up and informs us that we are welcome to wait in line but AT 2 pm Santa has to take off. We may or may not make it, but we decided to take our chances.

During the car ride over and the whole wait in line we are talking this Santa thing up. Telling him what we want for Christmas, sitting on his lap, smiling for the camera. Both kids are super excited and can't wait to sit on Santa's lap.

Finally, at 1:58 Santa is in sight. Both kids freak out and there was no way in the world we were getting these kids anywhere near Santa and we had a line of about 5 couples who had less then 2 minutes to sit on Santa's lap and tell them their Christmas list so we did the nice thing and walked right on by. No, the kids did not get a candy cane and No, the kids did not get to make the ornament. No Santa, No candy cane, No ornament, No argument!!!


Now we were are all dressed up with no where to go. We remembered that last weekend, while playing at the beach there were several families on the beach taking their Christmas pictures. Ha, it's a nice sunny day ... let's go!

If we thought it was cold at Longwood Estates, that was nothing compared to the WINDY beach. This was the best of the bunch of the dozen or so pictures we took at the beach. It didn't make the Christmas card cut either.

Maybe next weekend ...

HaWowee

The other day on our way home from Splish Splash, a 700 acre water park here in Long Island, we had to stop by the grocery store to pick up some dinner makings. Megan was quite concerned about going grocery shopping in nothing but a swimsuit. We improvised and wrapped her beach towel around her waist in a makeshift skirt. She immediately started swinging her hips around and said 'mama, I'm a HaWowee dancer!!!'. Took us awhile, but we finally figured out that HaWowee was Meganese for Hawaii.

God Bless!!!

Can I have chee?

This is my very first post for Megan's blog site. I have begun to realize that I really do need to capture all of the funny, loving, wonderful things she says and does.

Today for lunch I was shredding some cheese to go over our left over tuna casserole. She asked me if she could have some cheese ... I said no ... then she asked in that cute voice of hers 'can I have one chee then please?'

Tiger Girl

Megan went to a birthday party for a little girl at her school. She came home looking like the world's most adorable tiger!
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These pictures were taken at our home in Long Island, NY

Progress Report

We had Megan's teacher conference with Mrs. Callegari this morning. Mrs. Callegari had nothing but positive things to say about our little miss.

2005-2006 School Year Progress Report

Social - Emotional Development

1. I can work and play with others. Check
2. I enjoy a variety of classroom activities. Check
3. I am learning to follow the classroom routine. Check
4. I can ask for help. Check
5. I am beginning to show control over my actions. Check
6. I show concern for my friends and the things around me. Check
7. I am happy most of the time. Check

Physical Development

8. I can use my large muscles to walk, run, jump, and climb. Check
9. I can use my small muscles to snip paper, paint with a large brush, do simple puzzles, and m ake controlled scribbles on paper. Check
10. I am starting to explore new tactile experiences. Check

Self Help

11. I am beginning to help myself by toileting and washing when reminded. Check
12. I am beginning to recognize and take care of my personal belongings. Check

Cognitive Development

13. I am becoming familiar with basic shapes. Check ... excellent - recognized circle, square, triangle & rectangle by pointing to them.
14. I am becoming familiar with primary colors. Check ... excellent - knows all primary and secondary colors ... except red-pink.
15. I am beginning to recognize my name in print. Check ... cal also print her name!
16. I can follow simple classroom directions. Check
17. My attention span is increasing. Check
18. I can use my words to express needs and wants. Check
19. I am learning and enjoying songs and finger plays. Check
20. I can retell a simple story. Check

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Megan is a very sweet girl. She seems to enjoy school and gets along well with her classmates. She is doing well both academically and socially. It is a pleasure having Megan in our class.

Thank You Grandma

Modeling the beautiful dress that Grandma bought her!

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Beautiful Girl!!!

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Pretty Princess!!!

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These pictures were taken at our home in Long Island, NY

Megan the Photographer

Sheba, the Wonder Dog!!!

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This pictures were taken by Megan at our home in Long Island, NY

Pretty Princess

This picture was taken at our home in Long Island, NY.

I love my Mommy

This is Megan being a photographer again. Not only did she take this picture of her mommy, but she made the beautiful necklace that mommy is wearing as well. Her mommy was thrilled beyond words to receive her first piece of Megan Jewelry!!!
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This picture was taken by Megan at our home in Long Island, NY.

Megan the Photographer

Megan loves to take pictures. This is a picture of her beta fish, Timmy.

This picture was taken by Megan at our home in Long Island, NY.

Where are the curls?!?

Who is this girl?!?

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No ... Seriously ... who is she?!?

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It's MEGAN!!!

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Where are the curls?!?

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I know, I miss the curls too ... but don't cry ... we'll get them back!!!

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Aunt Lacey came to stay with us for a couple of weeks and she is a whiz with that hair streightener. She may be good at it, but I prefer my little girl with curls. This picture was taken at our home in Long Island, NY

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday To You!!!

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May all your wishes come true!!!

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Beautiful birthday girl

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Megan and Cousin Bella ... Best Friends!!!

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Wink Wink Uncle Sam

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Peace

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Beautiful wrapping paper

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Cheese!

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Oh, just I wanted ... a sad little puppy!!!

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I really love my sad little puppy!!!

This picture was taken at Grandma and Grandpa's house on South Negley Ave in Pittsburgh, PA. Megan was soooo excited that she got to spend her special day with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Elizabeth, Uncle Sam, Aunt Lacey and Cousin Bella ... and Mommy and Daddy of course. To further celebrate her birthday we went to Chuck E Cheese the next day and she had an absolute ball. Unfortunately, the camera did not make that trip with us.

Pretty Girl

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Pretty girl needs a haircut

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This picture was taken to a show a friend how I put Megan's hair up with an under pony. It was taken at our home in Long Island, NY.

And After The Blizzard

* Getting ready to enjoy the fruit of the blizzard

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Fixin to go sledding

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Have to get it just right

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Here I gooooooo

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My Doggy, McKenzie

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A girl and her doggy

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A girl and her other doggy

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A girl and her other doggy take 2

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These pictures were taken at our home in Long Island, NY the day after a big blizzard.

Baby It's Cold Outside

These pictures were taken at our home in Long Island, NY. It was a real life blizzard. The wind was howling and it was bitter cold. We did not dare go outside in this weather.

Go Fly A Kite

Out for a day of fun

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It's Airborne

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Megan's in charge

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My daddy's a hotty (ok, momma wrote this one)

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Beautiful

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It's Going

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Whooo ... this is hard work

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But it's Fun!!!

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Whoohoooo!!!!

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These pictures were taken on the soccer field, the footbal field and the baseball field of Shoreham Middle School near our home in Long Island, NY

PS ... Mom was here and participating in the fun, she was just in charge of getting pictures for prosperity's sake.