These are your sweet little 2 and 1/2 year old swimming foot prints.

You couldn’t wait to get out on a boat on the “swimmin’ pool” called the lake.

Uncle Jim is out there in that sailboat!

This is 3-year old little Gracie. You and she had a FANTASTIC time! Let’s seei if I can get this right. Gracie’s Daddy (Tibor) is Jim’s nephew — his sister Andi (& Ti)’s son. Andi and Ti (Tibor II) are the one’s who live in Tennessee. Liz and Tibor, Gracie and Baby Tibor are AWESOME! We had such a fantastic time getting to know them!!

We also had the wonderful privilege of hanging out with Judi’s sister Karen, her husband Dick and their daughter Allison. This is you with Allison!

This little skateboarder is Baby Tibor… Check him out!

This is Lily – Libby’s daughter Wendy’s daughter. Wendy was there too! What a fantastic time!

After Gracie came out in a pretty skirt, Maya and I asked Judi if she happened to have a pretty dress in size 2T. Of course she had a “pretty dress!” She pulled a “pretty dress” out of her closet, grabbed a ribbon out of a drawer, and we were all set! Aunti Judi ROCKS!!

All Judi’s Girls!! Allison, Gracie and you are all Judi and Jim’s Godchildren!

(Still playing catch-up on the blogging…)

The weekend of August 11 we visited Daddy’s family in Ohio – your Grandma Tatro’s family – at Jim and Kelly’s house. We were only there from Saturday to Sunday, but we had a fantastic time and wished we could stay longer.

FOUR GENERATIONS! How Special!

Horses! What fun!

Family… gotta love them!

it’s so hard to say goodbye…

We had the BEST TIME!! Thanks Kelly and Jim and everyone else! We love you!

Let’s do it again soon!

I’m going to try to catch up a bit on the blogging I missed out on this summer. You did so many fantastic things that I don’t want us to forget!

So the focus for today’s blog is our trip to Seneca Park Zoo. You and your daycare friends had a wonderful field trip to the zoo on June 22. You and I drove separate and met your friends there, and we had a fanTAStic time! At the end of the day, you rode back on the BUS!! You LOVE the bus! [Mommi gets a bit nervous about the safety of the bus, but that is a whole ‘nuther story ; ) ]

Here are some picture highlights:

Maya S, your teacher Bonnie, Marlie and you!

You absolutely LOVE the bus!

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Hey there Peanut –
We hung out together today – how wonderful… We didn’t do anythign special, but sometimes that is special in itself. The morning was a bit of a bomb- we tried to check out a gymnasitcs studio for you, but the person we were supposed to meet didn’t show up. Then we were supposed to buy flowers for my graduate student (her birthday is Monday and she has been going through a hard time) but after we found a parking spot, we learned that the florist went out of business and was replaced by a hardware store… looked around a bit, but we realized we didn’t really need anything from the hardware store… so we took the free popcorn and headed on our way. Then we went on a search for a new diaper bag and cereal bowls – also with no luck. We ended up sharing mac & cheese and hot dogs at Friendly’s and headed home. We took a long nap together which was very sweet. When we woke up, so did Daddy!! (What a treat!) We shared ice cream together and went to the play ground before Daddy had to head back to work for one more night.

We had a playdate, a picnic and a mishap.

We met Judi and Jim for a playdate and a picnic. While we were eating, you decided to climb up on a neighboring picnic table, and you slipped and fell head first to the cement floor. You cried a short bit and then you were off playing again.

Isn’t it amazing how beautiful you are even with a few bruises?

I love you to pieces Peanut. You are such a strong, happy girl! What a joy you are to me and everyone you meet!

*Mommi

Today at daycare you read these books:
* The Bunny Book
* The Big Wide-mouthed Frog

Did these activities:
* Puzzles
* Musical instruments
* Threaded pipe cleaners into spools (fun!)
* Outside spray bottles
* Swings, sand box and bikes

And sang these songs:
* Bumble Bee
* Ants go marching
* Swimming song
* A Rum tum tum
* Happy Birthday
* Turtle in the Box

You “enjoyed our lunch – pizza pockets and salad – Maya ate it all!”

Your teachers wrote this about you today:

Maya has had two wonderful days. She loves to swing and spent quite a while at it today. She was an active and fun participants with our instruments and marching songs at circle time. She demonstrated a very sweet side while engaging one of the Beeches (6 – 12 month olds) at play in the sand box – She offered hugs and gifts to one little boy in particular with a kind gentleness. It was a very nurturing attitude. She had no idea she was being watched!

We’re so proud of you! We love you to pieces!

Strong Museum playdate with Marissa

Hanging out with “hA-nah…” She’s the BEST!

Okay, so it’s been 20 long days since I have written to you on your blog. So much has happened… and you have been such an incredible part of all of it. Even while I was gone on my conferences, the best part of my day was my chats with you on the phone and showing your pictures off to everyone I know! : )

Let’s see… I will post something about each of these:
* Your Easter with Judi’s family
* My conference in Chicago
* A quick little trip home to see you
* My conference in New Orleans
* Playdates
* Gymboree – our first class

Whew… It doesn’t seem possible that we could have done so much in less than 3 weeks. Okay, buckle up! Here we go…

“Maya had a lot of fun today. She was very tired for nap. She was jumping all around the downstairs muscle room. Maya was very cuddly with her teachers. She is a sweetheart.”

[I know.]