Just Jessie

Friday, March 22, 2013

Party Number Two!

Jessie's kiddie party was held at a local place called Party Mania. They decorated their own chef hats, made their own individual pizzas, got face painted, and danced up a storm. They all had a great time!

Our little princess

Making the pizza

Daddy's helping

Time to do the Hokey Pokey

Dancing up a storm

Jessie with the other princess

The second Hello Kitty cake

Blowing out the candles

The three of us - Happy Birthday Jessie!

Jessie's 4th birthday

Still playing catch up. Phew!

I'm a big girl now!

with Daddy

Jessie and her cousin James with cousins, Luke and Justin

She loves Hello Kitty

Blowing out the candle

With Mom and Dad

Hello Kitty again...

and again...

With Mommy

November and December

Our beautiful Jessie

Christmas pic photo

Christmas Eve 2012

Christmas morning - now if she would only look into the camera!

Ripping it open

Daddy and Jessie

A new Barbie

A new Dora for the tub

Jessie made this in school for me. I teared up when I opened it.

Me and my girl

One of her favorite presents - the Minnie cash register

The three of us

So, so, so behind...on posts...

I cannot believe it's been so long since I've last posted. All I can say is life has certainly taken over and it's been a busy few months. In September, Jessie continued in nursery school. She's with the 3 year olds now (even though she's 4) because her birthday is January and she missed the cutoff. She's doing really well and she loves school. We also had a whirlwind of friend's birthday parties (Annie, Chloe, Renee). Then came the Halloween that wasn't (due to superstorm Sandy) and the countdown to Christmas. January was Jessie's birthday, so we had a family celebration in the house and a kiddie party at a local place, Party Mania. February we had a snowstorm and the annual Lunar New Year party. Here are pics from September and October:

Jessie's first time on a pony

At Annie's birthday party

First day of school 2012

Jessie with Mrs. Biegler and Mrs. Barnes

At the Dora the Explorer show with Dora and Boots

Finally, PIGTAILS!

Jessie and Daddy going down the big slide at Bounce U

At Renee's birthday party

Jessie in her 'good' witch costume - Halloween 2012

Jessie and her best friend, Annie, trick or treating

Monday, October 22, 2012

If it’s August, it must be Boston…

August started off in a great way. Jessie has been taking swimming lessons at Saf-T-Swim for over a year and she finally received her ribbon for Level 2 – Sea Lion status. Yay! I was so proud of her. I’m thankful that she enjoys swimming and she has been lucky to keep the same instructor since she began. Now she’s working on moving up to Level 3, but she is starting to be a little stubborn with Miss Heather. (She’s at the age where if she doesn’t want to do something, she won’t!) Hopefully, it won’t take another year to get through the next level.

In the second week, we drove up to Boston for 6 days. We decided to stay fairly local for this vacation and wanted to just drive somewhere. Luckily, we had never really spent time in Boston before, so we were able to use some of our timeshare points and stay at a Marriott up there. It was a great hotel, right near the wharf and on the Freedom Trail, so it was very convenient to all things historical. We also took a drive to visit the witches in Salem (totally touristy) and another side trip up to Kennebunkport for high tea with the Bushes (yeah, right!). Kennebunkport is a cute town, lots of restaurants and cute shops. After that, we stopped over in Portland to see the Portland Sea Dogs (which is a minor league baseball team).

We’ve come to the conclusion that Jessie is a really good little traveler. She didn’t mind the long drives and for the most part, didn’t even want to watch her DVDs. Plus, she managed to walk a lot of the Freedom Trail with us (okay, maybe part of it on John’s shoulders). Wink, wink.

Here are a few photos: