Booby Who?

Hannah has a new friend named Booby. Yes, you read correctly the name is Booby. About two weeks ago Hannah just started talking to someone only she can see. According to Hannah, Booby is apparently her sister but she is a boy. Booby likes to play outside (that's why Hannah keeps opening and closing the doors all the time), drive the car, and have tea parties. I keep thinking Booby will go away as magically as she/he appeared but no luck so far. Since it looks like Booby is here to stay, I'm trying to take advantage of the situation. I've been telling Hannah that Booby can use the potty and hopefully Hannah will follow Booby's lead.

Special Visitor

We had a special guest visiting us last week - Uncle Dan. It was fun spending some time with Uncle Dan. We jammed in lots of fun in Dan's short visit. He was able to attend Alex's party, played dominos with Alex, read to Hannah, and visited Granny Fisher with us. For some reason Hannah kept calling Dan "Mr. Jeff" but right about the time he left she finally figured out that "Mr. Jeff" is really Uncle Dan. Hannah and Alex have asked me several times "Where's Uncle Dan". Hopefully we'll be able to see Uncle Dan and the rest of the Walls' later on this year. Until then we'll just keep up with the Skype.

Alex is Five

We celebrated Alex's 5th Birthday last weekend and Alex had a blast. We debated about having the party at Chuck E Cheese, the bowling alley, House of Bounce and finally decided on our house. We were going to rent a moonbounce but realized that we could spend just a bit more and actually buy one - so now we have a moonbounce. Alex really wanted a "bull dog" themed party but I couldn't find all the party accessories with bull dogs on them so we simply had a dog party. We had about 15 kids, some siblings and some parents. Alex even had a special guest at his party - Uncle Dan! Fun was had by all - the kids played pin the tail on the dog, find the dog bone, hot dog, and swatted at a bone shaped pinata but they all loved the moonbounce the best. I have to say that the party was a huge success.

Big Girl Bed

Hannah has made the transition to a big girl bed a few weeks ago. We said goodbye to the crib and hello to the daybed. Hannah made the transition very easily. She hasn't fallen out or even wandered out of her room after the "last good-night". I packed up all the baby bedding, curtains, etc. and replaced it with pink ballerinas and butterflies - Hannah insists on pink. I can't believe how quickly Hannah has grown out of the baby stage. Hopefully we'll be waving goodbye to the diapers soon, too.