Hi Everybody! I'm 4! Yes, finally I'm 4! I've waited all year and it's finally here. Though, now that I'm 4 there are a few things that I'm not so happy about....
No one told me the pitfalls of turning 4... The excuse of "I don't know" doesn't work as well at 4 as it did at 3! Neither does "it was an accident." Speaking of accidents, it's big boy pants all of the time now! No more Pull-Ups now that I'm 4. That means I can't be a little lazy when I'm busy and not get to the bathroom in time, if ya know what I mean! I don't get away with crying to get my way either...I just go straight to the time-out chair! Ugh! (Mommy and I are pictured above just before we went to see a magic show!)
And, did you know that 4 year olds get homework??? Yes, I have homework each night to work on! (Here I am pictured above on my first day of school in Pre-K!) Actually I enjoy homework time with Daddy, well most of the time. He's a little impatient. But I love, love, love my school and my teachers. And, I'm learning to read! I even had math homework last week. And the kids in my class are really cool and we have so much fun together. Mommy and Daddy are very happy that they chose The Reading Ranch. I even stay later a few afternoons a week, sometimes staying for the reading tutoring. And, they are flexible if Mommy needs to bring me to school an extra day during the week because of her job.
Now back to being 4....let me tell you about my great week of celebrations! First, Mommy got cupcakes for my class and put airplanes on all of them for me to take to school to share with my friends. She also sent my picture in to The Sunny Side Up Show on Sprout PBS and I was on National TV on the day of my birthday! See the video clip below where Daddy recorded it!
Abuela flew in on my real birthday on Thursday, September 4th and stayed through the weekend to be here for my party on Saturday. First Mommy bought a cake for my real birthday and we went out to dinner with Abuela. I got my very own digital camera and a Big Wheel!
We had the big party at Uncle Tommy and Naynay's house in Southlake, where Tony the Pony lives. (Here I am, above, with Grandma and Abuela at my birthday party.) All of my friends came over to ride my pony and to play in this huge bounce house and water slide that Mommy rented for us to play in! I heard Mommy and Naynay (Renee) giggling that they tried out the slide after it was delivered the night before- yikes! Visions of two old mommies in the dark playing in the water and sliding are not what a kid wants to think about! Thanks to everyone that came to my party and all of the wonderful presents that you gave me! You just have to see all of the cool pics! Click here to see the photo album.
A few weeks after Abuela left, Abuelo (Garabet Vaneskahian) came for a visit. They don't like to travel together- they don't like to share me! I'll have to talk to them about sharing....you know, I have to go to the time out chair when I don't share! Anyway, "Abu" hit town and it was a none-stop party! He's loads of fun! He and Daddy brought pizza and cookies for my class and had lunch with us one day. You can see the photos in our photo album. Click here.
Then we went to the Plano Balloon Festival and watched the balloons launch. As we were leaving we saw some of the balloons landing. Abu jumped out of the car and ran over to help the crew wrestle the big balloon to the ground. It was great! He sure looked like he knew what he was doing! And, just when Mommy thought she'd had all of the fun she could stand for one day, we spent another two hours at Chuck E. Cheese's playing games! Woohoo! What a day!
The rest of the weekend was just as busy and went by too fast! I really miss my Vaneskahian family and my Llabona cousins. There's great news though, Mommy and Daddy just booked airline tickets for the first week of November for us to make a week-long visit to Orlando to see everyone and even spend a day at DisneyWorld! I can't wait, and I'll be asking them EVERYDAY, "how much longer until we leave???"
While Abu was here, Grandma and John Daddy delivered my "big boy" bed. Daddy and Abu moved all of my baby furniture out of my room. Mommy posted it on Craigslist Saturday morning about 10am, and at 1:30pm the same day a buyer came and bought it all! She loves Craigslist! John Daddy spiffied up the boat bed that he and Uncle John built for my cousin, J.D. It looks like a vintage Chris Craft boat. It's pretty cool. Now I have it in my room! I love having J.D.'s old bed too, because I love J.D.! Now Mommy is going to paint my room and hang up new curtains and nautical "stuff." And she took the curtains and things from my nursery and used them to redecorate the guest room. I'll show you new pictures when she gets it all finished.
Well folks, that's all for now! I've got homework to finish, a Big Wheel to ride and some airplanes to fly before the end of my weekend! I hope you've had a good weekend to and have a great week ahead. I love ya!
~Marty a.k.a. Jean-Martin Garabet Vaneskahian
To see all of our latest photos, including my birthday party, go to http://flickr.com/photos/vaneskahian/sets/
