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here's one of mimi's pictures. she drew this one last month. i especially love the that she included a dog door in the house and added stubble to the picture of daddy. the front steps and the people looking out the windows are a nice touch! she is able to spell quite a few words on her own by sounding them out. as long as they are spelled exactly as they sound, she is fine. she can also write the word "you" on her own even tho that isnt an easy word to spell sounding out. (the first time she tried to spell it she just wrote U).

here's another picture she made last month. i like the flowers she drew. she later added bees.

here is mimi making something with icing. i have begun working on her castle cake for her bday and she saw me working and wanted to 'help.'




















here's the design i came up with for mimi's bday cake. i tried out some different colors. i think i like the muted colors, but think the brighter colors will be more fun.

hopefully i'll be able to focus on getting this cake done. lately i just keep thinking about the baby. only one more week before we go in for our ultrasound...we'll hopefully get a view of the baby's sex. i can't wait!!!

mimi saw a little girl her age, pushing a stroller with her little brother in it and she really wanted a chance to push the baby in the stroller. i assured her that she will get to do that when she becomes a big sister.

on the way home from school mimi read traffic signs...she read 'way' on the one way sign, and 'exit' off the 495 exit ramp.

last week, mimi's preschool had Picture day. the teacher told the kids a photographer was someone who took pictures and mimi informed the teacher, "just like my mom." over the weekend mimi also told me that when she grew up, she wanted to teach people how to make cakes, "just like my mommy."

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