Travelling at the Speed of Life Part Deux ⇒
God this post is so old. I never got it up on the blog so I'm posting it as is a good number of months after it was written Daniella. Oh my Sunny D. My unexpected Gift. Daniella turned 4 on April 7. She is a bright and energetic little person. She hasn't stopped bouncing since she could walk. Erin and I often think about how much we will miss it when she no longer bounces when she's excited about something but so far, she still does it. In September she started preschool at the Recreation Centre near our house with Karen and Jen. Karen used to be Colleen's assistant. Daniella likes her teachers a lot. Unfortunately, a rather serious situation occurred which resulted in Karen losing her lead instructor position and us going through a number of weeks wondering what happened and only hearing that they were looking for a new lead instructor to help Karen and Jen in the classroom. There would be 3 teachers. First we had Sandra. Then we had Kay. Kay used to work with Colleen too. We liked her a lot but Kay recently got her teaching degree and eventually got a full time position teaching in Burnaby. Now we have Jeannie. We like her a lot....you're probably noticing the trend that Daniella likes all her teachers a lot. This has made all these changes, which could have been extremely difficult for someone her age, no problem! Daniella and Elise were unicorns for Halloween. Daniella got absolutely SOAKED with sweat running from house to house as she approaches most things in life...full on! For Christmas this year Daniella had her heart set on a pink dolphin stuffy she saw at the aquarium gift shop. She asked Santa for it which meant that I went all the way to the aquarium to buy it for her one day because I want my kids to believe that Santa will bring what they ask for. Not everything of course but for Daniella, the dolphin was the ONE THING. sigh. And speaking of stuffies...Daniella's collection is growing all the time. Her "Friends" as she calls them are all very special to her. Meet the friends: Woof Woof: her very favourite and most special. a little brown dog that Alex Woodruff gave her for Christmas when she was 1. Little Puppy: a gift for her 3rd birthday from our good friends the Dumonts because Daniella always played with the same small stuffed puppy at their house. Little Puppy looks a little different but no matter. Pinky: the pink and white dolphin Santa brought her. Grey White: Daniella saved her allowance to buy this little grey and white kitty in a purse. Hadda: the original friend. It's actually Linny the Guinea Pig from Wonder Pets. She couldn't say Hamster when she was 1. Myrtle the Turtle: a turtle that has a hard shell with holes in it that lights the night sky on her ceiling. I could go on and on but these are her most important friends and they all live in her bed and take turns being cuddled to sleep.