Blue’s Clues Birthday Party

We were trying to figure out – What does Blue want for lunch?

We started with some cheese and crackers.  When cleaning up we noticed that the cheese was a clue!  We had to write that down in our handy dandy notebook!

We moved onto our second activity -  matching objects to their colors.  Oh, wow – the tomato sauce is our second clue!  Gotta write it down.

Mail time!  Mail’s here!  We did the dance.  Joy got a letter from her friends.

We moved onto working on our shapes.  We colored and put stickers on a square, a circle, and a rectangle.  While reviewing, we noticed that the circle was our third clue!  We had all three clues!  Marlissa was so cute!  She looked for clues.  She got so excited when she found a clue.

We went to our thinking chair!  Hmmm…what could Blue want for lunch with cheese, tomato sauce, and a circle.  PIZZA!!  We had to wait a few minutes for the pizza to arrive, so we opened presents.  Yea for pizza!

Our handy-dandy notebook and singing “Happy Birthday!”

listening to sister’s heartbeat (one of her presents) 

Our three clues

Happy 4th Birthday my Joy!

Blue's Clues Letter

Happy 4th Birthday Joy!!!

How has four years passed?

From this:                                                to this:

Today, especially, I think about your birthmother.  I hope that she and your twin brother are happy and well.  I hope that your brother had a wonderful birthday too!

For my Joy – all her favorites for her birthday:

Donuts for breakfast, a crown and bracelets from Bella’s nurse (after all, you are a diva, my love!)

Out to the mall for lunch and to buy a “birf-day bear” with Grandma and Grandpa Turpin’s birthday money.  (THANK YOU!!)

Playing in the food court:

Joy loves this song!!

 

Pizza for dinner! (what else?)

We got her four seasons of Blue’s Clues episodes.  We are going to have a small party next week. 

Our Joy, we love you so much!  We are so grateful you chose to join our family.  What joy you bring to us all! 

Joy’s Last Week of Preschool

The crazy things that Joy does – writing on my reminder board, drawing all over herself, and playing Star Wars with her sister.

More things that Joy does – practicing her “J” in shaving cream and helping to wash the van.

Preschool is over!  I was so sad her last day.  This is probably the only time she will be in a classroom with only “typically” developing peers.  She did well.  She grew.  She learned.  I am grateful to her preschool for taking a chance, for trying for Joy.  I am grateful that her teachers loved her.  I am grateful that she had a place where she felt comfortable.  Good-bye Cypress Creek Christian Preschool and Thank You!

Joy’s Week

Having fun with Speech Therapy and eating ice cream with her sisters.

Joy got quite the little goose egg on her noggin.

Since Joy has a summer birthday, we got to celebrate her birthday with her friends at school a little early on Friday.  We brought in chocolate cupcakes for snack.  It was also the Library field trip followed by a pizza party – big day!  Next Friday is the last day of school.  She has grown so much this year!  I am glad that she got to go to a “typical” preschool this year.