If you could go swimming every day you would and we tried to do just that at the "play pool" and the "shark pool." We had so much fun running around in the water and playing with your water toys. You have so many fun ideas of what we can play and yet have the maturity to be independent and play by yourself which shows your creativity. You went to day camp twice a week and did so many awesome projects and got to play with Ella and Molly your two best friends. Mondays were gymnastics which you loved and you really like the bars so you can hang! We had your first dance recital and you did so well, you will continue with dance but you let me know you just want to go to the recital. I believe being on stage has brought on your new favorite hobby which is asking for us to to get everyones attention by saying, "Announcing dancing Charli," to which you dance around and sing and when you are finished you say "clap now." This take place multiple times during the day and in many different outfits which I will write about because your outfits should have their own blog and one day they just might. You also went to a splash pad and did a great job hitting a pinata at Davis's birthday party. Every party we went to this summer you met new friends and had such a great time. I think this summer was a blast for you from the Pietrowski pool to the Long Grove fests to the U of I wrestling reunion party and the turtle races; where you won a Sox hat-- there was always something fun to do. You even had your first real babysitters with Charlee, Robyn, Nina, and Arlene and you did your nails with everyone of them! How fun!!!! Not to mention you saw your first movie in the theater, Inside Out, but you were more outside the theater than in. The movies you really love are Monsters University, The Sandlot, Toy Story 3, and Teen Beach 2. I'd say you have great taste in cinema.
Oh and as a big sister. I continue to brag, you are top notch. You are teaching Danica to walk and talk and you let us know you can help because you are the big sister. The two of you just laugh at each other and what adoring mirrored blue eyes you have for one another. The high pitched scream wars the world could do with out, but boy do you giggle after. I couldn't be more in love with you both....
Charli you are absolutely something special. You write your name, you know all your letters, you can count "so high in the sky." You are even a great handicapper at that track! You love to play waitress and tell us you don't have certain items or they are " a lil bit spicy." Yesterday you said you have to go potty and then you'll be back to take our order. You are such an individual with your own thoughts, your own likes, and a strong sense of self. You change your clothes whenever you want or 100 times per day and prefer to wear swim suits all the time. You accessorize your outfits with headbands, bracelets, and necklaces, and have to have nail polish and lip stick as well as a purse; which you just hoard stuff in to and take wherever we go. The lip stick addiction you pass on to others by asking to put it on them or by stealing a kiss from someone with lipstick you like so that it will be on your lips. I am sure you will have your own fashion line at some point. You let me know just the other day while standing in a completely accessorized outfit and so proud of how you looked that you are "stylish." I can't help but smile in amazement every time I think of you. You are a beautiful little girl inside and out. Your vocabulary is awesome, you asked Grandma if she's like to "join us "while we were playing a game, you are so kind and honest. Everything is so simple and innocent. We went fishing in the back yard and you just kept asking "where are the fish?" I am with you honey after 2 minutes and no fish time to move on to something new. Nothing like a girl who knows what she wants and has no time for waiting. You are able to brush your own teeth, go potty by yourself, and sleep in your big girl bed. You like to drink from a cup with no lid but you'd prefer your water bottle---it is Hello Kitty and so is your back pack:) You are a clock work eater of cereal, quesadillas, buttered noodles, goldfish, cheese, yogurt, fruit snacks, and green beans. It doesn't get more "what" than that, but I will take it. I can only hope every day you will eat your hot lunch at school, fingers crossed.
I know school is the window to to all the new opportunities and adventures that lie ahead. We are already lined up with swim, gymnastics, soccer, and dance come fall. I can only hope every day you wake up with a smile on your face and go to bed even happier with a bigger smile. I hope I am someone who makes you proud and that you feel my love 1000 times more than the 1000 times I tell you every day. You are my dream come true. I am so excited for every thing you are going to teach me. I will make sure we slow down and stop and smell the roses I want to cherish every moment I have with you, my special girl. I love you my tooka rocka pooka peeke monkey monka moo...in the zoo.
