The Julianna Chronicles: May 6, 2010

We've had a really big week! Got to spend time with family and friends. So much fun!

Louise and "baby John" came over on Saturday and we went over to the college for a lovely walk, and stumbled upon a festival they were having in down town Davidson. Jules LOVED riding a little kiddie train and going down a big bouncy slide. Julianna just dotes on Baby John. I think that they are going to have a very sweet relationship.

Saturday evening we went over to Granddaddy and Grandmama's house and spent the night. We went over and visited Great Grandma Brown at the nursing center on Sunday morning.

My grandmother, aunt (dad's sister), and cousin Brittany came in town on Sunday. We spent the day Monday lazing around and visiting, but then went out to a really nice dinner Monday evening. This was a white tablecloth, no children's menu kind of place, so I was a bit concerned that Julianna was going to have a hard time. Well, I needn't have worried. She was amazing! She sat in her seat for nearly 2 hours without once complaining or even whining. I was so darn proud. Really, it is hard to imagine many other 3 year olds accomplishing this feat. I think everyone was suitably impressed.

Also, Dada's birthday was this week. Jules insisted on making him a special "'nilla cake with 'nilla icing and 'nilla sprinkles". I really tried to let her do most of the work. Sorry Ryan, there might be a few egg shells in the cake... She also accidentally dumped all but the three eggs we needed on the floor. Eek! It was miraculous that 3 eggs stayed in the carton. Shew. Julianna promptly told me that "accidents happen and that's ok". I couldn't help but laugh it was SO cute.

A couple of Julianna stories:

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Sometimes when Julianna is playing with Mimi, she doesn't like me to horn in. She likes to have Mimi all to herself and doesn't want me around to spoil their fun (correcting her grammar or reminding her to use her manners, etc). The other day we were over at my parents' house and I went upstairs to check my email. When I came back downstairs, Julianna said, "Go back upstairs Mama. Me and Mimi are playing." I said no and that that wasn't very nice, and I thought that was the end of that. Several minutes later Julianna came up to me and said, "Hey Mama, I want to show you something upstairs". I totally was like, "ok, sure", not suspecting a thing. She took me upstairs to the computer and had me sit down and then started to walk away. I said, "What did you want to show me?" She said, "Just stay right there." then she walked out the door and down the steps without a backwards glance. That little rascal lured me upstairs under false pretenses to get rid of me! Wow. That kid knows how to make a mom feel good... but I have to admit, I was a little impressed.

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The other day when Louise and Baby John were visiting we were going out to the car to ride over to the college and I ran back behind the condo to throw away my trash. Julianna stayed with Louise and when I came back around the corner Julianna said, "Look Weezie, it's Sarah." Hee! It just cracked me up. It's like she knew that Louise called me Sarah, so that's the name she used.

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When we were visiting Grandmama and Granddaddy last weekend, Julianna went into the bathroom while Grandmama was blow drying her hair. I guess she grabbed a handful of q-tips and disappeared. Grandmama called the next day and said that she is finding q-tips next to all of her house plants (there are a lot of them). When Ryan asked Julianna why she put them there, she said "they are all pointing towards the plants". Hmmm. I wonder what that means.

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I was sitting at my desk and Julianna came in and stood next to me. There was a bag of gummy bears on my desk. Without saying a word Julianna looked at me and waited to make sure I made eye contact. She then looked at the gummy bears and licked her lips. Then she looked back at me and raised her eyebrows, then looked back at the gummy bears and licked her lips again. It cracked me up! She, of course, got a couple of gummy bears!

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Ok, last one. I was taking a shower and Julianna ran in and threw back the shower curtain and screamed "Mama, Mama!", scaring me half to death. When I composed myself, I asked her what she wanted. She said in the most excited tone, "Can I have a real live baby bunny rabbit? PLEASE??!!" Hee. What a hoot that kid is!

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