D, E, and G - yes, I know we skipped F...look at previous posts ;)

For D Josh took Kira on a DADDY DAUGHTER DATE for the whole DAY! She had a blast. We started as a family going out to lunch and playing at the mall. She DANCED DOWN the hall at the mall to the playland. Then they said goodbye to Rora and I and went to field DAY. The rest of that day and night and then even the next day was spent at field day. Maybe I can get Josh to update as to what went on there...but if not, then just know that it was fun! Rora and I even came down for a few hours and a potluck dinner and enjoyed it...I know!...I'm shocked too!!!!!
E! E was EXCITING! We EXERCIZED, then we ENJOYED ourselves as we got our ENVELOPES ready for mousekeeping(Disney World thing ;) While we did decorated(with confetti of course) we listened to 'When I see an ELEPHANT fly.' Since both Kira and I love planning our trip to DW it was ESPECIALLY fun for us. There is just something magical about vacations....especially to DW!
GAMES, GAMES and more GAMES! That is what we did for G! We had a GREAT GAME day. Started off by playing 'Don't eat Pete' then we had drink, GRAPE juice of course, in a GOBLET. Following that we played way to many rounds of Candyland - I only won once....Kira kicked my butt! She next chose to play Scrabble. I was a bit leary as to how I could make the game at her level, but it ended up being a lot of fun and we played for almost an hour. First, she drew a tile. Then thought up a word starting with that letter. Next we sounded out the word and found the letters to make it. Example - She chose A, then the word alligator. It took a bit to sound out alligator, but she got every sound and was able to find the letters. It was a blast! As a mom I enjoy seeing her knowlege grow. For our last game she chose Rummikub. (Yes, we have other 'kid' games, these are just the ones she chose...so get off my case!) We started by finding all the numbers 1-13 and putting them in order. Then we put them in groups of numbers - ie, find all the 8's. Or all the orange tiles. Numbers are harder for her to recall so this game was a bit harder for her than scrabble. Again, it surprised me because the numbers should be easier than letters...it looks like when we have finished the letters, we will review the numbers! Anyways, that was our last game. When we were done with it, she practiced writing G and did a wordsearch - looking only for the letter G. Following that we had a GOOEY GRAHAM cracker for snack. Delicious! (Graham cracker and marshmallow goo.) It was GRRREAT!