Well, I'm in a big girl bed now.  Daddy took the front of my jail cell off, now I can get out any time I want.  At least now my chances of getting hurt while doing so are pretty slim.  I didn't nap again today.  I'm afraid my Mommy is going to take the few toys that I do have in my room away.  She said she's going to give me one more chance tomorrow, but if I'm playing instead of napping then she's going to come in and take my toys.  She told me that I should sleep so that I can wake up with more energy and I won't get as cranky around dinner time as I have been lately.  But she also told me that even if I don't sleep that it is still quiet time and I need to stay on my bed.  It's okay to read my books and listen to some quient music, but that is all.  We'll see how it goes tomorrow. 

Mommy and I thought we would tell you a few things about me, just because we were thinking about how special I am.  Here we go...

1.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE animals!  Cats, Dogs, Cows, Hippopotamus' it doesn't matter, I love them all.
2. I love hugs.  Getting them or giving them is fine with me.
3. I don't have a mean bone in my body and it really upsets me when someone isn't nice.
4. Some of my facial expressions are really funny!  I have this one look that I've been giving lately...Mommy calls it "Crazy Eyes".  She's hoping to get a picture of it, but I haven't let her yet.
5. I love to be sung to. Mommy has been singing to me since I was in her tummy.  There are a few special songs that are my absolute favorites.
6. I love to dance.  If I hear music I will start bopping my head or lightly bouncing up and down.  I can't wait until I can take dance lessons.  Mommy says there are so many different types that I can try...like...tap, ballet, irish step, hip hop and a bunch more.  I wonder which one I will like the best.
7. When my Daddy comes home from work each day...I don't want to have anything to do with Mommy anymore.  I want Daddy to hug me and hold me, at least until dinner is ready.  That is really hard because I'm not allowed in the kitchen when the stove is on.

I think that's about all for now.  I'm sure there will be more at some point.

Wasps are mean!  Mommy and I were outside playing today and a mean old wasp came over and stung me on my chest.  Can you believe that?  I was in my pool playing and wasn't even bothering it, but it had to pick on me anyway.  I started screaming so Mommy ran over and grabbed me then started running inside.  As we were running inside Mommy looked at the top of my head and the darn wasp was staring at her!  Of course she swished it away, but it still didn't make me feel better.  Once we got in side Daddy got the cornstarch so Mommy could make a paste and put it on the sting.  They're not sure exactly why it helps, but they think it could neutralize the venom.  All I know is that I started to feel better.  Then Daddy gave me some Ibuprofen to help with the swelling and stuff.  The upside to this is that I got to watch TV.  I don't get to do that much, so that was a plus...right?  After I went down for my nap, Mommy went out and killed all of the wasp nests under the deck.  She tried getting all of the wasps she could, but there was only one guarding each nest.  Mommy doesn't like to use poisons so she just used the hose to knock down the nests and then she smashed them with her foot.  She said that works well for the wasps too because when they're wet they can't fly.  Today she got rid of a total of 12 wasp nests of varying sizes.  2 were on the deck and 10 were under it!  Thank goodness she didn't get stung.  She decided that each morning or each night she's going to go around and check for wasp nests so that we don't get so many again.  Those 12 popped up pretty quick though, so she can't miss a day.  I just don't want to get stung ever again.