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Sun, Aug 31, 2008 5:07 PM
Arden turned THREE a week ago. How is that possible?

She's doing well, sassy as always. She requested trucks for her birthday and boy did people deliver, she is the proud owner of 4 (or more) new serious trucks as well as a matchbox track and car set that she absolutely loves. And that her dear Uncle and Mandy put together on the night of her birthday. Boy were we relieved not to have to do that!

She continues to have a seriously independent streak, which isn't exactly surprising, is it?

We're terrible at tracking milestones, but she talks a mile a minute and her brain is a scary, scary place that never forgets anything. Anything. She went to Fenway twice this summer, once for a game and once for the kids day at the park they do every year. She's a big fan of baseball. She started swimming this summer at the local Y and has absolutely no fear of the water. She jumps in without any thought...tells us to scoot back....is an underwater champ. Formal swim lessons will probably happen this fall, after all, we're training for her scholarship to Stanford (and the 2020 Olympics).

We head to Disney World this week -- we're pretty sure she won't want to leave. She constantly asks to go back to Canobie, which is just up the street from us. The kid loves her rides.

**I've uploaded pics and for whatever reason they are in a really screwy order...but it's a look at her 3rd birthday.

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joyleone@aol.com: Have a great time at Disney. It is hard to believe that Arden is 3. She is so cute. Love, Joy and JAck

shelli: Happy Birthday, big girl!

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Mon, Jul 21, 2008 9:09 PM
We're rocketing towards 3...only a month away, so hard to believe.

Grandma and Nonno are in town now, so Arden is running them off their feet for the next week and a half.

She regaled them today with her political knowledge (Hillary for President...mommy's not quite ready to call it quits on Hillary yet ;-) ).

She's quite the water lover, we go to the pool at the Y every weekend, she's fearless in the water, which is good and bad. We're thinking we should look at colleges with swimming scholarships. Stanford, perhaps.

A few new pictures are on their way.

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Lisa: You girls sure are quiet! YOu must be gearing up for that big #3 Birthday bash! I tried to reply to your email but I think its not going through. Hope to hear from you soon!!
Smooches!

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Sat, Jun 14, 2008 10:17 AM
As we were driving home last night, it was close to 9pm to it was dark and the moon was out. Arden was looking out the window, found the moon and said "you want to come home with us moon? okay, follow us home moon."

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Lisa: Wow a whole month??! I hope everyone is well. We miss the updates! Hope you got my package!
:)

Kate: Ok, cutest story ever!!!! She's a doll.

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Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:13 PM
Is it normal that our 2y9m little girl is trying to pee standing up these days?

Sigh.

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Lisa: Is that kind of like girl dogs lifting thier legs? heheee ;)

shelli: if that's what she sees all of her friends at daycare do...

That's why Malka wants the cars pull ups, and not the "little girl" ones. Her BFF's are all boys, so naturally, she wants to do what they do...

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Mon, Jun 2, 2008 11:53 PM
We just had a lovely visit with Grandma Joanne and Pops. Arden basked in the glow of being the only grandchild. She had her first swimming pool experience at their hotel and oh how she loved it. No fear at all. Her favorite thing was to climb out of the pool and jump back in (yes, I caught her) over and over and over.

We went to Canobie Lake Park and, as usual, Arden had a great time. Went on a couple of new rides which we hadn't seen before, and of course all of her regular haunts.

It was a wonderful time and we were so sad to see Grandma and Pops head back to the hotel tonight, off on their flight home tomorrow. It sure is lousy having all the grandparents so far away!!

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Tue, May 20, 2008 11:46 PM
I guess Arden is now officially a New Englander...she went to her first Red Sox Game today. One of Annette's friends had an extra ticket so we took a chance and took her. She was so well behaved and oh, she loves baseball! And the Red Sox! And hot dogs ... and cotton candy....

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Sun, Apr 13, 2008 12:23 PM
Well, she's into college already. Arden will be going to preschool at a local university starting this fall. The waiting list is miles long, we applied a year ago with the hope she'd get in, and we did!

They start in September so all the kids start together, so she'll stay at her current center until then. She'll be moving in May to the preschool classroom and will remain there through August.

Arden continues to be very independent. We took her new trike out for a spin this week and although it has the "parent handle" she wanted to do it all herself, of course. No clue where she gets that. :-)

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Thu, Feb 28, 2008 9:46 AM
As usual, a delinquent update from our family.

We are in the throes of potty training and Arden is a potty rockstar. It's been about 2 weeks now and she's out of diapers except for nap and bedtime.

Her school has been great and she was having a harder time there, so they made her a sticker chart to put on the door of the bathroom and man, she likes that.

When I picked her up from school yesterday she was "feeding" a little boy named Jason. Turned, saw me when I walked in, and went back to feeding him with a play fork. Hilarious. She was so excited to see him this morning, my goodness, has her little man Charlie been replaced already?!! :-) Ah, young love.

There was a change in her classroom around the holidays and though we worried with the departure of Madelyn, Arden absolutely loves Nicole, whom she was termed "Mickel" -- we have no clue why as she has SAID Nicole before and it's not like she can't say the word, but this is just what she will call her and we do not question this.

She's just a little girl in ever way these days. We're looking forward to the warmer weather so we can get out more. Arden would like to get back to riding by Mommy is too wimpy to take her over to the barn to see Mama in the snow. Sorry, but they are stingy with the heaters in that place. Arden is never phased when we are there in the cold, but hey, she's a warped horse person, what could I expect??

Pictures to come, once I take some. ;-)

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Wed, Jan 23, 2008 5:45 PM
It's just a matter of how you look at it....

At one point this afternoon I looked at Arden, who had been playing with playdoh, and asked why her mouth was green.

"Have you been eating playdoh?"

"No."

"Why is your mouth green?"

"I am eating cookies."

"Are you eating cookies made out of playdoh?"

"Yes."

Sigh.

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Kate: Michael eats play-doh too. After sniffing it for 20 minutes. Before we even take out the Play-Doh, I say,

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Tue, Jan 22, 2008 8:39 PM
FYI --

For some reason the pictures uploaded out of sequence. Rest assured, it's not your eyes playing tricks.

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