It is hard to beleive that summer is coming to an end and that Angela will be 4 years old in a week.  Summer has gone so fast.  We were able to go on a mini family vacation to the cleveland zoo.  It has been a couple years since we went last time, so we hope that she will remember it this time.  She kept wanting to see the frogs.  It was one of the last things we saw, because the rain forest was our last stop on the way out.  She was able to ride the train and the bus.  I tried to get her to ride the camal with me, but she would not even get near them.  She enjoyed petting the sheep.

She has enjoyed the summer with Papa and Roxie's puppies, Cuddles, Tucker and Peanut.  Peanut has now joined our family, named due to the fact that she is so much smaller then Buddy & Honey.  Buddy and Honey are still getting use to having another animal in the house, but it is going better then I thought it would.  The hard part for mommy is forgetting to look down.  I feel bad, put I have stepped on her a few times.  She is full of energy and it is nice to have a playful pup back in the house.  Angela wants to play with her all the time, but after growing up with Buddy, our Akita, she forgets to play easy with her.  Buddy pretty much lets Angela do anything with him, it is hard for Angela to understand that Peanut is to little to play with like Buddy.  Peanut has learned to run and hide when necessary.

We spent two days at the Stark County Fair this last weekend.  Angela loved it and even rode many of the bigger, faster rides.  She loves to spin and get dizzy, so those rides were her favorite.   She did not show any fear toward any of the rides.  Friday we stayed until the fair closed at 11 and Sunday we were there from noon till 5:30.  She just didn't want to leave and was exhausted and still did not want to leave.  She came home Sunday and took a bath and went to bed for a short nap before Grandma Barb came to get her.  They spend Tuesday at the Akron zoo.  That was Grandma Barb's birthday present for her.

We have been working on taking Scotty's old room getting it ready to move Angela into the bigger room.  She has gotten so tall that she is out growing the toddler bed.  We got the wallpaper off and all the holes filed and sanded down.  Mommy is off tomorrow, so I am going to start painting the walls tomorrow.  We are doing the walls in lavender and then the window frames, base boards, door frames and doors in a darker pink.  I am not sure what color of carpet we will put in there though.   I am going to have to see what it looks like once we get it painted.  We are then going to do the stencils (flowers & butterflies) in white.  Because the walls were blue under the wall paper, we are going to do a coat of white on the walls first before we paint them in the lavender.  We decided to use the same colors as her other room because we have purple curtains and I really like them and the valences are purple with butterflies on them.  We have bought her a mattress and box springs.  We have a metel frame that we will use for a while and get her an actual frame with head and foot board down the road.  Her dresser is white, so I would like to find a white one to go with the dresser.  I am really excited about getting it done and her moved into it. She will have so much more room.

She starts her 2nd year of Pre-School on Monday Sept 8th.  Last year, her first day was her third birthday.  It will be hard for me this year because I will not be able to be there for her first day this year.  I can't drop her off and be in Akron for work by 8am.  At least I was able to be there for her very first day.  I know she is ready to get back to school and started asking to go back a few weeks ago.  Her causin Jacey goes to the same school, but has been back for a week already.  I think Angela misses her during the day now.

I am sorr it has been a while since I posted last, but I hope to post about her first day of school and about her birthday.

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