Riley Barfield's Birthday Party at the Fire Station

Today was Riley Barfield's 3rd Birthday. He had a party at the Florence Fire Station. The firetrucks were big and red. Mommie was christmas shopping so Daddy went with me. Daddy helped me slide down the fire poll and we checked out all of the trucks. All of my buddies were at the party: Robbie and Taylor Jordan, Tallon Goff, Baine Avant, RJ Lee and of course Riley Barfield. We ate pizza and cake in the firehouse kitchen. We also got to watch a movie about fire safety. I loved everything except when the fire man put on their hats and hoods. That was scary to me. Daddy explained to me that I shouldn't be scard of the firemen and they were there to help people in fires. Regardless of what Dad says, I was just not very confident and decided I would rather have Daddy hold me. Hopefully, I will have the chance to meet another fireman soon and maybe next time I will not be so afraid. It was a fun day at the firestation! Happy Birthday Riley!

We are having a BABY!

Okay-- I have decided to give up on Mom and Dad getting me a baby sister from Walmart. Tonight while in the tub, I poked out my tummy and announced that the baby in my tummy was just kicking and jumping around. My mommy and daddy said "WHAT?!!!!!???!!" "Yes," I told them (as I rubbed my belly like Aunt Sissy) ..."The baby sister in my tummy is just jumping around in there!" They were so proud! LOL!

Our First Day of Ballet Class

"I am going to be a ballerina when I grow up!" Mary Catherine Rawlinson. I love to dance and I have been asking my Mommy and Daddy to let me take ballet classes for a few months. They finally found a dance company that would take me for lessons even though I am not yet three years old. My teacher is Ms. Tina Hathcock at showbiz studios. Her mother, Mrs. Patsy Hathcock was my Mommies dance teacher. I will have class every Monday from 5:45 -6:15pm. We are dancing to all kinds of songs. Jeramiah was a Bullfrog is my favorite dance song right now. I love doing the butterfly and pretending to be a frog. I love to jump! Our annual show case will be June 3rd. After my class, Mommy , Sissy and Gaga took me to Redbone for supper. They then took me to K-mart to get a pink and black dance skirt to wear over my leotards and tights. I am very excited about dance class and I like the pink outfits best of all!

Well, Dance class was short lived...the next week I decided, that i did not want to be a ballerina. I refused to go back to class. Mommy said it is okay we will try again next year if I want to.

Disney On Ice

Jennifer Stroup (Jen Jen) and Celia Urquhart (Sissy) took me to see Disney on Ice at the Florence Civic Center. We had such a GREAT time. They bought me cotton candy, a snow cone, a program and a Sleeping Beauty Doll. I think I almost broke them! I loved seeing the Disney Princesses. They were all there skating and twirling around on the ice. I didn't like the shark from Nemo and the Whale from Pinochio. I covered my eyes when they came out! I called Mommie and Daddy on the cellphone as soon as the show was over. I told them every detail of the show. Thank you Jen Jen and Sissy for this fun filled night!

TRICK O TREATING 2005

This was my first year to go Trick or Treating! What a great time. Originally, I wanted to be Sleeping Beauty (not because she is my favorite princess but because she wears pink and that is my favorite color). I have a sleeping beauty costume but it is almost worn out from all of the love I give it. When we went to get my friend RJ a birthday present at Walmart, I found the perfect costume and just wouldn't leave the store with out it...I was going to be TINKER BELL! Walmart didn't have the crown, shoes and wand to go with the outfit so, we had to search high and low at all of the good stores until we located the balance of the costume. I wanted high heels. Mommy and Daddy made me watch Peter Pan to prove that Tinkerbell wears ballet shoes. Of course, I think she should wear high heels. Finally, after significant discussion on the matter, I agreed to wear ballet shoes. At school, we had a grand Halloween Parade & party. Gaga, Sissy, Mommy and Daddy came to see the parade. All of the children at school wore costumes and marched around the gym. My friends RJ and Tallon were red power rangers, Lauren was Snow white and Sam was an Army man. We wore our costumes to school. The teachers wanted us to stay on the line around the edge of the gym. That was a very hard thing to do. We had a big Halloween party at school and got lots of neat treats. Mommy and Daddy took me Trick or Treating when they got home from work. We went to Gaga's, Aunt Linda Stricklands, Sissys, Aunt Flo & Uncle Jay's, Jen Jen's Meme's house and Mrs. Bobbie McElveens. I got so many treats that my pumpkin was completely full! At the beginning of the night, I was a little shy and Mommy had to help me remember what to do. By the end of the night, I was banging on the doors screaming "Trick Or Treat!" It was so much fun, I wanted to wear my costume to school again today!