Baby Bakers

Emma: I wanted cupcakes and cake so I told my baby sitter Sharda, "Let's bake some cupcakes." We went shopping for ingredients. We alraady had Vanilla Exact. We found frosting the was already made and sprinkles. I am a great baker. It's not even hard.

Daddy: Those darn cupcakes are so delicious. And the cake, that darn cake is like a lake of goodness I just want to suck up.
No! eating your kids cake is like any other cake, filled with calories that make you chubby. It's not fair. There should be some free, your kids made it, no calories foods.

Percy

Grand Ma Annie got a new dog, PERCY He jumps and bites me. Grand Ma told me not to run away. "Just stand still and shoo him away. He's nine pounds." She said. At first I was scared of the crazy puppy but now I'm not. Puppies are fun! He's teething just the way I used to chew on toys when I was a baby.

Daddy: Hooray for Percy.

Roller Booggie time warp girl is 6

I love roller skating. You can feel the music in your body, which is jiggling because you're on wheels!

Daddy: I've been putting off this day for so long: putting my little girl, the baby I raised for six years, putting her on 8 little wheels to roll wherever fate takes her. NO! But, she skated about like a strong Young Frankenstein and in the picture you can see her skating away from me. We were at Skate World, the last remaining roller rink in San Diego, Today we are having a Princess Party at Grand-Ma Renees house. Even Grand-Pa Charles will have some Princess cake.

Last Day of Kindergarten

Emma was the Mayor of Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz


Flag Pole day was a frenzied class dance, in the gym because of rain


What a year! I made new friends, learned how to read and can cross the monkey bars. I'd like the thank my parents for making the effort to wake up in the morning, get me dressed and make me lunch! It's already super hot, so I am looking forward to my Birthday, summer camp and swimming. Hooray!

Daddy: I give myself a C plus as a up and coming class parent. I got up, woke Emma up, no TV in the morning. Areas to improve: I would just give a bowl of plain cereal without milk for breakfast. At first she was a little late for school but on the last day she was the first one there! I rose to the challenge. Next years goal, be one of the popular parents.

Running across Route 4

Emma: We took the 171 bus up Route 4. That's a highway with gas stations and stores, grease and grime. It's a lot of fun. We were left on the side of the road and my dad showed me this special bridge just for people. If you tried to drive your car over it wouldn't fit and your car would get stuck. If you want to cross over by car you have to find a place to make a U-turn! Drive over a car bridge.
I saw all the cars from all the world racing back and forth.We, my sister and I, ran to the outlet center and believe or not we discovered a Disney store!

Dad: It was an awesome day for all. I love walking over the highway. It gives me a feeling of wisdom and freedom and omniscient power. I wanted my girls to experience that.

I am a big believer in Juicing

Hi. My name is Madeleine Sofia Dermansky. Call me Maddy. To start off my day I like a nice glass of vegetable juice. Don't you? The key to juicing is pushing raw vegetables into the machine. So get up and do it.

Daddy: Some mornings I don't want to get out of bed, much less juice. But Maddy demands action and I respond. Soon she'll be three and will demand to move out of her crib into a bed. Adina fears she will jump out of bed and start organization projects in the middle of the night. I say, if she wants to organize our house, let her.

Spring Sprung Homespun

Here I am in sunny San Diego for Grand-ma Renee and Grand-pa Charles' 50th Wedding Anniversary Party. There was a Rabbi and a Mariachi band and chocolate strawberries and Fajitas. When I get married I want a Mariachi band to follow me around for my entire honeymoon. That way when I want to dance I'll have a band ready to go!

I am ready for spring. I've been super busy! I bought a Scholastic Children's Dictionary. It's a giant book but I only paid a dollar because it was a used book sale.

Michael: I agree with everything Emma says. The other day she started up the computer and clicked on the date program to check the date. I didn't teach her how to do either of those computer steps. She picked out a dictionary and today looked up the words, VINE, FISH and THE. Plus she is recommending vacation locations. Soon she'll be 6 and be ready to take over the Blog completely.

COMING SOON: MADDY SOFIA DERMANSKY WILL GET SOME BLOG ENTRIES OF HER OWN!