Hi, my name is Julia Beatrice Milani. I’m 2 years and 3 months. I’m about 2 feet tall and can do lots of neat things. I can jump really high; I can dance really well; I can sing really loud (which I do all the time); and, I can talk, a lot. (Mom says I have the gift of gab, whatever that means. She also says I wake up talking and go to sleep talking. My teachers at school say I have command of the language! I think this is good??? Mom says she thinks I’m going to be lawyer someday b/c I talk a lot and b/c I try to negotiate things like my naptime, my bed time, my tv time.) I like Dora the Explorer, her cousin Diego, Fifi the Flowerpot, and fairies. (Mom just got me some cool fairy lights for my room!) I also like my stuffed animals. They sleep with me.
I have a little brother named Marco whom I call “little man.” He’s cute and I like him too. He doesn’t do much yet but I think he will later – at least that’s what mom says. I think he’s smart b/c he laughs at me. I make him smile - even when he's been sad. Mommy says I’m a good helper b/c I pick up his chupa and put it in his mouth and I help feed him. We got him here in London at the hospital up the street. I don’t really remember before he was here.
I’m glad we moved to London. I LOVE IT. There are loads of fun things to do here. One of my favourite things is to go to the playground. There are loads of playgrounds here. My favourite ones are in Regents Park; they are the best b/c they have sandboxes and I LOVE SAND. There are also some good playgrounds near our house. (I like them even though they don’t have sand.) My two favourites are Violet Hill and Wellington. I like to go to the playground with my friends Lea, Louis, and Vicktor. (I also like to see Jeremy at the park b/c I like to chase him and yell at him. For some reason he doesn’t play with me… he likes to play with the big boys. I still chase him though. Someday he will notice me!) In addition to the sand, I like to go on the slide, the teeter-totter, the round-about, the swing and I like to climb. I also like to play ball with Louis. Sometimes we run around and chase the ball. On special occasions we go to different parks that are far away. My favourite far away park is the Princess Diana Park (which mom calls the Peter Pan Park) in Hyde Park. It has a pirate ship and a forest and tree houses! Its fun but I get REALLY dirty there!
I also like to go to the zoo. Sometimes, when we are in a hurry, we just run past the outside and check on the zebras and the giraffes. Other times we go inside and play! There is a good playground in the zoo. It doesn’t have sand but it has loads of things to climb on! It has cars that make noise and there is a neat carousel. (I usually like to ride on the giraffe!) I also like to visit the animals in the zoo. I like to see the monkeys, the big hairy camel, the cows, the llama, the ostrich, the turtles, the giraffes - of course - the tapir (he’s so big!) and the porcupines! I also LOVE the butterfly house! It’s hot in there and sometimes the pretty butterflies land on you! I always laugh when mom reads the sign that says to check for hitchhikers on the way out!
There is a fun kids section where I can pet the lambs and visit the bunnies. I like to chase the chickens but my FAVORITE part of the kids section is where I can wash my hands in the sink! It’s just my height – mom doesn’t need to lift me up so I can wash my hands over and over and over! It drives mom crazy!
We go to loads of museums here in London. My favourite one has the big dinosaurs. T Rex is my favourite. He roars which I think is funny. He’s HUGE. I have a toy T Rex that I carry in my purse sometimes. I make him roar when we are on the bus. It’s funny!
Speaking of bus….. I LOVE riding on the bus. We go on the bus with mommy all the time. I like to go upstairs and look out the window but we only do that when daddy is with us. I also like the train. For some reason mommy and daddy call it the tube. I don’t think they know it’s a train. Oh well.
I also like going in my friend Karina’s car. Sometimes she picks me up and then we pick up my best friend Sarah and we go to play at her house. It’s very fun. She has a huge backyard and loads of fun toys. Mathew and Jona play with us when they are not at school for big kids. We do homework at Karina’s. It’s fun.
Now that I’m 2 I go to school. I LOVE it. My teachers are Miss Laura, Miss Pip, Miss Kim and Miss Chloe. I love them. At school we draw, we paint, we play in sand (yippee!), we play with play dough, we read, we sing and we dance. It’s really fun. Sarah goes with me and we hold hands. My new friends are Maya, Madison, Drew and many others!
I just got a big girl bed. I LOVE IT. I love how I can get in and out by myself! Daddy is napping in it right now! I’m supposed to be napping too but I keep getting out to check on Marco and mommy. I don’t want them to have too much fun while I’m sleeping! For some reason mommy keeps getting mad….. OOPS, gotta go!
