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Yesterday morning after Melinda's flute lesson, our family picked up Grandma to go to the Rio. We gathered at the designated dining destination. Joshua chose Guapo's, a Mexican restaurant. We enjoyed our delectable meals of chimichangas, huevos rancheros, steak, chicken, and nachos. As an added surprise, the restaurant staff came out with glass of ice cream and a maraschino cherry on top. They gave Joshua a sombrero and sang Happy Birthday and clapped. Then they took a nice photo of him in a sombrero and the lighted candle on top of the ice cream and gave a printed copy for him.

Last night, Megan gave Joshua a puppet show that featured rhyming words with the "oo" sound. Here is the poem she made up:

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear Joshua!
Happy birthday to you!
Say oo! "oo!"
Switcharoo, kangaroo, peek a boo, lulluroo, Kalamazoo,
aaaawwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Hhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! (jumping animals) aaawwooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! (wolf comes back jumping!)
HHHooooooooooooo!! (ghost floats away with wolf stays on stage)
(boing!) (kangaroo scares wolf)
(Then they live happily ever after)
(jump off stage)

Now here are the puppet pictures Megan made. Enjoy! Happy birthday, Joshua!






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  1. aw I miss Mexican food! Can yous take me there when I get home??! haha...that is a cute puppet show Megan! Can you show it to me when I come home too? Miss you all! See you in a couple days!

    -Jessica

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