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| January 2009 |
| Billie Silvey |
| Katyana's Firsts |
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Over the past year, our granddaughter Katyana has experienced a number of exciting firsts in her life, and her doting grandparents have delighted in each one.
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| She ate for the first time with chopsticks, to the delight of fellow diners at a local Chinese restaurant.
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| She loved her first pony ride, at the Pumpkin Patch where she and her family chose pumpkins for Halloween and where she fed goats and sheep. |
| She paid her first visit to an aquarium, in this case, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, where she was enthralled by the sea lions, the starfish and an eel. She especially enjoyed petting a ray. |
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| After chasing a cat through an entire party, she got her first pet, Harley, through a pet adoption program. He's a good natured tortoise-shell-and-white cat who manages to live in an apartment with a two and a half year old who is entirely too fascinated with his expressive tail.
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| She played her first game of golf—definitely of the miniature variety--scoring a two in every hole through a strategy of hitting the ball hard once, picking it up and throwing it to the green, then hitting it into the hole.
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| She got her first haircut at First Cut in the Palos Verdes Peninsula mall, sleeping through much of it, but waking up in time to enjoy the rocket-ship shaped chairs and to get a balloon and a lollypop. |
| She took her first ballet lesson just after her second birthday in a "Mommy and Me" class offered by the Torrance Recreation Department. |
| Katyana is a very busy little girl! Sometimes her grandparents have trouble keeping up with her, but we love the enthusiasm and fearlessness she brings to each new experience. |