Welcome to Colleen's web site, version 5.0!

Colleen is an awesome kid who loves to read, do homework (and she isn't even in school yet) and play outside. She is an artist, philosopher and great mathematician. She is a very good photographer, too, who was recently introduced to a digital camera. The photo at the top of the page is a self-portrait.

Her favorite color is pink. She loves to wear dresses, play dress-up and play with dolls. She is all girl. However, she is also tough. She likes to get dirty, jump on the trampouline, rough house, pick up bugs and play soccer. Noone has ever told her not to do these things, so she loves them as well. Her girl idols are her cousins Ashley and Katelyn, who are gorgeous sports jocks. She adores all of her cousins — because she thinks the girls are beautiful and the boys are WILD! But she particularly talks about these two a lot, probably because they embody both of her favorite characteristics!

Currently, the blog below is updated by her parents. However, you should expect entries from her in the very near future.

We hope you also will take time to look at her photo album, which contains pictures that we update on rare occasions. New visitors might be interested in reading about Colleen's birth or her heart surgery, or seeing photos she took of her house.

Colleen's Blog

Friday, September 30, 2005       ( 6:08 PM ) Rosie   Ok, this kid is totally in literary hiding. Driving in the car again, she said, "Mom, what's a gin-tull dentist?" Huh? "What was that, Colleen?" "A gin-tull dentist. What is it? That sign over there." I looked to my right. The Gentle Dentist. So close. I gave her bonus points for being a year away from starting kindergarten. # Thursday, September 15, 2005       ( 6:05 PM ) Rosie   I have suspected for a while that Colleen could read at least a little bit. She seems to comprehend things in books that we haven't read yet. You know — anticipating what is going to happen. So, just last week, I think I caught her in the act. We were driving in the car and she said, "Mom, what is B-E-E-F?" I thought about it and said, "Beef. Why did you ask?" "Well," she said, "I know what 'jerky' is, but I didn't know what 'beef" was. So, this says 'beef jerky.' What's that?" I almost drove up on a curve as I realized she was reading from a bag of, what else, beef jerky in the back seat. "You know what jerky is, huh?" I cracked up. She could read jerky, but she couldn't read beef. #

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