Happy Birthday, Leigha
My best friend Leigha's birthday was yesterday. She's 5 years old now, just like me. My birthday is June 17 and Leigha's birthday is November 17! She had her party at Chuck E. Cheese's. My friend Asha came with me to the party. Asha's birthday is February 17 and she will be 5, too. We all have 17 birthdays! I liked all the games at Chuck E. Cheese and won lots of tickets that I used to get some toys for my brother Jeremy and me. The pizza and cake were really good, too.
I got to see Ryan from preschool. I haven't seen him much since I went to Kindergarten. Ryan, Asha, and I played a lot in front of a green wall with a camera that put us on the TVs around us. We were TV stars for a little while which was really fun.
I also met a girl named Ashley who has the same last name as me. My mommy talked to her mommy and they said that Ashley and I are distant cousins. Our daddies' grandpas were cousins or something. Mommy isn't really sure yet what we are, but she's trying to find out.
No one wanted to go home, but finally we had to. It was so much fun that I was really sad to leave. But mommy says we'll come again, next time with my daddy and Jeremy, too.

Getting started
I have a lot to share with everyone, so this is how I'll do it. Mommy will be typing this because I can't spell most words without help, yet. But I can read already. Mommy will have me tell you about my reading abilities later. So, Mommy will type this with me reading it as she goes. Then I can see if what she writes is what I want said.