Happy Father's Day

To al of the Dads who have touched our lives in one way or another...

Happy Father's Day!!

(Sorry, Papa - I don't seem to have a recent picture of you with BOTH kids!)

Horses And Haircuts

For months now, Little A has been asking me to ride 'a real horse'. I racked my brain trying to figure out who we knew that had horses, and I could think of only one person. I mentioned it to her in passing and while she said yes, she didn't sound too convincing. I felt like I was kind of at a loss, and felt bad every time Little A asked me because I didn't really have an answer for her.

About a month ago I was out with some friends one night and one of them said something about getting a new horse the next day. The light bulb went on... Perhaps THIS friend would let Little A ride her other horse!

I asked, and my friend said yes but after my last experience, I was still a bit hesitant. The next day I texted her and asked if she was serious about letting Little A ride the horse... Her response?? "ABSOLUTELY! Let's set a date!"

Well we did, and this weekend Little A's "dream finally came true"! In her words, "This is the best day of my life!"

As an added bonus, Big A was able to ride too!

Thank you, Julie, for making a little girl's dream come true! She enjoyed every minute of it and was SOOO excited!

After riding horses we visited Chris at Lions, Tigers and Hair so the kids could get haircuts. Little A has been asking to cut her hair shorter but had decided to wait until October and participate in the Sonoma County Hair Harvest but just couldn't wait. She got her hair cut so that it's all one length, the length of her bangs that she started growing out in May 2011. It's REALLY cute and all day she's been saying, "I LOVE my hair! I just can't stop looking at it in the mirror!"

According to the kids, today was "AWESOME"! Let's hope there are many more AWESOME days ahead of us this summer!

Spring Shows And Last Days of School

Suffice it to say that late May and early June amount to CRAZINESS when you have kids in school... Spring concerts, graduations, year end parties, heaps of papers and projects and 'crap' being sent home, year-end teacher gifts, etc., etc., etc... It doesn't matter if the kids are in preschool, high school, or anywhere in between, it's always the same and there's nothing one can do but put their head down and plow head. And that's just what we did!

The craziness started with Little A's spring show, "Music Around The World". The kids performed songs in different languages from all around the world. They were encouraged to dress in traditional clothing from other countries if they had anything. All we could think of was an outfit that Grandma had made for me when I was Little A's age, that I'd worn to perform the Mexican Hat Dance with my preschool class. It was PERFECT!

The next night we attended Big A's spring concert where each grade performed 3 songs. Each grade level performed one Beatles song and two other's they'd been working on. The first grade sang Yellow Submarine, which Big A seemed to enjoy singing until it came time for the concert. He tends to clam up and get a little shy in front of all the people.

Fast forward one week to Little A's last day of school and her Junior K 'gradunation'. Grandma and I attended this event and watched Little A's class perform a play they'd been working on, receive their awards, and present their parents with a 'Thank You For Bringing Me To Junior K" gift. This little ceremony was followed by a school-wide pot-luck. Little A is SO excited to 'be in kindergarten'... She can't wait!

The following Sunday we celebrated Little A's 'gradunation' with a BBQ dinner, cards and flowers, and cupcakes.

Following our celebration we had one more week of school... One more week of going to bed early... One more week of waking up early... One more week of making lunches... WE CAN DO THIS...

And we made it! On Big A's last day of school we celebrated with donuts and hot cocoa for breakfast and Pinky's Pizza for dinner. It doesn't get much better than that!

LET SUMMER VACATION AND THE GOOD TIMES BEGIN!!

Wordless Wednesday - I Heart Country Life!

More Random Snapple Facts

Random Snapple Fact #682 - More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.

Random Snapple Fact #741 - Plants, like humans, can run a fever if they are sick.

Random Snapple Fact #764 - The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint... No two lions have the same patter of whiskers.

Random Snapple Fact #815 - The name of the city we call Bankok is 115 letter long in the Thai language.

Random Snapple Fact #924 - The highest denomination isued by the U.S. was the 100,00 dollar bill.


Don't you feel a little bit smarter now??

Wordless Wednesday - Look, Mom! I'm Nicki Minaj!

First Camping Trip Of The Year!

CAMPING IS...

HARD WORK...

FUN AND GAMES...


WHERE FAMILY TIES ARE STRENGTHENED...

WHERE NEW BONDS ARE FORMED...

WHERE BIRTHDAYS ARE CELBRATED...

WHERE NATURAL THINGS ARE RETURNED TO NATURE...

AND WHERE FAMILIES JUST PLAIN HAVE FUN!