Monday, June 27, 2011

Guest List


Alyssa is preparing the guest list for her birthday party in a couple of weeks... it's just for the "little girls"... at least for now... and mommy helped with the spelling.

Friday, June 24, 2011

In N' Out for Lunch...

... enough said!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Summer Concerts Have Begun!






The kids had a blast playing together at Temple City's first concert of the summer. We are sad that it was our last time seeing Mahalia as her family is preparing to move to Minnesota soon.

Hannah "Rescues" the Caterpillar




Hannah found this caterpillar just starting its chrysalis on a garden tool bag and decided that it needed a different place to "hang." So our insect lover found a place for it on our orange tree.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

First Day of Summer







The girls spent the day in their bathing suits doing lots of fun summer related activities... shadow drawings, sun prints, sand mosaics, sand castles... we had a picnic lunch, made popsicles and enjoyed them after playing in the sprinkler.

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

End of Season Shows






Both girls did an amazing job at their end of year show. Hannah wowed the crowd with a spectacular handstand. Alyssa was placed in the front of her group as she knew all the dance routines the best. We are so proud of them!

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

A House is a House for Me



Hannah (not pictured, but very much a part of this) and Alyssa have made our backyard orange tree their home away from home. They have been quite content for the past week or so playing this way. And they also have been playing really well together too!

Jaffe Girls see Mars Rover at JPL


We have a friend who works at JPL and she had her family come see the Mars Rover today and they invited us to join them!



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Watch NASA's Next Mars Rover Being Built Via Live 'Curiosity Cam'


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Friday, June 10, 2011

Eaton Cayon Trip #2



We didn't find any frog this time, but we had fun with Mihret, Matthew and Eric.

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Thursday, June 02, 2011

Park Academy Birthday Celebration

Alyssa was very excited about being in the birthday circle at our Park Academy park day today. As usual, she decided to become shy about standing with the other kids (turns out they were ALL boys) and held onto mommy's hand and pulled mommy away even as I was trying to stand at the birthday circle with her. However, her fear suddenly went away when "Happy Birthday" was being sung!