Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

For weeks and weeks now, Brandon and all of the cuties in his kindergarten class have been working hard on a very special book. It is entitled "My Brown Bear Book" and it's by far my favorite piece of work he has done to date. As you can see from the front cover, this "Brown Bear" book will be cherished FOREVER!

On "Authors Day," the kindergarten friends had the opportunity to read their books to students from all different grade levels. It was priceless.

This is London's front cover. Just beautiful!

I love this pose ;)

Fun Birthday Weekend!

Brandon helped celebrate Nana and Aunt Julie's birthday weekend at the Happiest Place on Earth! He had the best time driving Aunt Julie around! I think what he loved the most about this ride was that he got his own " licence!" ;)

Brandon had fun being a rockstar!The whole family at Disneyland.

After Disneyland, most of the family spent the next two days at Nana and Papa John's house. Brandon enjoyed yummy birthday cake that Aunt Angie made. So so yummy!

Aunt Julie and Uncle John (two of Brandon's favorite people) brought their "Jumping Stilts" with them from Arizona, and wowed us with their skills. They are amazing! A few of us tried them out...so fun but really hard!

Bike rides, playing on the beach, homemade Sunday dinner (thanks mom!), Disneyland, Yogurtland, Thai Food (thanks Papa John!), pillow fights, dance parties, jumping stilts, Panera Bread, "blob tag," homemade waffles (again, thanks mom!), cousin time, sister time, family time...it was the most awesome weekend. Brandon and I have an incredible family! Happy Birthday Nana and Aunt Julie! We love you so much!

new shades ;)

Brandon got some new sunglasses and couldn't possibly love them more! He is one cool dude.

Amy's Farm

Brandon and London went on their very first fieldtrip to Amy's Farm! Here they are with their friend Jack, ready to learn about life on the farm.

What's so funny?! Cutie girl!

It's Mr. Rooster!

They got to pick fresh Rosemary. It smelled wonderful!
Waiting for a surprise...

There it is! It's Two-Ton Tina! Wow!

They got to hold bunnies! I can't decide if the bunnies or the kids are cuter?!

Mrs. K having the students practice their farm animal signs.

Here is the sign for pig.

Now time to feed a pig!

Brandon said the pig felt like a toothbrush. ;)

They were able to pet sheep and goats.

The best part of the day (well at least for ME!) was when they got to feed a calf. It was just adorable. That little baby was hungry!

Class picture. "Say Mr. Rooster!"
Snack time. Their FAVORITE part of ANY day!

Bye-bye farm. What a great day!

Another tooth gone!

I can't believe that my little man's third tooth has come out already! He is getting so big, it's scary. After wiggling his tooth for days and days, he finally got brave enough to let me put dental floss around it and he pulled it out. It was so funny...he didn't even know that he had pulled it out. I saw it hit the floor and I said, "Look! There it is! You pulled it out!" He was such a happy and proud boy. After we put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy, a million questions came. "How small is the tooth fairy?" "What does she look like?" "How does she know I lost a tooth?" I explained it all in one word- "Magic!" The next morning Brandon was so excited to see that he had recieved $3.00 for his little shiny tooth. He can't wait for the next one!

birthday...

The big 31 came for me last week and it was wonderful. Not only did Mrs. K and her kindergarten class make it so very special, my sister Angie made the most AMAZING Twilight cake ever! Not only was it incredibly beautiful, but it tasted like heaven. I cannot say enough about Angie's talent. Girl, you're unbelieveable! Here are my little friends. They made me the cutest book with drawings of my favorite thing...gingerbread men! I love it so much and I will cherish it forever. They sang "Happy Birthday" to me and we enjoyed some yummy little cupcakes. Thank you Mrs. K for all you did to make it such a special day for me. ;) And for the Diet Coke!