So in the past 6 months

Mommy has been working a lot and we moved and I turned 5 and I had a baby cousin, I have another Auntie who is going to give me cousin number 3. I learned how to ride a bike, I'm growing my hair (I'm going to cut it again soon), I lost my first tooth (I actually lost two), papa retired, I've been to countless birthday parties for my friends and had a blast going to Maca and Papa's and swimming pretty much every day all Summer long. Here are some pictures of the highlights!!!

Whale watching with Caden
There may have been a Tsunami warning the day before...whoops!

We did not see any whales, just lots of dolphins.

DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!

and sea lions :)

Then I turned five!

Five came with attitude!

And a tea party!

Girls only at this fiesta!

I lost a tooth!

I like to take self portraits!

Daddy wanted to take me to the Page Museum (Tar pits)

Then we went to The Getty!

Did I mention age 5 comes with attitude?

Happy Easter! Each time I found an egg, I squealed!

At the beach for a Trojan Alumni (or future alumni) bbq.

Told ya I had a cousin! This is my baby cousin Joseph!

I learned to ride a bike!

Mommy saved a kitten that Maca adopted. Her name is JoJo.

Uncle Nick left his skateboards at Maca's and I found them. Yee haw! And yes, I'm wearing gardening gloves to protect my hands!

My Valentine

Mommy and Daddy would like to think they are my Valentines.
Maca and Papa would like to think they are my Valentines.
Well they are. But, I have one true Valentine. He's my best friend.

Mommy took pictures of me at the park today in an effort to actually have pictures for the calendar next year. Well, when I saw this photo. I asked mommy to send it to Caden because, he is my Valentine! Happy Valentines Day everyone!


Here is proof, for later when I deny that I never liked him ;-)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

On Christmas Eve we always go to my Grandma's side of the family to celebrate (Daddy's mommy). We usually have some fun at my Grandma's and then stop by my Great Grandma's house and then on to my Tia Yoli's house for dinner. This year we had Christmas dinner at my Grandma's house and it was so great to hear that great big house being used to entertain so many of my uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents! It was a bunch of fun!!!

I got a game from Auntie Angelica and Uncle Nacho. Mommy says it was named after me. Silly mommy. That game was named after you!!!
Grandma gave me a Razor Scooter. I'm still working on the coordination and confidence to ride this, but I'll have it down soon!
I also got to play the piano with my Aunt Freida. I love the piano!


When we got home from Grandma's, we left Santa some milk and cookies along with my wish list. I asked for a guitar, train, doll, helicopter and some other stuff.
When I woke up, Santa had left me a note. (Elvis is a magic elf that all parents need)
Santa Did GREAT!!!
Mom caught me on video coming down the stairs to see the loot Santa left!

Believe it or not, the gift I wanted most was a guitar. I've been talking about it for weeks and I could tell just by the shape of this box that Santa delivered!!!

Almost Christmas

I have a new princess dress up dress. I have two Cinderella dresses: this one which is the one the mice made for Cinderella (and the evil step-sisters tore to shreds) and the beautiful blue one that Fairy Godmother made.

I also like to pose by pointing my toe, putting one hand on my head and the other hand on my hip.

I've been coming up with some really great sayings lately, I thought I should compile a list:
1. You're supposed to have chicken nuggets on Thanksgiving.
2. This is going to take a while (when asked to put away her tinker toys)
3. I WILL NOT!!! (when asked to bring mommy her phone to call someone because I was being stubborn)

Halloween

Mom hasn't been very good about updating this blog thing. Ever since Facebook, it's just been easier to put pictures there. But alas, here I am at Halloween. I was "Hairspray" which is 4 year old for a 50's girl. Hairspray is one of my favorite movies. I love the soundtrack and I can sing most of the songs. We don't have the DVD, but it's on HBO at least once a week and I can catch it then. Mom says my life is a musical. I sing and dance all day long!



This picture was taken after trick-or-treating and you can see I was getting a wee bit sleepy.

New Skirt

I love this skirt. Mom's friend Tamara made it and she's amazing. The skirt goes perfectly with the sweater that Gigi made too. Do you see the little twinkle of attitude in this picture? I give this attitude to my mom all the time! Maca thinks it's payback. Ha ha ha!

Cooking and Cleaning

It's been a busy month. I'm sure at some point mommy will catch everyone up. The last 5 weeks I have not had school at all. So I've been mommy's little shadow. I love to cook. Here we are making Manwich. This was just moments before mommy figured out there was mold all over her fresh hamburger buns...YUCK!

Mom bought a new vacuum with an adjustable handle. It's just my size!

Last week it was my my great grandma's birthday party. It was hot...you can tell by my rosy cheeks. Grandma has a twin sister! The party was so fun!!!

We also met Julie and Caden for lunch last week at Sonic. I got a corn dog, but I only usually eat the "corn" not the "dog".

Summer Time

Daddy is studying for a test. I went to help. He handed me graph paper to keep me occupied.


I got my hair cut last week and I picked out this new flower barrette. Mom says if I'm a good girl I get to pick out a new hair clippy when we are done.

I'm taking a manners class at Fairytales Children's Boutique. The first class we made these princess gloves.

Daddy just loves it when my eyes go into this shape.

After all these years, monkey is still my best friend.

July has been FUN

We went to the beach today on the way to dinner. We heard the waves were huge and wanted to see. Well, we must have been there between sets because it wasn't huge. It wasn't small, but not huge. It also wasn't stormy. It was cloudy, but not stormy. Mommy was confused by this picture when she downloaded it. It's a cool pic, but not quite representative of how it was outside. Weird.

I played at the beach for a few minutes.

Last week we went to my Grandma's house for her birthday. She has this pool in her back yard that all the kids thought was fun. It was H-O-T. Mommy didn't let me stay in the pool long enough because she said she was melting outside watching us.

Mom was going to make a Giant Cupcake. Lets just say it didn't work. It will someday. It tasted delicious, but it fell apart!

Lucky mom was kind of freaking out that something like that would happen and she made plenty of little cupcakes. They aren't as pretty as Kristin's cupcakes, but they were delicious!

Oh, and I brought home these sprouts at Mother's Day. I insisted that mommy needed to plant them. Well, they FINALLY bloomed about 2 weeks ago. Aren't they pretty. These sprouts started a whole gardening obsession. I inspired my mom to go get a flower box for our balcony. We are enjoying fresh basil and cilantro and I planted some sweet peas (which are attacking mommy's cilantro).

Sorry about the super random post, mommy has been a little scatter brained lately.

Discovery Science Center

Julie has been scoring us all kinds of free stuff lately. She brought us to the Discovery Science Center one day. They have this huge imprint wall thing. Caden and I had lots of fun here!

See our cute little hands!

They have this area where you have to pull up a percentage of your body weight to make the chair rise. They have a 1:6, 1:4 and 1:3 chairs. I did the 1: 4 chair with no problem, but all the big kids were in line for the 1:3 chair. Mom thinks I could do it. I'm really strong!

Outside of the center they have a great dinosaur exhibit. I got to sit on this little triceratops.

Mom asked me and Caden to take a picture, this is as good as she got. Mom says four year olds are super spazzy.