Halloween Parade at Celebration Kids

 Audrey, Sophia, Dahlia, Amelie, Kaia and Sara are excited for the parade.  Audrey was the only girl not dressed up as a princess. I love my little Jessie! 

Audrey is such a big girl this Halloween.  I am still trying to get her to say "It's you!  It's you!  It's you!  It's you! It's you!"  If you don't know that I am referring to I suggest watching Toy Story 2.  It is a great movie, and we love it.  I will try to get a shot with Audrey and her Jessie doll tonight.

 Olivia loves her dragon costume.  I finished her hood just a few hours before the parade. She was ready and waiting for it when Joe and I showed up at CK. Teacher Chris was very surprised that Olivia did not want to share her costume. This was his first experience with the Olivia that Joe and I see on a  daily basis.

 This was the best shot that we got of Olivia.  I hope to get some good ones tonight.

 Audrey and Sara are patiently waiting for the "trick or treat-ing" to begin.

 After the parade Room 6 had a Spooky Food themed party.  Audrey ate monster toes, frozen eye balls and rotten apple punch.  Teacher Melissa & Teacher Bernie know how to throw a good monster party.

 Cheers!  Rotten apple punch is yummy!

2011 School Pictures

I have realized that I no longer have babies.  I am now a seasoned mother of 2 little girls. Olivia is on her way to being 100% potty trained.  Audrey is flourishing in room 6 and is smarter than we give her credit for.  

Joe and I are proud parents!

Olivia looks so upset in her picture. But she LOVES her class and her teachers.

Audrey loves room 6!  She is learning all out independence & responsibility!  

They also do cool food crafts!

Star Dreams Performance

Celebration 2010

Audrey's school puts on Christmas performance each year.  Here some photos from her show last Thursday.  Audrey was very excited and we are very proud of her!

Holiday Program at Celebration Kids

Audrey has her first Christmas concert tonight.  Her preschool Celebration Kids rented out the Rialto Theatre in South Pasadena and put on a fun little show. 

Audrey wore her party dress for the occasion. She was running around in circles, twirling, and having fun with the full skirt of the dress

I tried for ten minuites to get a nice picture of Audrey smiling in front of the Christmas tree.  As you can see here it was unsuccessful.  Audrey still does not like to smile and I also noticed later that she had chocolate smeared on her face.  We had to bribe her to get into her dress and cheer her up.

She really is a cute little girl who knows how to get her way.  I packed the M&M's in my diaper bag on the way to the concert just in case. 

Audrey had been practicing her song for the past few weeks.  Her classroom sang Feliz Navidad.  Audrey will be happy to sing for you if she is not feeling pressured.

I was able to snap a few photos of the performance while also juggling Olivia.

Here is a photo of room #1.  They each had a bracelet with jingle bells on and they were each given a santa hat. Audrey and a few of her friends refused to wear the hat. I guess she did not want to to mess up her hair!

Joe was up to the right of the stage with Audrey; to help the teachers and keep a smile on Audrey's face. She did not do well on stage tonight. As you can see here she froze up and started crying.  When Joe put her to bed tonight she told him that she cried instead of singing with her friends.   I hope she gets over her stage fright. Poor thing...

Dad came to the rescue and picked her up on stage to finish the act!  What a life saver!

I did not take any photos of the other acts.  My daughter was the most important of course. The other rooms had some great acts.   Audrey was restless and we skipped out a bit early. 

Overall it was a very fun and exciting evening for everyone in the family.  Olivia looked like she had fun too!

November is here already

Wow time has flown by so quickly.  Olivia is now cruising the floor getting into all of the toys that Audrey does not put away, which is everything.  We had a fun Halloween this year.  We celebrated with Audrey's school on Friday and on Saturday we went to the Boo at the Zoo event in the morning.  Carter Morel has his birthday party in the afternoon and we ended the day at my parents house and went trick or treating with the girls.  It was so much fun.  The first house we made a visit to was Rico's home. She opened the door and Audrey just walked right inside.  It was only a thing that a little girl would do!

Audrey loved the Snow White costume that I made for her this year.  It is hard to get a good picture of her lately.  She is a very serious little girl.  I was able to snap this while Joe and I were visiting her class

Teacher Jose is dressed up as the Big Green Monster. This is one of Audrey's favorite books that they read at school often.  Audrey seems to have formed a good relationship with her teachers and speaks of them often.

 

Audrey stops to check out her treats with teacher Carmen and daddy.  

After trick or treating at Celebration Kids we returned to Audrey's classroom and decorated cookies.  

Joe took this photo of the girls as we were getting ready to go to Carter's birthday party.  You can see that Audrey and Olivia have such different personalities.  Olivia never stops smiling, and Audrey does!

 

Olivia is six and a half months here in this photo.  She is so cute and amazing.  She discovers a different skill everyday.  She looked so cute in her Kimono inspired pajamas that my parents bought for her on their recent trip to Japan.  As you look at the photos below it is so funny..the many faces of Olivia.

 

Climbing is one of Audrey's favorite things.  These tunnels are up about 8 feet and require a ton of climbing. 

Audrey enjoyed the little fire car at Amy's Playground.  I love snapping shots of her when she is not looking.  It is the only way I can really get a photo of the true Audrey.