Leaves

What's better than playing in the leaves?

Playing in the leaves on a trampoline!!!

Birthday

Wow - that's alot of fire! How old is Aunt Sarah?

Halloween treats

Our mom made some cool Halloween treats. She read about them here and here. These are our treats. Our mom made the legs but we stuck them in and did the faces. We ate alot of spider cakes!

We had lots of leftover candycorn, so she made this sunflower cake too.

Halloween

First we were from the Wizard of Oz ... Dorothy & Glinda the Good Witch

Then we were from Little House on the Prairie ... Laura & Mary

Either way, there was candy!

Trampoline

Here is our new trampoline. Our friends gave it to us. They turned their whole backyard into a swimming pool. Now we have a trampoline. It is lots of fun.

Go Hurricanes!

This is my team. We are the Hurricanes. We like to play soccer. My Papa is one of the coaches. There is also Coach Lynn and Coach Marcus. Marcus is the main coach and he is my friend Mia's dad.

We like to have fun. At the game, Mia and I are running to go help our team. I was either playing mid-field or forward. We won 2-0!

Little Feet ... Big Kicks

I love soccer. I practiced soccer with my team uniform on.

I was shy on the first day of soccer until my friend Rachel came. She was crying until she looked up and saw me. Rachel is in my class at school. My ball bumped into Rachel's ball - we were going around cones at practice.

I was about to kick into the goal. That was what we had to do after we went around the cones. Soccer is fun.

Return of the 2nd Grader

2nd grade is going to be the best year ever ... two of my best friends are in my class!

and my lunchbox matches my backpack ~ I like how curly the frog's tongue is!

School Daze

1st day of Kindergarten ... a new backpack for me

and one for puppy, too. He's coming with me in case I get scared.

I was feeling a little nervous when I was standing in line waiting for school to start.

My whole class walked in together with our teacher ~ she is really nice. I like her alot.

I took the bus home and had LOTS to tell my mom and dad ~ I had a very fun day at school.

Puzzle Princess

I like puzzles, especially really big, giant puzzles.

New Shoes

These are my new shoes for back to school. They are the coolest hi-tops in the world.

Tickle-Fest

Farm Fun

We took our friends to the farm. The farm is lots of fun for kids.

We got to feed the chickens.



Pump water for the horses, this one is Buster.



And we saw this yellow spider by the creek.

Splash!! (part two)

When I go to Cecelia's pool, I stay in the shallow end. But the water still comes up high for me.

I jump off the stairs and swim to the other side.

Splash!! (part one)

Our friend Cecelia has a pool in her backyard. They invite us over and we swim in it all day. At the end of the day I have wrinkly raisin feet and hands.

I love to jump in the deep end.

These are my handstands ... 1st try:

2nd try:

Half-way there:

Hurrah!!!:

Bruschalsa

Tonight I helped my mama make salsa and bruschetta. We got the tomatoes and onions from the vegetable farm (http://www.honeybrookorganicfarm.com/).

I used a very sharp knife to cut the tomatoes. I was very careful. I didn't cut onions because it spices my eyes. We put in cilantro to make salsa. I am a good cilantro picker. Then we had to grind it up. Then we put in salt and pepper and lime.

Bruschetta is just the same as salsa. But we put in basil to make bruschetta. And salt and pepper and vinegar.



This one is the bruschetta:



This one is salsa:



That's how they look the same. But they don't taste the same. But they are both yummy.

Horsing Around

This week I went to Horse Camp (http://www.ponyshare.com/). It was fun and exciting. I met lots of new friends.

This is me and my pony, Coco. I learned how to ride with the reins. Reins are how you move the pony to where you want him to go. When you want to go left, you pull the left side and when you want to go right, you pull the right side. You stop by pulling both sides at the same time and then let go. Then you lean forward, put one leg over and jump down.



Here I am feeding Coco. I am feeding him a carrot. You put out your hand and it has to be flat or he will think your fingers are carrots.



On the last day, we decorated our ponies. We put string, hair clips, stickers and spray paint on our pony. We also had races; we won three times and the other team won two.




I want to go again next year.