First Grade Field Day

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Aubrey's Haircut

I finally got the nerve to get Aubrey's hair cut. I really don't know what I was waiting for but I've been wanting to do it for a while now. I guess other things just kept getting in the way. A hair cut is not high priority on the list of appointments but alas, yesterday was the day! I thought of maybe trying to do it myself but there would be no way she'd sit and let me. She did pretty good at the family salon. She ended up sitting on my lap watching Dora the Explorer. Each station had it's own tv and kids could play video games or watch movies while getting their cuts. It was a pretty decked out for kids salon. And it was enough of a distraction to complete the mission despite her hesitation. And she likes it!

Spring break highlights

Aubrey helped me make some sugar cookies for Aaron's class. I wish I would have taken some pictures of the bunnies. They turned out really cute. I love my little bakerella. She is totally a hands-on kind of kid. Aaron's classmates were happy to see us. Aaron was especially keen on giving a sugar cookie to his friend, Malina who is in fifth grade. Aaron's class has fourth and fifth graders in it. The fifth graders weren't in class when I was there so Aaron went with his teacher to wait for Malina at the bus pickup. Yeah, he's a got a bit of a crush. It's so cute.

Egg hunt before pictureEgg hunt after picture.Aubrey's before picture.Aubrey after the egg hunt. Notice that she only picked the pink and purple eggs. She even traded with the boys to get their pink and purple eggs. Can you say fashionista?

On the hunt...the pink egg up in the palm was the last one to be found. The boys must have walked by half a dozen times.
La Jolla Shores...we had some most enjoyable weather during our week off. Seth, Hollie's son, sent us his Flat Stanley so we took him along for a few pictures at the beach.

Aubrey loves collecting shells. I spotted a small sand dollar and felt like I won a million dollars. I remember my sister Hollie always finding the sand dollars at the beach when we were kids.

SD Wild Animal park. We could never go there enough. Mike took a few days off and joined us for some fun. We enjoyed the Frequent Flyers show. Seeing the condor wing span was a definite highlight.

Here's a little shot of the baby African elephant born on Valentine's day. Even from far off, he's so cute!

Havin' a rough day?

Sometimes we all just gotta have a good pout!

A fun little favor...

Here's a fun paper crafting design that I discovered on www.splitcoaststampers.com. It's a great online place to find fun ideas for cards, favors, etc. For my birthday, I went to the Ghiradelli store with a few friends and I had come across the tutorial for these cute little Ghiradelli boxes the week before. They fit three Ghiradelli chocolate squares perfectly. So when I saw these boxes I just had to make one for everyone as a little favor. The tutorial suggests using a ScorePal, which I didn't have so I just used the scoring blade on my paper cutter. I did look up the ScorePal online to find out just how much they were and it looks like they're around $40. A little pricey for a paper crafting gadget but I can see how beneficial it would be if you were mass producing a bunch of favors. Unfortunatley, I'm unable to paste the direct link to the tutorial. Maybe because you have to be a member on the site. But if you're interested in checking it out, just search for Ghiradelli boxes under resources. Beate is the name of the gal that made the tutorial so that may also be useful in your search.

March Card Exchange

Here are the cards we exchanged in March. We had a smaller group this time but still had some fun designs with plenty of florals. Can you guess mine?

Mine was the "sending baskets full of warm wishes" card.