Big News!

After a series of unfortunate events involving Havi's class at her current daycare we have decided to pull her out of the center and enroll her at a new pre-school. It was a tough choice taking Havi away from her circle of friends, but the right decision to make to help ensure she's ready for kindergarten next year - she will have one friend, Taylor, starting the new school too which will make the transition easier. Havi will start her new school on June 2nd and we're all very excited. Havi thinks it's pretty cool that Grandma will be here to meet her new teacher and see her new school.

The new school has quite a different approach to it's curriculum and we're looking forward to seeing how that works with Havi. We both think she's going to do really well there.

Havi will be part of a new pre-kindergarten class and will be a 'Zebra' along with Taylor. The school has an art room, library (with huge cushions to chill on while reading), a gymnasium, dance studio, computer room, swimming pool, splash playground and a covered playground. She'll get to take field trips on cute little white school buses and will be able to carry on her ballet with the same dance school during her school day. She'll have 30 minute lessons throughout the day covering reading, writing, science, maths, art, computers, Spanish and PE.

I'm thinking about finding out if I can afford to enroll too... it sounds like so much fun!

Mother's Day Fun...

It was Mother's Day in the US this past weekend. We spent the morning walking around Town Lake with Auntie Brooke and Arnie then stopped off at Rudy's for lunch.

We experimented by not taking the pushchair for the first time. The loop we walked was 3.1 miles... I think Havi was carried for 3 of those 3.1 miles :-) She has little legs!!

And some yummy BBQ for lunch...

After some 'quiet time' reading in her room instead of a nap... which I think are for the most part over... we went swimming at the Y then picked up some balloons for Peter's birthday on the way home.

Havi was adamant that we surprise Peter with the balloons at the same time Matt and Rebecca got to our house, so we waited down the street for them and all pulled up together. I think Havi got a kick out of surprising Daddy :-)

It was a lovely sunny Sunday full of fun.

Edamame and Cockroaches!

When Chef Dad isn't home at dinner time... this is what Havi's I (and my) dinner looks like.

The next day Havi asked me for "those green round things, that pop out, you know what I mean?" - Nope... I don't know what you mean.... "You know, the green round things, the little things, that I pop out?" - OH... EDAMAME... sure!

With all the work we've been having done on the house... it's stirred up a few insects that are not welcome. Havi left a glass of juice on the kitchen table while we went out to swim class, when she got back she reached out to get a drink and came face to face with this....

... I have NEVER seen her so freaked out. This is the same kid that rescues doodle-bugs all day long and tells us moths are adorable and so pretty. But I have to admit... a cockroach falls under a totally different type of bug. Gross.

Now she checks every drink... even the ones with a lid on :-)

Six of the cutest little ballerinas you've ever seen...

Havi's ballet recital is in a couple of weeks and we were excited to pick up her costume last week, then even better, head on down to the studio for pictures with all her ballet class friends. They all looked adorable in their costumes and were so giddy - it's going to be very cute to see the recital.

There was a strict "No Cameras" rule at the photo shoot, but of course we all brought them and secretly took pictures outside after :-)

This was Havi after I'd put her hair up in a bun, she was waiting for Selin to arrive so they could get dressed and go! She looks SO different with her hair up like this. She prefers it down and it's not often her bobbles will stay in a whole day.

Havi and Selin posing in our front garden.

And six of the cutest little ballerinas you've ever seen...

Disney On Ice

We took Havi to see Disney on Ice with The Bates' and it was... well... interesting. It opened with Cars - which was great, full size cars characters on the ice with moving eyes and mouths. Havi just about squeaked when Mater came through the curtain. She really loves Mater.

The Little Mermaid and Lion King were OK... but the second half was all Tinkerbell. Why they ruined that character by making her speak (in a SoCal accent) and bringing her out of Peter Pan... I'll never know. Ian was right to ask to leave early :-)

This was the only picture I got before our batteries died...

Havi's the Jungle Girl

Havi is trying to take Bindi the Jungle Girl's job from under her feet...

Peter found a little snake in the garden and Havi was so excited to hold it. Before you ask... Peter had the gloves on before he found the snake :-)