CASTRO VALLEY, CA - Today we got to go to the park with Grandma and Auntie 'Manda. It was a little cool outside, but still fun. Jake had a good time too. I'm going to be sad when we have to go back home tomorrow, but I had fun today!

CASTRO VALLEY, CA - Merry Christmas again! We made it to Grandma & Grandpa's in record time. I got to hang out with my cousin Isabella for a bit, and then we got down to business - more stockings and presents!

I got lots of nice things...thanks, everyone :-)

I'm even looking forward to using the ice cream sundae set that my mommy and daddy got for one of their presents, mmmmmm.

It's also nice to have lots of people to read to us. Uncle Brian read to Jake and Gianna, and lots of people took turns reading to me. My dad's a good reader and all, but it's kind of boring to have the same old voice every night. I got a new set of Fancy Nancy books that will make great bedtime reading.

I love Christmas :-)

FULLERTON, CA - Merry Christmas! What a great day so far - I left cookies for Santa last night and he brought me a Barbie Glamour Camper...I think we can all see who got the better end of that deal. After we opened a few presents at my house, we headed over to Morgan & Lindsay's for brunch and another round of stockings and presents. Aunt Julie and Uncle Dave got me my very own luggage set - pink, of course! I'm all ready to go on a trip now, which is a good thing since we're headed north first thing in the morning to see Grandpa & Grandma. I'm pretty sure there will even be a few more presents with my name on it once we make it up there...good times!!

OAKLAND, CA - Today we went to the zoo with Grandma. We saw lots of animals that normally live in Africa. There were lions, zebras, elephants, snakes, a really ugly hyena, a really cute meerkat and other assorted insects and reptiles.

There was a petting zoo, a sandbox, and a really fun little pond that had lillypads for us to hop on. It was a really nice day at the zoo...

LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA - We had a party today for the baby that's in Aunt Julie's tummy. Lots of people came with presents for the new baby - and to have some good food. It was a baseball theme, so the cupcakes that mommy made had baseballs and gloves and grass on them. The grass was coconut - mmmmmmm! They opened lots of nice presents, but my favorite was the jacket and blanket set that Uncle David had when he was a little boy - Jake made a perfect little model.

I can't wait until the baby gets here - it's going to be so fun to have another cousin!

FULLERTON, CA - Happy Halloween! It's been a busy Halloween "season" around here. Last weekend, we got to go to my school carnival and carve pumpkins. For the carnival I was a 50's girl and Jake was a cowboy. Then we went to a party with mommy & daddy's sunday school class where we ALL dressed up like we were from the 50's - it was a lot of fun. This week I got to have a parade at school, get dressed up again and go trick-or-treating last night. I'm exhausted. It was worth it, though, because I got a fair amount of candy. I like candy.

All of a sudden, it's November - almost time for Thanksgiving!

FULLERTON, CA - Today was my first day of Kindergarten! Daddy took me to school and stayed with me for the morning. We did some crafts, listened to some stories and I met some new friends. My favorite part of the day was when we did the Hokey-Pokey. Tomorrow I get to go to school ALL day, and daddy won't be staying this time. I think that's better anyways, he was a bit emotional this morning and I can't let my new friends see that - not cool.

It was a fun day - I'm looking forward to a great year!!

NORTHERN CA - Here are some pics from our summer vacation. Enjoy!