The Man in Red...

We went to visit the man in Red after Heather had her sing along for the book fair for her school =) As you can see Heather was very excited!! She was able to chat with Santa for about 5 minutes and told him what she would like for Christmas, what kind of cookies did he and Rudolph like. After the picture she was singing all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth so I can wish you ... a Merry Christmas :) you may not be able to see the missing teeth in this picture but you can up close.

Pretty as a picture..

Pictures are worth a thousand words... 

Heather and her Dingo pup... there is a special bond between these two

it took forever but we finally got her school pics back! I love her smile 

our little fort builder

I can fly Mommy... I can fly...

move over Big Hero 6 ... the neighborhood kids have super hero powers and ready to use them 

she's a spunky little one

superhero's must have the perfect landing.. 

I love that the neighborhood kids have fun together :) 

Watch out for Fairy Dust ...

 The Tooth Fairy made her first visit to a special someone on Saturday night.. we were all very excited! A few of Heather's friends have already lost their first tooth and some more and every once in awhile Heather would wiggle her's and have us check if any were loose. Then one day she so excited that one was really loose and then we noticed 2 were loose!! Crazy!!! Saturday afternoon the tooth was VERY loose and she was able to wiggle it out with her tongue and the second one came out after school on Monday.

As you can tell she's very excited! and perfect timing because her dentist appt is next week 

The tooth fairy came and visited which made Heather very excited .. so excited that she wanted to send her a thank you note :) I love her heart!!! 

Train Trip

Grandma Diane took us on a train ride to San Juan Capistrano over the weekend. The weather was beautiful and we had so much fun! 

the clock tower at Union Station is beautiful

Union Station is absolutely gorgeous!!! 

pretzel break while waiting for the train and I have to admit the pretzel bites are delicious!!! and the kiwi strawberry smoothie...mmmmmmm :) :) 

love the old street lights.. wish there was more character in today's architecture 

love the eyes on our furry friend 

cutest little piggie!! and its full grown 

Grandma treated the kids to a pony ride... Heather was ecstatic 

Her horse's name is Chex and she has beautiful blue eyes too Heather had a blast and the guy leading her was very excited she knew so much about horses 

Smile..

I really wanted to climb the ole oak.. isnt it marvelous

found this little birdie singing away 

she can sleep just about anywhere.. LOL 

it was a beautiful day for a train ride and lunch in San Juan Capistrano We all had so much fun!! Next time we will make our way to the mission .. cant wait! 

Fabulous 5!!

Its official.. Heather has gone from little girl to an official big kid! she turned the fabulous 5 on Sunday!! Its a bit hard to believe that she's 5 already but it has been one of the most enjoyable, fun, loving amazing adventure we have ever been on! We cant wait to see what is ahead for us this year

our princess in her royal throne :) 

(after jumping for 1-1/2 hours she was starving .. and yes Kev and I were jumping as well) 

she made a wish that she said would always keep in her heart (she knows the best wishes stay there if you truly want them to come true) 

so happy to be with her friends (we re-lit the candles so they could make a wish with her too) 

a few of the party animals

the celebration continued w/ a surprise trip to the fair w/ our friends

Jasmine always wanted a little sister so she had one for the day

they had a lot of fun in the kid zone

Heather was finally tall enough to go on the ferris wheel!! she was so excited! 

and of course had to go on some roller coasters.. can you tell she loved it! 

our little super hero :) 

all the times that we have been to the fair plex the 2 story carousel is never working so we were very excited to see it going.. Heather of course wanted to be up top :)  

we took the sky line and loved the view! 

2 reasons my heart smiles everyday!

our little pirate

pinky bear had to get a picture too.. she won her at the bottle toss (they were so nice and gave her a prize for trying so hard!) 

arrggh ye mateys.. we just couldnt resist 

this lady was so sweet and explained some pirate things for Heather and then let us know that Jack Sparrow was on his way.. the girls were so excited! 

(H was trying to make an aarrgghh face) this guy was great!!! he had the moves and the voice down!! 

learned some things about trees from the talking/walking tree 

this freaked me out a little.. there's suppose to be a boa constrictor in there.. not to sure where it went.. yikes!

two of Heather's BFF's (Zoe and Eden) 

had to get a selfie :) 

what an amazing weekend!! Heather enjoyed celebrating her birthday for 3 days!!! We are so proud of our little girl (I mean big kid) she amazes us every day

Back to School...

Its official.. our little girl is a Bulldog! Heather started kindergarten last Thursday and is very proud to be a bulldog! As you can tell Dingo wanted to go with her

it doesnt seem that long ago that she was this small tiny little girl.. time flies when you are having fun! 

Heather loves her school, teacher and has made some very nice new friends. Thankfully all has went well and to be honest.. it was harder on me than her :) After I signed her in she was off and playing with her friends..dont even think she noticed I had to leave :) 

in other silly summer news.. we went to the Santa Ana zoo which is such a great fun place for kids!! Heather needed a little help w/ the drinking fountain.. she got a drink and washed her face LOL 

we filled up our old waterbed mattress w/ air and the kids just loved it!!! the other neighborhood kids came over later for more jumping fun :) 

and of course we had to visit the dragon fly park .. we call it this because the teeter-totter looks like a dragon fly. We did 3 parks in one day just for fun! 

got to love summer!! 

this makes me teary eyed... they grow up so fast