Vegas Vacation!!

Lounging in our bedroom...  I got the king-sized bed.  Danni slept on the couch mattress on the floor...

Fascinated by the construction outside... Mommy was fascinated that we both put our shirts on backwards...

Father's Day!  Daddy LOVED the shirt I painted for him!

Cupcakes from one of our favorite places!!

Danni tries not to lose any frosting as she removes her cupcake from its box!

Woohoo!  Summer time means that we all get to play in Las Vegas!  Our family headed out to one of our favorite vacation spots for a whole week!  Danni and I LOVE being away from home.  We could have spent the entire vacation in the confines of our condo...  it was a great trip!!!  :)

Preschool Graduation

The last of many happy preschool memories!!  

Sitting in the big seats in church, ready for the festivities!

Mommy's handsome graduate!  :)

Making my way across the stage to receive my diploma! 

So proud!

Some of my graduating classmates!

The coolest guys in class....

With Miss Estela...

.... and Miss Sue...

It was a bittersweet day!!  I celebrated a year of amazing growth in preschool at Crosspoint's graduation ceremony!!  While it was super cool to get awards and to walk across the stage in the church, it was also sad, because I REALLY have fallen in love with my teachers this year  (And so have my parents!).  I've come a long way since last August!!! (I used to cry when my parents dropped me off at school... today I cried because it was all over.)  Hopefully, I will get to visit Miss Sue and Miss Estela when they are Danni's teachers a year from now!  :)

Last Day of School!!!

Last day of preschool!! 

First day... way back in August!  I've grown so much!!

Silly Danni wanted in on the photo op action!

Making sure the neighbors are all awake!

 Yikes!  I can't believe that preschool is already over and that I'm a cool kindergartner now!!!!  What a great year I've had!! :)

A Sneak Peek at Carsland!

Danni wasn't too fond of Tow-Mater's ride...

Just the boys!

I got to hold the boarding pass for Luigi's Tire ride!

It was a looooong wait, they kept pausing the ride to do live interviews...

I loved the giant beach balls!

Having a ball!!

I wanted to take one home!

Waiting for the Radiator Springs Racers...  I was way more excited about this ride BEFORE we went on it.  It was a little too fast for my taste!

Playing in the beads at a new 70's themed shop...

Danni loved sharing our ride with Baby Autumn!

She was so pleased to ride the pink dolphin!

Merry-go-Rounders!

Silly boys with silly glasses for Midway Mania!

Danni got to meet Jessie!

We stopped to play Legos on the way to the car!

Mommy won tickets to a super cool private party for the premiere of Carsland!  Disney California Adventure park was closed to the public and was only open for prize winners and the media.  We got special wristbands that allowed us a 4.5 hour window to explore Carsland!!  It was AMAZING!  We rode every single new ride in under an hour, despite long pauses for news anchors to conduct live interviews!!  We shared our adventure with Baby Autumn and her grammie, Miss Jennifer!  The three of us got along so well!!  After exploring Carsland, we walked on nearly every ride in the park... without a line in sight!!  It was so great to explore the new land before the grand opening the following day!!!  (I doubt Mommy and Daddy would have been patient enough to endure the crowds!)  

Last Field Trip as a Preschooler!

Ready to bounce with my crew!!

I LOVE the big slide!!!

Class shot in the mouth of a giant crocodile!

Pizza with my preschool pals!!

I celebrated my preschool graduation with a class field trip and party to the Wild Kingdom!  It was so much fun to bounce and play with my teachers and friends.  I was so excited that I forgot to be sad ... it was our last get together as a class -- I have had SUCH a wonderful year with all of my friends at Crosspoint!!  This party was the perfect way to end it!!

Happy Birthday, Leo!

Airborne princess!

We love to bounce, bounce, bounce!!!

Crazies!  (And mommy's toes...)

Cooling off with some lemonade...

Danni wanted to swim in the koi pond...

Pretty party baby!

She aimed a little low in the 'pin-the-mustache-on-Mario' game....

I won a prize for my carefully placed mustache!!

Super excited about my candy haul!!

Danni was in a hurry to dig into her candy treats too!!!

My friend Leo joined me in the five-year-olds club ... we celebrated with an awesome Super Mario Brothers themed party at his new house up in Lake Mathews.  His party had all of our favorites... a bouncer, yummy food, games, a pinata, and lots of treats!!  We were super tired afterward (Mommy and Daddy had a babysitter for us right after the party and we went down without a peep...  too tired to even pull any pranks!!)  Happy 5th Birthday, Leo!!

Blueberry Picking!!

Farmer Zashi!

Farmer Danni

Drifing the big red tractor (on a BLUEberry farm!)

She took a turn at the wheel too!

The first blueberry that I picked!

She was excited to have a pink bucket!

I don't like eating them... but I sure liked picking them!

Blueberry picker baby!

Hiding!!

I had a nice afternoon hanging with baby Autumn and Danni!!

Danni and I met our friend Baby Autumn at the blueberry patch for an afternoon of blueberry picking!  We got a quick lesson on blueberry picking basics (only pick the BLUE ones, lift up the branches to find the bigger berries!), we headed off into the blueberry patch to have some fun!  Danni, Autumn, and I filled up a few buckets of berries.  Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of the berries themselves... but Mommy made some blueberry milkshakes and some blueberry cookies when we got home that I managed to choke down (and like!!!  :)