more photos:)

These were taken by Joan.....

Valentine's Celebration

This morning Jasmine and Jolee had their first modeling "gig" for the Casa Grande Senior Center. The event was sponsored by JC Penney. Earlier in the week, Joan, Jolee, Jasmine and I went to JC Penney to pick out the outfits for Jas and Jolee. We arrived and went into the special "dressing room" and put the outfits on, then modeled for the Senior Center party. They made it about halfway down the "runway", then began playing with the balloons that lined the walkway, so I had to lead them the rest of the way:) I am sue that David got some better photos which I can add later.

Photos:
just woke up and got her Valentine's present. A little purse filled with a stuffed dog and some candy.
Jasmine at home all ready to go
Jasmine giving Jolee her Valentine's present
Jasmine and Jolee
Story time backstage

Tet Party....

Today we went to a Tet Party at Kathy and AnnaLi's house in Chandler. There were about 17 Vietnamese adoptive families there....some new, and some we had never met before. The kids made lanterns, colored, and ate mostly Vietnamese food. Jasmine was very intent and focused on painting her lantern:) I have never seen Jasmine eat SO much food!! I guess it was because it was Vietnamese food. She had two bowls of rice/curry/Pho- the Vietnamese dish, 2 cookies, then 3 little cupcakes, ...... then she demanded more cupcakes!!!!- as you can see from one of the photos:) The kids played in the yard for about an hour, then had a little Vietnamese dragon run. Joan, Jolee and David were there too.


Photos:
Jasmine painting her lantern
Eating, and eating, and eating
"Get me more cupcakes...NOW"
Jasmine and Jolee
All of the kids- well, most of them....
Dragon
Joan, Jolee and David

Damion's birthday....

Today we took our next door Damion to the zoo and Red Robin for his birthday which is in a few days. We walked and walked and walked......and saw a few animals, had a nice lunch there, then a sundae at Red Robin. The best part was getting to brush the goats.

Feeding Spirit (Dear-It)

One of Jasmine's favorite things to do is to help feed our dog, Spirit. Mmmm, raw meat and chicken necks.
"Dear-It, bekfast".

Gymnastics class..

Today was our second gymnastic class. Jasmine is not shy about jumping in and participating, but she doesn't want to stop and play the structured games:) One of the photos is Miss Cathie, the teacher, helping Jasmine on the trampoline.
Later, we had a Valentine's package in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa. She insisted on opening it and putting stickers all over herself.

Chihuly exhibit

Today we went to the Botanical Gardens to see the Chihuly exhibit. Dale Chihuly is a glass blowing artist... very amazing how they incorporated his sculptures into the garden. It seems that Jasmine's time limit is about 2 hours.... which is pretty good for a two year old. We walked around for about a hour and a half, then had a little lunch at the cafe there, then went to our usual Whole Foods for grocery shopping. The weather could not be better... 80 degrees. We just didn't want to be in the house today. Plenty of time for that when it's 112.
We had a great day:)
Oh- afterwards, Jasmine helped me unload groceries.