playdate with Gadiel....

Today, Gadiel and his Mom Jenny came over for a playdate/Memorial Day party. It will be the last time we see them for awhile since they are travelling all summer and we are moving back to Tempe. We made pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Jazzy and Gadiel played non-stop.

Taking Jessie for a walk this morning.....

Recital night...

We weren't allowed to take flash photos, but I took video of all of Jazzy's dances. She did SO well. A complete ham. She loved being onstage and everyone clapping for her:))

at home before the recital.
after the recital, Jazzy received flowers from the teacher..Amy Ludwig, Jazzy's friend Alisandra, and Mommy:)

dance rehearsal

Today, pretty much all day!, we had a dress rehearsal for Jazzy's first dance recital. Jazzy will be in two dances, one tap and one sort of ballet/jazz with her swim suit on. The dance group is called Desert Stage Dance Company and they are dancing with a group of high school kids at the Vista High School in Casa Grande. The high school is more like a college campus with acres of tennis courts, swimming pools, multiple basketball courts and gymnasiums, weight rooms and entire wing and one special stage just for dancers!

All of the high school girls were screaming and clapping when Jazzy came onstage... which made her jump up and down and dance even more! It was hilarious.

After practice we had a pizza party, and all the kids made beaded necklaces and bracelets. After every class for the past 6 months, the kids got a few beads which were then kept for them in little bags. At the end of the 6 month session, they can make jewelry from the beads they earned.


in the dressing room
going onstage in a few seconds
beach dance
pizza party

Balboa Beach...

We spent the day at Balboa Beach, on the playground, eating fish tacos, and walking up and down the beach. Perfect 75 degrees and sunny with a nice breeze. Jazzy slept from the moment we got into the car around 4PM until 9PM- and now she is wide awake.

Fun Saturday.....

Yesterday, I had yet another step in a tooth re-construction. We have to wait 48 hours for the EndoCal10 to harden... so that gives us the weekend to play. Today when we woke up, it was a little cloudy so we decided to go to the gym/LA Fitness/Kid's Club, not too far from our hotel. After that we went to the Irvine Park Railroad and Orange County Zoo. Irvine is kind of Scottsdale-ish... very pretty and clean. There are parks literally everywhere... but one in particular is *huge*. There is a little railroad that goes completely around the park, ponies... which Jazzy rode, and more junk food. The Orange County Zoo is very small and consists of re-habbed owls, raccoons, hawks, eagles and a bear. The day was a perfect 75 degrees and sunny in the afternoon. I don't understand why so many people come to Arizona for snow-birding and retirement, when the weather anywhere in California is so much better.

Later, we went to "Mother's Kitchen" which is a health food store and restaurant.... similar to Whole Foods Market to eat dinner and get snacks for tomorrow at the beach!


At the Irvine SuperFun Learning Center- a drop-in pre-school close to one of the plethora of dentists I am going to.
Eating a sno-cone at the park
Brushing the goats
At the playground

back to the beach....

Yesterday, we drove back to LA for more dental work. I have driven to and thru San Diego around 50-60 times in the past 20 years and never once have seen snow, but this time we drove thru a snow storm and around one foot of snow going into San Diego!!. Record cold temperatures in LA, too. We got here early because Jazzy slept most of the way, so we didn't need to stop every hour like last time. Because we got here so early, we spent a couple hours at the beach. There was alot of parking (very unsual), since it was so cold. We pretty much had the whole beach to ourselves, however a sign said "TSUNAMI RISK- MEDIUM"! What!!!? We played at the Balboa beach playground for awhile until it started raining, then went to a little cafe for dinner.


Eating a $3.50 artificially flavored coconut so- called "gelato".. yuk!
Playing on the playground at the beach.