Vehicle Day at Pre-School.....

All kinds of vehicles... Tempe Police cars, DUI Enforcement trailer, motorcycles, Firetrucks, Ambulances, City buses, backhoes, free cookies and sandwiches from Great Harvest Bread Company and free Chicken, etc from ChicFilae. It was a mad- house. 90 degrees with the sun blaring...(99 degrees tomorrow). The kids had free access to climb around in all the police/fire, etc vehicles... honk the horns and turn on the sirens, and they took advantage of it. It was so loud I almost had a nervous break down:))) and Jazzy was crying at first because of all the sirens. She did sit on a police motorcycle and in the police car.... as well as climb around in the SWAT vehicle. Of course, she ate lunch there too.:) We also went in the uh-hum...Tempe DUI enforcement truck and sat in the seat with the handcuffs..... where they randomly stop people, do the breathalyzer or blood test right there in the trailer and haul the person to jail if needed:). I didn't really get the purpose of the day.... especially for pre-schoolers.

In the SWAT vehicle.
On the police motorcycle with the siren blaring.
In the loud police car.

Japanese Care Package....

This weekend we created a Japanese care package for a family consisting of a man, woman, and little girl. We heard on the radio that they really need socks because of the cold and wet conditions, so we put several pair of socks, flip flops, toothpaste, toothbrushes, other personal care items, hard candy, hot cocoa mix, lots of other things.... and our contact information. The thought is that some day when they get "on their feet", they will contact us to be a "pen pal".... which is an outdated concept... so maybe "email pals".

Jazzy's duck friends....

Our duck friends have returned this year. There is a female and two males.... probably a offspring who is overstaying a bit with his mom and dad! They kept us company last weekend for our garage sale, and show up almost daily now to be fed. Last night Jasmine was taking a nap after swimming, and the ducks were on our little front porch. I just yelled to Jazzy...."Your ducks are waiting to be fed on the porch".... and she jumped up and ran outside:) which is why she looks a bit disheveled.

New Classes for Spring....

Jazzy is a busy little girl this spring. A different acting class with a different teacher, Sam, on Monday nights. Tuesday is "classical dance" with Ms. Jana. She has taken this class before. We temporarily stopped it because of karate. They learn both tap and ballet in that class. Gymnastics... as always on Monday morning. Skating on Friday. Then Zumba (which hasn't started yet) and hip hop back to back on Saturdays. The parents are not allowed in any of the Parks and Rec classes, so the photos are all of her just waiting to go into class:(. We just get to sit outside and play with our new cell phones:)

Swimming on Sunday afternoon.
Waiting with the rest of the class to start hop hop with Stacey J... a professional dancer.
Waiting for acting class.

St. Patrick's Day.....

Still no photos....but I've been updated on the Polar Ice skating adventures. Let's see.... watch alot of violent animated TV in the morning then skate for awhile. Today was Science Day, so they went outside and exploded some type of "black drink". "Mommies and Daddies don't like it". "But we went outside, and we didn't make a mess inside". Good to know! Ate pizza again and fruit salad. No "tree branch dressing" today! Had a karate lesson both today and yesterday from "Mrs. Gavin"... who I suppose is the wife of the owner of the karate place next door- owned by a guy named "McGowan". What else?.... "Went to the potty and someone came in and said "Do you need any help in here?- and I said No". See.... after conducting homeopathic interviews for the last 20 years... I get all the details:). Today I showed up about an hour early to see what they were doing.... and sure enough... they were watching TV:(. Yesterday, Jasmine "got in trouble" for yelling "shut up" twice to some "older girls"..(age 7-8yrs) who were telling her to do something. I told them that Jasmine was not used to watching so much violent TV. Their response "All of the cartoons are approved by the manager". Really. Then, one of the little teenage girls running the camp told me that Jasmine fell alot today. She has a bruise and bump on her forehead, large bruise and swelling on her knee and I am informed that "her butt hurts". Guess that's just part of skating!. And.... last but not least... Jasmine proceeds to tell me ... as we are walking out... that she put a full glass of lemonade in her backpack... as it is dripping out all over the sidewalk. Everything inside.... as well as the backpack itself is/was covered with sticky lemonade. Awesome!! Hosed it off outside. The only good thing about this "camp" is that she may have had about 10 hours of skate time... no instruction... but still just skating around on the ice is helpful. Probably not going to go back to this camp again... but at least got some skating time in:)

Funny thing...

Today when I picked Jazzy up, I asked her what she did at camp. She always answers "I don't know". After many questions, I found out that they went on an "adventure in California" and "played hockey games". When I asked what she ate for lunch, she said... "pepperoni pizza, carrots and tree branch"! I had to be quite a detective and finally found out that "tree branch" was a "sauce" for the carrots. I put two and two together and determined that "tree branch" is "Ranch" dressing:)) Silly.

Skate, Rattle and Roll

Today was the first day if ice skating camp at Polar Ice Rink. I wasn't there at all so only know second hand what they did.... but here is what I heard: Watch cartoons, go skating, eat hot dogs and french fries, go skating again, do beading craft, watch more cartoons. So, when I left and when I came back... they were doing the same thing.... watching TV.
Anyway, this was the first time in 2 1/2 years that I will have an entire week from 9-5 to get things done instead of constantly getting interrupted... Mom, can I go ride my bike? Mom, will you make a sandwich? Mom, will you put Sid the Science Kid on? We have to go to gymnastics now. We have to go to school now? and on and on. I got more done just today than I usually do in an entire week!

Here is Jazzy at the ice rink with her "Skate Rattle and Roll" tee shirt. She fell asleep within 30 seconds of getting into the car.