Me and My Gal Day at School

I spent the day at school with Jazzy yesterday. We had music class, played on the playground, made crafts, had a snack, and each child was interviewed about their mother. Since I forgot my camera, I took photos with my new phone camera, but somehow cannot get them to transfer to the computer.

The questions were: How old is your mother? ages ranged from 7-79. I am 10 yrs old, even though Jasmine has asked me how old I am and I have told her. What is the best thing she cooks? vegetables. I guess because we have been eating alot of stir fry lately. What is your mother's favorite thing to do? play Candyland. What do you like to do with your mother? Hang around on her:) At least she didn't say "watch Dancing with the Stars" which is what she said last time. Very embarassing. What does she look like? just a Mom. What is the nicest thing you mother does for you? She helps me clean up. Then she drew a picture of "Me and Mom working":)
Later we made a little heart craft.

last Karate Class for awhile...

Practicing punches
Sense Brad pretending he is a stranger grabbing onto Jasmine
5 push ups for knocking over part of the obstacle course:))
Meditating after class.

Suzuki recital

The Arizona Suzuki Association had it's yearly recital at Katzin Music Hall on the ASU campus. Kids from all over Arizona who are in the Suzuki program came to play. The little kids 4yrs and under came to watch..... although, some of the kids who played onstage looked like they might be around 4. Ms. Karen Nalder, the President of Az Suzuki Association... and Jazzy's teacher, was the "Master of Ceremonies". We had to leave early and forego the post-recital party because Jasmine was misbehaving:(. It was cute to see all the little kids dressed up in formal dresses and 3-piece suits for the boys. They had a little formal "tea party" after the recital.... which uh-hum.. we didn't get to attend.

Ms. Karen starting the recital
Jasmine in the audience.

Pond Life

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Studied pond life today at Seedlings.
Singing a song.
Collecting pond water and examining it with a magnifying glass.
Separating vertebrates from invertebrates.

FCC/FCV Chinese New Year....

Chinese New Year party at Kiwanis Park in Tempe. I had to work part of the time at the raffle table, so Jasmine hung out with some of the Chinese ASU students. Lots of martial arts demonstrations, dancers, the ever present dancing dragons, arts and crafts, and Chinese lunch.

Hummingbirds and Chuparosa

At DBG Seedlings, the topic today was Hummingbirds and the plant they like the most- Chuparosa (which is spanish for hummingbird). The long flowers are tubular so that the hummingbird can get his beak in... past where the bees can go. Hummingbirds hearts are proportionately larger than those of any warm blooded animal and they have to eat every 10-15 minutes. They mostly drink nectar, but they one of their favorite foods is spiders! They eat the spider then take its web to contribute to their tiny little nest so that the eggs and hatchlings don't fall thru. Their wings beat 80 beats per second and their heart rate is 1300 beats per minute when they are active.

We took a long hike looking at the chuparosa-- which grew profusely in the backyard of our old house... as well as everywhere else in Arizona.
Then we made a little hummingbird craft out of clay, glitter, and feathers.

Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show...

We spent the day at the Arabian Horse Show in Westworld. Jazzy ate lots of junk food, corn dogs, candy, and ice cream and got to sit on a calm/smaller version of a horse in the Arab world... along with the outfit:) It was the first time she didn't act afraid while sitting on a horse! I still couldn't get her to smile though. We watched many of the youth classes and had lots of fun shopping. The show seemed alot bigger this year with more horses, one more show ring, and more food vendors of course.