What's for Breakfast?

Alanna's teacher suggested that parents have their children write a shopping list to practice their "phonemic writing." Tonight I asked Alanna to write down a list of breakfast foods we should buy at the store. I said what we needed and she jotted it down on the white board. You should have seen how proud she was when I showed Justin the list and he read it out loud. Moments like this are so precious.

Little E

My parents have taken on a huge project of scanning all of their photos. They began with my childhood albums...I love the trip down memory lane.

Me (age 2) with my beloved cat Jake


Melly, me, and Jack the cat


Competing in a horse show (circa 1987)


The "alligator dance" -- trip to the Florida Everglades
(Mel, me, Dad, and Granny Evy)

Trip to the Zoo

A couple of weeks ago, we met my college housemate Deena and her family at the Oakland Zoo. We lucked out and had beautiful weather. The kids had a blast seeing all of the animals and the highlight of the zoo continues to be the "meerkat tunnel." On our way home we made a pitstop at Fentons Creamery...yum.

Alanna and Luciana