Thursday, November 22, 2012

Hallloween Parade at Jessica's School

The Friday before Halloween, Jessica's school had a school wide Halloween parade. All of the kids got dressed up in their costume and paraded around school.  Here is Jessica with her friends Isabella and Olivia before the parade.



Here is a photo of Jessica walking down to the parade with some of her friends.


The parade was pretty crazy and it was hard to get photos.  So, here is a photo of her walking back from the parade.


After the parade, Jessica's kindergarten class posed for a class picture.


Once school was over, Jessica took more photos with her friends Isabella and Olivia.



October Disneyland Trip - Day 3

On the third day at Disneyland, the girls wore their Ariel dresses.  Everyone was a bit tired at this point, so strollers it was for both girls.



It was a Magic Morning at California Adventure, so we decided to go to Cars Land.  



We even had a chance to take a quick family photo.




October Disneyland Trip - Day Two

For our second day at Disneyland, the girls wore their matching Halloween dresses. They attracted quite a bit of attention as we posed for photos with Goofy.



We decided to start the day with a Luau Breakfast with Mickey, Stitch, and friends.


Jamison was just so excited to see Stitch in person.




She also was thrilled to see Mickey.



And, she gave him a kiss on his nose.



The girls basically loved all of the characters.




After breakfast, we headed over to California Adventure.


Here's a photo of Jamison just looking cute.


The girls and I had another good time on the Ariel carousel.



Mimi and Jessica took a photo in Cars Land.


The girls wanted to take a photo with the pumpkins.


We headed back to the hotel for a quick break and headed to a dinner in Downtown Disney. I think Jamison enjoyed herself.




Later that night, we took a family photo in front of the pumpkin at Disneyland.


October Disneyland Trip - Mickey's Halloween Party

The first night we were at Disneyland was Mickey's Halloween Party.  Jessica dressed up as Merida.


Jamison dressed up as Ariel.


Why is it so hard to get a good picture of the girls together?  This was the best we could do.


It was a late night trick-or-treating in Disneyland.  The girls headed back a bit early with their grandparents.  When Jim and I got back to the hotel, this is how we found them.


And, this is the candy stash we collected.


October Disneyland Trip - Day One

Back in October, we went to Disneyland for Mickey's Halloween Party.  We stayed at the Paradise Pier and Jessica and Jamison had fun posing with Goofy.


Jessica wanted to pose in front of the pumpkin once she got into Disneyland.


She also took a few photos with her Daddy.




Here is Jessica in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle.




Eventually, we did get to go on rides.  The girls had fun posing for a photo at the Dumbo ride.


Then, the girls and I had fun riding the neigh-neighs together.


Later, it was on to see Merida.


Jamison had fun trying out the bow and arrow.


The girls wanted to drive the cars. Mimi went with Jessica and I drove around with Jamison.




Thursday, November 1, 2012

Jamison goes to the Children's Museum and Zoo

A few weeks ago, Jamison's school was closed for a few days. One of those days Jamison visited the Children's Museum and Zoo.




Jessica at basketball practice

Jessica really seems to enjoy playing basketball.  Here are some photos from one of her practices earlier in the month.


The coaches had everyone practice dribbling.




Jamison even tried to get in on the action!


And, then the coaches had them practice passing.


The kids also got to practice shooting.


Jamison enjoys hanging out on the sidelines (or in the middle of the court sometimes) with her ball while all of this is going on. She plays a little basketball and a little soccer.