Pelican Pride 12-16-11

During the Pelican Pride Assembly on the last day of school before Winter Break, the kids with perfect attendance (no absences and no tardies) for the first trimester also got a special award. Cecily received the attendance award and the I Make Great Choices Award. share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3U7KQ

Nutcracker & School Holiday Party 12-15-11

Cecily's class had their first field trip to go see the Nutcracker at Golden West College. The kids were super excited and really enjoyed the show. The only bad thing was that the school at the morning performance had showed up 30 minutes late, so it pushed our performance back and made us almost miss our class holiday party. share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3U61w As soon as we got back to school from the Nutcracker, our class had a pizza lunch and their holiday party. The kids got to do lots of fun crafts: handprint reindeer stocking, soap snowball, holiday wreath, picture frame ornament, and a reindeer sleigh snack. Luckily they were able to finish all their activities and took their crafts home. share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3U65A

Girl Scouts 12-14-11

We had our last Brownie meeting of 2011 today. The girls brought a new toy to donate to Toys for Tots, wrote Christmas cards to the troops, made catnip toys for the animal shelter, and made friendship bracelets for their Girl Scout pen pals in Washington. When we come back from Winter Break, it will be time to start selling Girl Scout cookies! share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3U6xg

Disneyland 12-13-11

Cecily and Caren were invited to a cast member Christmas party at Disneyland tonight by Ann and Charlize. The cast member parties were last night and tonight. Since it rained last night, it made tonight more crowded. We rode the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Haunted Mansion before enjoying popcorn, churros, hot chocolate, and corn dogs. Before we left, the girls each picked out their own Disney ornaments to hang on their trees at home.
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HB Boat Parade 12-11-11

Tonight we attended our annual Huntington Harbour Boat Parade party at the Hanks home. This year, they built a gingerbread house for the kids to play in and had a magician to entertain them. We ate a delicious meal of mashed potatoes and beef in a lovely martini glass. Then we headed over to Van's house to watch the boat parade and have dessert. After the parade, we went for a ride on Van's boat to check out the holiday lights on the harbour homes.

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Katelyn's Birthday Party 12-10-11

Happy 8th Birthday, Katelyn! We helped her celebrate at her roller skating party. Cecily was a little apprehensive, but she did great. She enjoyed skating around the rink with her friends from school (Sinead, Nicolette, Bethany, and Julia). Maybe we'll have to get her a pair of roller skates for her birthday.

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Two Front Teeth 12-09-11

All she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth! Cecily lost her other front tooth as soon as she got home from school. She had been wiggling it all day, and she was super excited that it came out. In honor of loosing her tooth, she read Junie B. Jones Toothless Wonder for her homework that night.

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Brendan's Birthday Party & HB Xmas Parade 12-04-11

We celebrated Brendan's first birthday at his Angry Birds birthday party. Cecily loved all the decorations and games. They even had a fun photo booth for pictures. We ate yummy food from the taco cart, and Cecily got to bring home some of the stuffed Angry Birds toys as well as a few of the bouncy balls.

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After the party, we hurried back to HB for Cecily to walk in the HB Christmas Parade with her Girl Scout troop. Well, we had thought the parade was at 5, but it started at 4:30. So Cecily missed marching in the parade, but we were able to meet her troop at the end of the parade for a photo with their Christmas banner and headbands. Then we enjoyed dinner at Johnny Rockets with Jo, Danielle, and Nicholas.

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Gymnastics Meet 12-03-11

For the past three months, Cecily had been in a program at SCATS called CAP - the competitive academy program (with her friend Danielle). The 13 girls met every Saturday to learn short routines on the beam, vault, bars, and floor. Today they had their "meet" to showcase what they have learned for their parents and "judges." Cecily was really nervous about performing in front of people, but once she got started she really enjoyed it. Now she can't wait to do CAP again in the spring.

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Happy Birthday Richard 12-02-11

Happy Birthday, Richard! We celebrated with a delicious dinner at Roy's in Newport Beach. We shared the lobster potstickers, which Cecily ate most of. Cecily loved that she got her own steak (kids short ribs) and that they wrote her name on her dessert (ice cream sundae). Caren had the filet mignon with chocolate melting souffle for dessert, and Richard had the blue cheese Hawaiin ono with the pineapple upside down cake with coconut ice cream for dessert. They also brought out a chocolate cake with Happy Birthday written on the plate for Richard with a candle. Since we ate so much, we had to go walk around Barnes and Noble where Cecily found a display of Angry Birds.

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Soccer Party 12-01-11

We had our end of the season team soccer party tonight after postponing it from our original date. There was a problem with our location, so we ended up hosting it at our house. The whole team made it out, and the coach passed out trophies to all the girls. Caren got a gift card and t-shirt from Taco Surf for being the Team Mom, while the coaches both got gift cards to California Pizza Kitchen. Caren made picture frames and soccer necklaces for the girls and also gave them soccer bracelets from Justice, soccer magic towels, and Three Musketeer bars.

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