Gualala 2012

We had a fun time at Gualala this year!  

Mommy and the girls went up to Grandma and Grandpa's early (Daddy flew up later) and saw this cutie in a parking lot at a stop on I-5:  (5/8)

 S'mores:  (5/9)

 Quite the upgrade from the tent!

 Cutie patootie:  (5/10)

 Why not:

 Rain boots come in handy!

 Finally...Mommy put on the swimsuits!

 Perfect fun:

 Playing with Grandma:

 Mommy, can't you get me a suit that fits?  Now everyone can see my cute tiny hiney!

 Maybe I'll rearrange the rocks and build a dam:

 Rocking the bucket look:

 How can I nap when there is fun to be had?

 Rowing with my cuz:

 Let's go!

 Baby's first s'more:

 Peek-A-Boo!  (5/11)

 Where'd Olivia go?

 Where'd Gabrielle Go?

 Rowing with Mommy:

 Canoeing with Grandpa:

 A brave girl and her Grandpa in the cold river!

 Sand fun with Emma:

 Cousin fun:

 She climbed the stump!

Helping Sissy take a bath: (5/12)

 Cute cousins!

 With Grandpa and Grandma:

 This should be an ad for Cheerios!

 A banana slug!

 Check this out!

 So cool!

 Swinging fun:

 With Daddy and one of the abalones he caught:

 Trying the abalone feast:

 Yum!

 Olive us are having fun!

 On the stump at night:

 After church:  (5/13)

 Happy Mother's Day Mommy!

 Happy Mother's Day Grandma!

 Climbing another stump:

 I'm riding forwards now!

 Fun at Grandpa and Grandma's:  (5/14)

 A picture she made for Grandma and Grandpa of her and her Bean (notice the binky she made for her Beanie!):

She Did It!

Our big girl swam by herself yesterday!  We are so proud of her and she is so proud and excited by her accomplishment!  The girls are in Tadpole class together and the teacher Mina and the assistant Ana are amazing.  Mina, from the first day, got Nicolette to stay in the class for the whole half hour without Mommy in the water and got Gabrielle swimming yesterday.  The girls are also in another class as well.  Nicolette is in the Parent and Me and Gabrielle is in Polliwog.  We went to dinner at Bubba Gump's to celebrate their swimming accomplishments.

Nicolette with teacher Mina and Gabrielle showing Mommy how she bounces off the bottom to swim (7/9):

Gabrielle's first big swim (7/9):

Gabrielle practicing more of her new sweet skills in her Polliwog class and cuteness from Nicolette (7/9):

Happy 4th Birthday Gabrielle!

Gabrielle turned 4 on May 3rd!  We can't believe she is getting so big!  We celebrated her at school on the day of her birthday and, on the weekend, she had a Jasmine party and Mommy and Daddy surprised her with a bounce house.  

Our Birthday Girl (5/3/12)

Gabrielle asked Mommy to play some songs on the guitar, do the parachute, and do "The Hungry Caterpillar" at school (5/3):

 Cupcakes at school:

 We went to Bubba Gump's for dinner because Gabrielle loves shrimp.  She even danced for the restaurant while the waiter sang.

 At dinner, she opened her present from Mommy and Daddy and Nicolette....the Winnie the Pooh movie:

Drawing turtles and clam shells with pearls on the patio (5/4):

Mommy and Daddy surprised the girls with a bounce house for the party, as they had been talking about it since Olivia's party:

Gabrielle's chocolate Jasmine cake:

In the morning, Gabrielle reminded Mommy that Jasmine needed all her friends with her (5/5):

 Crowns, tiaras, and rings for the party guests:

 Jasmine barrettes and barrette holders for the girls (the boys got sand toys):

 The Rapunzel pinata and our 4-year-old princess:

 Olivia trying her hand at it:

 Our little Bean doing her part:

 Goggles and sea animal gummies and treats from the pinata:

 Happy Birthday To You!

 Opening presents:

 Trying out her new lip gloss on Grandma:

Happy birthday sissy! (5/6)

Ballerina Girls!

Today, the girls had their first ballet/tap classes! Gabrielle went first with her hour class and Nicolette then had a half hour class. At the beginning of Gabrielle's class, no one else had shown up yet, so she started with a private lesson until the other girls showed up. She was very sad when she couldn't join Nicolette in her class. Nicolette was actually supposed to be 2.5 years to be in her class, but they let her join anyways at 22.5 months! Thank you to their friends, Amelia and Fiona, who gave us the coupon to try out a couple classes! Teacher Jenna was very sweet with all of the girls.

At the studio, there is a waiting room with a one-way mirror, so I was able to take some videos (okay, a lot!) and pictures of the fun!

(4/16)

Gabrielle at the beginning of class:

Gabrielle dancing to "Jasmine" on the stage:

Positions, Plies, and Tendus:

Gabrielle doing kicks:

Gabrielle leaping over the alligator:

Gabrielle doing chasses and passes:

Gabrielle tapping:

Gabrielle shuffles at the barre:

Gabrielle doing Reverence:

Gabrielle playing teacher after class:

Nicolette jumping over the alligator:

Nicolette learning to tap:

Nicolette getting into the tapping:

Nicolette doing her toe tapping: