Sadie's House

For weeks Sadie's big insult when she got mad at anyone was "You can't come to my house." After mentioning a few times to her that it was actually "our" house, we learned that Sadie has her own house. Sadie's house is a purple underground house with a pink roof and wind sock out front, which happens to be in Pasadena. When we ask about how large this house is we're told that it has "too many rooms." I'm not sure what it says about Sadie that instead of an imaginary friend she has an imaginary house, but I'm pretty impressed by it.

Little Rider

I have been horribly remiss in posting. We have not been taking many pictures lately somehow. The past two weekends have sadly been dominated by a nasty stomach flu, which hopefully has now run its course. We have made it out for a little exploring. J. took this photo at Lacy Park a week and half ago. Jack is an expert on his trike now. J. and the kids made it around the park's loop, a whooping 3/4 of a mile. Okay, there were a few pit stops, still it's an impressive ride for 3 year olds.

More Ballerina

We're working our way towards Sadie's big dance recital in a few weeks. The highlight of dance class continues to be getting dressed for the class.

Our Painter

Uncle Tommy sent Jack and Sadie a fantastic easel for their birthday. We broke it out for the first time last week and had a wonderful afternoon painting. Thank god for backyards where kids can get messy!

Our Trip to Mars

Break out your 3-D glasses! We were able to have a 3-D photo of us taken in front of the Santa Maria Crater, as photographed by the Opportunity rover. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories hosted an open house this morning. Space dorks from all over Southern California flocked to JPL for the action-packed weekend. We learned all about the different missions JPL is working on. Jack and Sadie are now schooled all about the red planet (did you know that there was once water on Mars?). Our little astronauts are ready to explore the final frontier!

Olvera Street

We had a family outing to Olvera Street with Pud yesterday morning. We got Jack and Sadie guitars, the first step towards their becoming mariachis. All was good until we waited too long to have lunch, and we had double melt downs waiting for a table at a restaurant. We had to abandon that plan and make a beeline to the closest fast food restaurant instead. Despite the poor end to the trip, it was a fun morning of LA history, shopping, traditional dancers, and mariachis.

The Ballerina

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Sadie had her first ballet class on Saturday. Or, it might be more appropriate to say that Sadie witnessed her first ballet class on Saturday. She spent 95% of the class standing stone still. Sadie was in absolute awe and did not move until the very end of the class when she raised her hands. That move alone seemed like a triumph. After the class she said that her friends were dancing, but she couldn't dance because her body was tired.

I'm excited to see if next week she might move up to moving her feet. Despite her lack of movement, she loved the class and is very eager to go back to Miss Donna's class next week.