Play date with Ewan

So here we are over at Ewan's house.  We have been joining him every other week for an ABA play date.  These two little ones are so hyper that everything is a blue!

Bouncing balls, jumping on the trampoline, bouncing and jumping at the same time!  Yikes!  Ewan's is our friend from swim and gym.  Our play dates are usually just over a hour because at that point the cooperation begins to fall apart, but its a start.  Last week the kids invented a new game, hide and seek rocket, where a grown up hides the rocket while the kids count and then they seek it.  They had a lot of fun.

Right now Ewan's lives a few blocks from Holly's preschool but they are moving up to Richmond so we might not see them as often as our summer schedule changes and things with a move could be crazy.

A New Neighbor

So this is Stella our new neighbor.  She is 2.5 and so sweet.  Holly has really taken to her, maybe the novelty of a young child living two houses away almost every night and day she asks what is Stella doing and can she come to our house.  It is great that Holly is so easy to get along with and Social I think Stella is the perfect age as Holly can direct her and she goes sling with it, but is old enough to engage and follow directions.

Movies with Mira

On Sunday Morning we babysat Mira which was a treat!  Here the girls are doing there music show 

On Tuesday we met Mira at public Market for a very quick lunch

Well the mommies ate anyway, yummy teriyaki for me and Pad Thai for Mai

The girls mostly ran around and had a blast playing in the ball pit

They made a new friend and we hoped this would serve as a way to get there wiggles out

As afterwards we walked over to the 5$ Tuesday United Artists theatre and got tickets for Epic

Here are the girls watching intently, we got them some popcorn and an Icee to share

The movie was super cute, MK the main character just moved in with her dad and doesn't believe in the little people he spent his life searching for

But when the Bogs kill the queen on the leaf men and MK happens to be there the queens magic shrinks her down to size and she must protect the baby pod that will become the queen by the full moons light

Otherwise the forest will be distroyed by the bogs!  I think Holly followed most of the story and other then the fact that the seats were bendy and made it hard for the girls to sit up right they were very well behaved

Here the girls take a phito with a picture of the queen and the wise old caterpillar played by Steven Tyler

This is Mary Katherine (MK) the main Character

And here the girls are making mean faces with the evil Bog king

This is the other Hero, I think his name is Nod he is the mess up boy who become responsible when tasked to help MK

In the movie there is a slug and a snail, so the girls insisted they take s picture with this snail but his name is turbo and his movie isn't out yet

Holly is super excited about Monsters University which comes out soon.  Here in a photo booth the girls played for a few last minutes, it was there office/computer/ticket booth, so funny

Dinner with Friends at the Public Market - Video

Here is Holly and Olivia drawing together at Public Market in Emeryville

We have gone there several times after Ice Skating for dinner

But the girls mostly play the whole time.  Sometimes Holly will eat a little Nann

On one night they had live music Performances

Dancing at the Music Show  http://youtu.be/lvdt996RHWc

More Spinning and Dancing  http://youtu.be/Z6RZsWtqYok

The kids had such a blast dancing and playing

Live Music and Dancing http://youtu.be/rt6108LaUcI

Here is Holly, filthy after playing in chalk.  We mostly try to not let them do this But some nights that's harder then others.  She is a messy Chalk Monster, and so proud of herself.

Super Silly Music Show with Mira - Video

Holly & Mira's Music Show

http://youtu.be/JtOdtSHnZ1c

Super Silly Music Show

http://youtu.be/hACrvm0BlSE

Shakes

Yesterday before ice skating we met Mira on Lakeshore 

We headed to a new place called Flipside for a late lunch

The girls shared a super yummy "black & white" shake 

And a plate of grilled cheese and fries

The little monkey were ready to go before to long and we stopped by the toy store on the way out!  It was fun

Ice Skating Parties and Playdates

Here we are skating a few weeks ago

After was a Birthday Party

 Then on another day Holly is convinced for a few minutes to skate with no Buckets

 She is practicing bending at the knees

 And then we have another Birthday Party

 Its fun to hang out with our new friends after skating

 Eating Pizza and Cake and playing with her friends

 On another day, after skating we went over to Olivia's house

 That too was super fun, but we ended up staying late

 and Holly got super tired on the way home.

 Olivia has an amazing view, and here the girls are on the porch saying good bye.

Zoo with Maya and Chloe - Video

Here we are at the Zoo meeting friends

She was so super excited when Maya and Chloe arrived

They climbed up on the lion all together having a blast

and pose away like the little diva's are apt to do

Then they were ready for some rides, the airplane and the cars

Here are the three girls driving around and around
http://youtu.be/ePUPrGVU-0M

Then they jump up onto the Carousel

Holly rode the Zebra, here she is petting her Horsey

Finally we went on the train ride

We decided to let the three girls sit together all on there own

Of course I was right in front of them

and Kathy and Angela were right behind

But they were super excited and felt so grown up

This is the view of Oakland from up in the hills by the zoo

And this is the view down into the Children's area

We went into the quiet zone and saw some Emu's

The girls thought they were really cool

There was also Walleroo's

Which Holly just Called Kangaroo's even those these are much smaller

The girls liked them too and on this day the animals were pretty close to the train

So we could see them really well

Here is the Tiger

And even a little Duckie

He was hanging out with the Giraffe's

and the Antelopes

The girls liked looking at the animals but they also really wanted to play

So they decided to do a dance, Shuffle, Hop, Tap, and Hula
http://youtu.be/XiCYDmSUlDw

Aren't they super cute!

They can find anywhere to have fun and play

Holly had a copy of the zoo map

She wanted to know where we were on the map and she pointed out where we should go next

We decided on the Lion House, it was way up on the top of the zoo

and area we don't often travel to

Holly convinced the other girls that we should see the lions too

So we went.  Last time we went all the way up there we saw none.

This time we saw them, and they were so beautiful

The view was so wonderful and the lion was so cute

When he rolled over onto his back Holly said it looked just like Chewbacca

We sat and watched for a while in the shade

Then we headed out of the Lion enclosure

The girls insisted on a snack, but the Zoo was closing soon

and we were far from the exit

The girls found a new area to play in and went searching for the Meerkats

They found a little tunnel that brought them right to the center of there enclosure.  They were nervous to go inside

But eventually they did venture forward, and had a blast inside.  It took forever to get them to come back out

But eventually they did come out and it was time to go.. They all hugged goodbye.