Ballpit and Movies

 Here are the two goofy girls rolling around in the ball pit.  We met with Mira for lunch before going to see the movie Epic.  The girls had a super good time watching the movie.  I was so proud of them for behaving so well.  It was a fun afternoon.

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

Ball Pit with Kiana and Olivia

It has become our new tradition every other week to head over to the Public Market with Kiana and Olivia for Dinner after Ice Skating.  It is super fun for the girls to play in the ball pit and to color and make paper airplanes and run around.  Even Daddy has been coming over to meet up from the bart station for some dinner.  It has been a nice way to end the week.

Ice Skating & Ball Pit with Olivia & Kiana

So after a few weeks in the Formal Ice Skating class we decided to check out the open skate for Special Skater's on Friday Night.  This is much more informal, and much less crowded.  Holly;s first two Ice Skating classes were great, but the classes can have up to 12 kids each, and on another week there was 6 kids which left Holly on the Wall by herself most of the time because they kids can't use buckets during the Lesson portion of the class.  The Friday class is also a place where several of our other friends could attend.  On this night Olivia and Kiana did a drop in.  Its been a month and Olivia is still too scared to get onto the ice, but she is getting exposure and now at least says she will go on when she is "this" tall.  Kiana actually learned to skate in about 10 minutes because she has wheely shoes and already knows how to glide.  She isn't skating correctly but she is gliding across the ice foot in front of foot and can go fast.  This makes Holly jealous, as she doesn't know how to go that fast yet.

The Open skate is also only about 3$ a week and a lot of fun, less structure, and lots of practice time.  It only has special skaters, here is our new friend Bella.  The formal lesson is very crowded and about 20$ a week.  Kiana had so much fun that they signed up.  And this January Citlali, and Anna will be attending too.  So it will be a lot of fun for Holly to have her friends there with her.

After skating we decided to take the girls to Public Market for Dinner.  Mostly playing.  They enjoyed the Ball Pit, and the Chalk Wall, I think Holly missed seeing her friends regularly after spending so much time together over the summer.  It's not daily, but once a week is really nice.

Holly is making a lot of progress too, but it comes in waves, she totally can skate now, and doesn't need the bucket, but she is super slow.  With the bucket or walker she can zoom across the ice and go fast.  It is also like a safety net for her anxiety as you don;t get an assigned adult instructor during the open session.  There is the amazing 12 year old Boy Josh who has become her mentor and now buddies with her every week.  This keeps her off the bucket and he holds her hands and gives her games and challenges to play, it is heart warming.  But the week he was absent she reverted back to the bucket for security,