Jasmine and I both enjoyed a play-date. Jasmine and Ella both go to the same day camp and now have ballet on Saturday’s together.  So today, after ballet, we went over to Ella’s house to play.  Ella and Jasmine played princess for awhile then settled down to watch a Barbie princess movie.

Meanwhile I got down to some serious crafting with Ella’s mom Beth and a friend of hers. We made paper baskets that Ella can fill with treats and give out to her classmates. We also made paper hearts that will have chocolate hearts attached and Jasmine can give out to her classroom.

We already have plans for a St Patrick’s Day themed play-date.

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We had a wonderful Christmas. Santa went with a Barbie theme this year, bringing not only a Barbie, but including a beach buggy, clothes and a house with movable walls. Oh yeah, and an electric guitar. Both Jeff’s mom and Emily’s mom were on hand to celebrate out first Christmas with Jasmine. We spent the day eating, laughing, and enjoying impromptu concerts with our new rock star.

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Emily’s mom, Carolyn,  came out to visit. Jasmine really hit it off with ‘Grandma’. We went out for lunch a lot and enjoyed getting our pumpkins for Halloween and fresh caramel apples. We went to an international dance festival at the library. Jasmine almost got up on stage twice to dance. Each day after school Jasmine came home to vegetable appetizers in a variety of shapes and designs made by Grandma. The visit was over too quickly, but we are looking forward to seeing her again at Christmas.

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It was our friend’s son, Eli’s, birthday. We enjoyed it out on the farm on a beautiful autumn day. There was a talk about all of the different pumpkins,  then we went through a small hay bale maze which ended at a small slide.  Then we went into a larger hay bale maze which ended in a bigger slide,  then there was just a slide. A big slide! Jasmine must have gone on it 10 times. She even had mommy go down it. There were farm animals and water games and a tractor train ride which brought us to a playground surrounded by sunflowers and pumpkins. We then went to pick out our pumpkins and found yet another maze. A really good ‘children of the corn’ corn maze!

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Kinder garden graduation with cake and icecream.

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