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Spring!

It’s going to be a beautiful week in Seattle – it was almost 75 degrees yesterday and we were sweating! In celebration, we have some Spring posts for you.

Last month, we traveled to visit Grandma in Palm Desert. The week started off just right, because my cousin Anthony happened to be flying through Seattle on his way home. He and I sat next to each other ALONE on the airplane. (Well, Mom and Annabel were a couple rows back, but still!) He got to act as 3rd base coach at my tee-ball game during his layover:

Here he’s cheering me on while I run home:

Then we hopped on a plane and went to Palm Springs. We love the Palm Springs airport – palm trees greeted us:

Once at Grandma’s – we met up with Katy and Gabe – always a great day, when the Atchity cousins are all together.

As Annabel and I are quickly learning, vacations are full of things we don’t normally get to do at home. Sun and swimming aside, we got to do some other things we love.

Mani Pedi:

(My sister’s ability to sit still for grooming is astounding. Strangers were taking her picture.)

We went to Target to stock up on goodies:

Eating lunch at our favorite place:

Laying in the sun

Going out for gelato in Pajamas (I know this is shocking to many of you)

and a little golf:

This is the life:

And here are some swimming and golf highlights – we are all so proud of Annabel’s swimming achievements.

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Posted by benbbillings on 05/08/2012 in Family matters, Milestones, My favorite pics of me, Places I've been, Sports, Stuff I'm into, Videos

Big Six

10 Apr

Six years ago, I came into this world and I’ve been having an awesome time ever since!

You saw the posts from the big Pajama Jammy Jam, but yesterday was my ACTUAL birthday, and I had an amazing and special day.

As a big surprise, Dad showed up at school to volunteer as a reading helper in the class. He got to see first hand how much I like school and what an amazing group of kids I’m with everyday.

Later in the day, Mom, Annabel and Grandma brought me cookies and balloons. This is when the whole class sang to me:

I’m so proud of my sister – when my friends found out that she was on campus and about to come to class, they were all so excited!

She got to stay during “Investigation” (That’s fancy Kinder speak for “Playtime”.)

My favorite activity of late, is playing with LEGO and building blocks. In our class, we have a “Block Room” – the highlight of most my days. You can see me bending over helping clean-up.

If it was up to me and my sister, she’d already be in Kindergarten with me.

For my special birthday dinner, I requested sushi from Blue C Sushi – a place I love.

Among, many LEGO sets, I also got a new basketball and a new baseball bat. Here I am testing the new bat.

After dinner cake (not a great photo)

What do I love now that I’m six?

Favorites:

TV show: Wild Kratts Movie: Dolphin Tale Activities: Sports, Chess, Dance, Reading and being read to, being with friends and cousins, skiing, board games, and much much more! Food: Pasta, Enchiladas, cinnamon rolls, candy, juice, cookies and sushi. Toy: LEGO

And, as a special show for my birthday. I danced to my absolute favorite song: Sexy and I know it, by LMFAO. Here I am. Enjoy.

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Posted by benbbillings on 04/10/2012 in Me and my friends, Milestones, Stuff I'm into, Videos

Pajama Jammy Jam

02 Apr

Last Saturday we celebrated my 6th birthday with another dance party! This year the theme was “Pajama Jammy Jam” and my friends all came in the their PJs ready to party.

I’m a lucky kid – I have a bunch of neighbors, friends from my old preschool, my PEPS peeps, and OF COURSE, all my new friends from kindergarten. Apparently, the Jammy Jam was the place to be because we had 30 sixish year olds, 3 preschoolers, 3 tweens (neighbor helpers) and 1 baby! Not to mention a few chaperones to keep the party going.

DJ Daddy was back and in full effect:

Mom, Mamy, Grandma and Viviana wore special pjs:

My mom made us pajamas to wear:

Waiting for the party to start (admire my sign that says “happy birthday ben”

Michael, as usual, is the first to arrive:

We had so many dancers on the dance floor – this is the most dancing we’ve seen yet!

Between sets, we took breaks for crafts and food:

Limbo is always a hit:

As a special present, Aunt Mamy got me an awesome cake:

All my friends signed an album for me:

Thanks everyone for coming – this will be a year I never forget!

If you’d like to check out previous parties, click here:
My 4th Birthday
My 5th Birthday

Thanks to the chaperones – we could have not handled this without you:
Dancers: Marcelo, Rachel, Amy, Larry, John
Servers: Cathie, Jan, Tristan, Sanguen
Crafters and clean-up: Gracie, Callan, Evie

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Posted by benbbillings on 04/02/2012 in Me and my friends, Milestones, My favorite pics of me, Stuff I'm into

Not quite spring

17 Mar

It’s still winter here, especially in the mountains. I had Friday off of school, so mom and I headed east to Steven’s Pass for a day of skiing. There was 13 inches of fresh snow from the night before and 24 inches from the last few days.

There’s definitely a few more weeks of good skiing before the end of the season and I hope to go up again.

By Fridays, I’m usually toast from a busy week, so I needed lost of breaks.

Yup, those are candies in my hot cocoa, mom is fun to ski with.

Her favorite part? Snuggling on the lift:

We did quite a few blue runs, so we went pretty slowly. Here ate my stats from the day (minus the last two runs – which might have been the fastest and longest)