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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:

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Here he’s cheering me on while I run home:
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Then we hopped on a plane and went to Palm Springs. We love the Palm Springs airport – palm trees greeted us:

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Once at Grandma’s – we met up with Katy and Gabe – always a great day, when the Atchity cousins are all together.
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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:
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(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:
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Eating lunch at our favorite place:
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Laying in the sun
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Going out for gelato in Pajamas (I know this is shocking to many of you)
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and a little golf:
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This is the life:
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And here are some swimming and golf highlights – we are all so proud of Annabel’s swimming achievements.

 

Big Six

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.

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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:

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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!

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

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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.

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

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

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After dinner cake (not a great photo)

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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. 

 

Princess friends

Annabel renamed her princesses after her friends from school:

 

When knock knock goes bad

 
 

Jumping cousins

Mark and Natalie have a trampoline- there is no end to the fun.

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Posted by on 12/28/2011 in Family matters, Videos

 

Dance class video

As you know, I take a jazz/hip hop class once a week. You may wonder, “why does Ben need a dance class if he is such an amazing dancer already?”

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Well, you are right, of course, but taking a class helps me with fundamental moves and body control.

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We spend the beginning of class on stretching and basic moves:

Then we do some floor work. Kicking our legs according to the teacher’s counting is tricky.

One of the most important things we learn is about choreography and how to follow the music with counts and steps. For holiday season we learned a dance to one of the grinch’s favorite songs.
Here we show you the process of practicing without the music and then we put it all together.

 
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Posted by on 12/18/2011 in Stuff I'm into, Videos