My Gavin....

He said some really cute and funny things this week.   So I have to share...

First:  I had to call the school to excuse Parker from school for being Ill, and Gavin added "and he is sick too".  The lady on the other end of the line laughed out loud.  So did I.

Second: He came home from Kindergarten with a three inch tall corn plant and announced "Mom, you don't need to buy corn anymore because I have a corn plant for us."

Third: In his excitement over the corn plant he decided to list the other things we could plant, among the list an "abacado plant", I said "you mean avocado."  He replied "Aaavvv-bacado."

And Lastly:  He wants me to plant "matatoes in one of those hangy things".  He means tomatoes.

I have giggled and laughed about this all week and shared it with many of my patients, who have to laugh and be polite or I may poke them with a sharp instrument.

Santa Barbara Zoo

We went to the Santa Barbara zoo and

saw exotic and wild animals,

but, the cutest

and loveliest little monkeys...

were these.

Aren't they something special?

You just don't see specimens like this everyday.

Eight Is Great!

Our Lovely Lady is 8 years old.

We had a bubble party on a windy March 20th...

with a great bunch of girls from Jenessa's class.

Jenessa wanted her ears pierced for her birthday and told all her friends that she wanted earrings for her birthday.  They all came through and at the end of the day, she had 30 pairs of earrings. She has been counting the days until she can change her earrings everyday.  It is so fun to be a girl.

Karate Tournament

Parker took First Place in Weapon Kata and Traditional Kata.

Jenessa earned Third in sparring

.  Gavin's first tournament and he took fourth in sparring.

This was our third year traveling to the Oxnard Tournament, the kids really like to go to this competition.  It is fun, well organized, and everybody gets a medal for participation.  We have been lucky that Mike has been able to go each time, so it turns into a fun family day.  The kids really like that we go out to dinner at the end of the day.