Ice Skating

We went ice skating in the city today for the first time.  Mommy, Uncle Gogo and Bada took us into the city to Macy's, Union Square and the ice skating rink.  It was so much fun!  I am quite skilled....have lots of coordination (let's be honest...I always have had great coordination skills...I'm ahead of the curve!).  Aki fell down a lot (NO surprise there), but not me.  I am a natural.

Zoo lights

Nothing better than a chilly holiday night, a light show, some wild animals and a good cup of hot chocolate.  Guess who are the wild animals??? (hint - see below)

Santa Came!!!

Oh My Gosh! Santa delivered! What an amazing Christmas. We woke up this morning to Santa's sleigh all decked out. Mrs. Claus even made us a gingerbread house....with her very own hands. Santa left us a note! I can't believe he gave us his sleigh. He's the greatest guy ever!
Apart from the sleigh and gingerbread house, Santa stuffed our stockings with new automatic toothbrushes (I LOVE it) and bath products. I also got a really cool kitchen set, and my first piece of big girl jewerly.  It is a sterling silver bracelet with my name engraved on the front.  On the back it says, "mommy loves you".  I will have it forever and will really cherish it in years to come (or at least I know my mommy is hoping so).  I also got some books, a poetry book, clothes and a guitar.  Akira got a pirate ship and some food to cook in kitchen with.  I got a lot of pirat accessories to help fill out Akira's new boat.  Super fun!!  I think it's my mom's way of ensuring that we share our toys. Each of us got one big thing but the other one got the accessories to go with it, so if we want to fully play with out toys we need to work together and SHARE. It's ok....it's way more fun to play WITH someone anyhow..
After opening our gifts, we got to play for a long time in the afternoon and then had a yummy dinner all together. I LOVED our Christmas this year! Merry merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve...

And, aren't I fancy!

It's in my nature...

What a beautiful fall day to spend time with nature...

Growing Tree

Mommy wasn't going to start me in pre school quite yet, since I'm still 2.  She thought she's wait until January when I was three. That way she and I could have some special time together while Akira was in school.  BUT...then she started school herself.  She's not a student, but she's teaching at a grown up school....all the way across the country.  Because of that, she's gone for a few days out of the week.  So...

Revised plan.  I go to school when she goes to Washington DC.  I still get 3 mornings a week with my mommy (Monday, Thursday and Friday)....plus I get to go to school!  I LOVE my school.  I REALLY LOVE Ms. Cynthia.  I truly truly could stay at the art table all day long!

Santa Cruz

Well, we couldn't just leave our summer beaching at Monterey!  So....we had to have some fun times at Santa Cruz too.  What a perfect beautiful summer day!  School is just around the corner!!

The Beach

The other bulk of our Monterey trip (when not at the aquarium and the park) was filled with yummy sea food, shopping and...THE BEACH!

Dennis the Menace...

I think they named the park wrong...it should not be Dennis the Menace park, but Akira the Menace park.  They clearly hadn't met my brother when they named this park.

Well, I shouldn't give him a hard time, because I did have the most fun ever playing with him in Monterey at this super duper fun park!  PS - do you see me on the rock wall???  I'm FEARLESS....and super strong!!!