At the Park with our Cousins - 11/16/09

This HUGE park is just a four minute walk down the street from our house.  The kids just love it.

Our Anniversary - 11.01.09

Next year we are going to have our picture taken BEFORE we eat, lol.

The Entrance

                                                             

Morrocan salad - the bread is denser and sweeter.  The "salsa" part if not spicey, but there is a lot of different flavors to it. YUM!!  I could have eaten that stuff all night.

The dish was ground chicken mixed with ground vegetables wrapped in phyllo and sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon.  It's a very unusual combo, but so nice and light. Chicken Kabobs!

Mint tea with Baklava.. One can never have too much Baklava.. Or mint tea for that matter!

These pictures are from our anniversary dinner at a lovely Morrocan Restaurant. I'll mention a couple of things:

1) We were dead tired! And I mean DEAD tired. Jer and I were out the night before for Halloween at Firken Beaver's w/my cousin having Wyder Cyder and ONE celebratory anniversary shot (Pineapple Upside Down Cake -- which I do not recommend for anyone over the age of 22 years old) Not to mention the fact that we got up super early to pack and move, which we were still doing up until 1.5 hrs before our reservation...

2) We had chicken with chicken. Jer didn't want to do vegetarian and I'm not adventerous and would not do the lamb, fish or duck. However, the meal was absolutely DELISH!! I can't wait to go back.

Halloween - 10.31.09

This is our first blog post in several months -- since then the blogger has changed it's setting and we're still getting adjusted to those -- that is why this post looks funny.   During our time away from the blog we have been moving, had several colds, and been getting Julian settled into Nursery School, which he absolutely loves...

The pictures above are from Halloween.  It was short and sweet, but Julian loved every moment of it.  We ended up going to my cousin Caneisha's house in Tracy after trick-or-treating.  During the 45min car ride Ju managed to eat pretty much his entire bag of candy and then crashed, lol...

Misc Pics, Gymnastics/Gymboree Class 10-19-09, First Visit w/the Dentist 10-27-09

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Misc. pics of Julian being silly with his new hat on.

Julian is a bright child who is full of energy. He needs constant stimulation or else he gets bored and boredom = trouble. Since mommy and baby were getting bored and going stir crazy in the house, we thought it was a good idea to get him enrolled in some different classes. On Mondays Julian goes goes to gymnastics at Pacific West Gymnastics -- his teacher is Mrs. Janet. It's a mommy and me class so I have to participate and I love the running around too.

This class helps Jules with problem solving, coordination, listening skills, etc., and wears off some energy. It will also help get him ready for martial arts, which he will start when he turns 4. When we pull up to Pac West Gymnastics Julian yells, "My teacher's house!" He gets so excited to go and has a blast! Here are some pictures of him in the class:

The owner, Teacher Evelyn, showing Julian how to walk across the beam.

Jules running down the tumbling trampoline.

The high swing. I love swinging on this with him. It's pretty fun.

Ju doing the obstacle course.

Teacher Evelyn said: His listening skills - not so good, but his somersaults -- great! LOL.

He's such a pro at this and is the only kid in the class that can get his feet up there all by himself! What a little monkey he is.

Right after this picture was taken he let go of his right hand to pick his nose! Oh boy. A gross little dare devil he is. Ha ha.

On Tuesdays we have Julian enrolled in the "School Skills" program at Gymboree (Thanks, Grandma Carey). This helps prepare Julian for preschool as he is on the waiting list for a co-op in Fremont. His teacher is Teacher Beth. Jules adores her and I'm pretty sure she's sweet on him, too. She usually has Jules on her lap and she is pretty attentive and patient with him. Teacher Beth says he does well in class -- sometimes he needs a little help listening, but that overall he's pretty good. We've definitely noticed a big change for the positive in Julian's attitude, sharing with his friends has become easier, and he's sleeping better now that he's in Gymboree and gymnastics. Here is a picture of him playing in Gymboree class: (I only got one pic because we had to leave right after)


Yesterday, the 27th, I had to go to the dentist. After my appointment I asked them to schedule Julian a check-up and they said they could just squeeze him in that day. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera on me and had to use my phone camera/video, so I only got three pictures that aren't that great. :(

Anyway, Julian did SO well in the dentist chair -- he hopped right up and put on his cool glasses. I was surprised that he allowed the RDA to clean his teeth without any hassle because we usually have to pry his mouth open just to brush his teeth! The RDA even allowed Julian to polish his own teeth and he thought it was the coolest thing ever. She showed him how to play with the water squirter/mouth sucker and he had a lot of fun using them. He managed to charm every single person in the dentist office and when we left he had his own little fan club, lol.

Julian has 20 teeth (10 top, 10 bottom) and NO cavities! Yay!! No juice and brushing your teeth twice a day really does pay off!!

Showing off his cavity free smile. Sorry it's blurry. Leaving the dentist office with lots of cool goodies. Video of Julian getting his teeth cleaned/polished: