Bob

Snowboarder had the afternoon off so he tagged along with us to the Portland Children's Musuem. On our last trip to Portland last October, little nael and I had a chance to go to the local zoo but we didn't get a chance to visit the Children's Musuem which is just a few feet away from the zoo. At the zoo, we happened to see a flyer for the musuem featuring Bob the Builder. Little nael wanted to see him but we just didn't have enough time so I promised her that on our next trip to Portland, we would go see Bob. Well, guess what? We told her we were going back to Portland and her immediate response..."let's go see Bob the Builder at the musuem." So as promised, here we were on this beautiful sunny day, headed to the musuem to see Bob. This is our third day in Portland and we're leaving in two days so today is THE day. From the hotel, we took the Tri-Met which nael loves and arrived at the musuem by 2pm. As soon as we got there, snowboarder and little nael disappeared to the Bob the Builder exhibit while baby J and I explored the other rooms. There was no doubt that big sis and little brother were having fun!
p.s. Our camera somehow got lost a few weeks ago so these pics were taken from my cellphone.

Make a Smilebox greeting

Make a Smilebox greeting

valentine's

Little nael's class had a Valentine's day party today and little nael was pretty excited. We've never really celebrated Valentine's Day with her since she's only 3 but since she started preschool last Fall, little nael has been celebrating every holiday you can think of in school. So we spent last night baking valentine cookies for her friends and writing her name on those little Valentine cards for the card exchange.

playhouse disney

Snowboarder took little nael out for a surprise daddy-daughter date this afternoon. Little nael had no idea where they were going but I don't think it mattered to her as long as she was out with her father. So according to snowboarder, little nael's face just lit up when they walked into the Broomfield Events Center and there were signs, displays, kiosks full of Disney paraphernalia. Snowoboarder took her to see Playhouse Disney and little nael loved every minute of it. At first, she had no idea what was going on when the show started, she was simply staring, absorbing everything that was going on...watching Mickey and all the other characters but according to snowboarder, after intermission this little girl started dancing to the music and waving her magic conductor wand which snowboarder had bought her during intermission. Suffice to say, little nael had a magical experience with snowboarder this afternoon!

parent helper

Thankfully, my parents decided to extend their stay for a few more weeks. So this morning I was able to help out as a parent helper in little nael's class while my parents watched baby j at home. Last time I was a parent helper two weeks ago, little nael was sick so she stayed home while I helped out in school. Oddly enough, little nael was sick again with a fever last Wednesday and I got worried. I didn't want her to miss school again and also miss out with me helping out in the classroom. Fortunately, she was well enough to go to school Thursday morning and even better on Friday when I stayed in school with her!